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By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin is wavering over supporting President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion policy package. But Democratic leaders are vowing to push ahead, with voting possible on the bill this week. Democrats had wanted a signal from Manchin that he will support Biden’s bigger package.

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and PAN PYLAS Associated Press GLASGOW (AP) — France’s president offered Britain an extra day of negotiations to try to reach a compromise on a troubling post-Brexit fishing spat. The offer came hours ahead of a threatened French blockade of British ships and trucks. The British government has said throughout the longrunning

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America “the instrument of anti-American ideologies.” Rubio bemoaned what he described was corporate America’s “wokeness,” and he proposed holding corporate leaders legally liable “when they abuse their corporate

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of Kathie Durst, his first wife who disappeared nearly four decades ago. The second-degree murder indictment Monday in the New York City suburbs comes after an investigator

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense officials say the U.S. Navy has determined that a submarine damaged in a collision in early October struck a seamount, or underwater mountain. A full explanation of how and why the USS Connecticut struck the seamount in the South China Sea has not yet

By ANITA SNOW and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to allow vaccinated people to enter the U.S. by land for nonessential travel starting next week has many Canadians packing up their campers and making reservations at their favorite vacation condos and mobile home parks. Restrictions imposed by both countries

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A televised remark by a game show host-turned Cabinet minister in Lebanon about the war in Yemen has taken Lebanon’s crisis with Saudi Arabia to new depths. The feud over the minister’s comments has triggered moves by Gulf Arab countries that further isolate Lebanon and threaten

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended a wobbly day modestly higher on Wall Street, enough to notch more all-time highs for major indexes. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%. The Nasdaq rose 0.6%. Smaller company stocks far outpaced the broader market. Energy

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers are set to make important decisions in elections to pick mayors, prosecutors, county leaders and other local positions. Voters in New York City will pick a new mayor Tuesday. In Buffalo, a mayoral race between a moderate and self-described socialist has gained attention as

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it has temporarily removed from its visual information website tens of thousands of photo and video images of Afghans who supported the U.S. war effort and who may be vulnerable to retaliation by the Taliban. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said he made the decision to remove from publicly

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newly approved legislation would mean Tennessee schools will have to jump through even more hoops if they want to implement mask mandates to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The strict new rules are part of a sweeping bill Republicans signed off on in