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By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa panel responsible for resolving lawsuits against the state has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in attorney and expert witness fees as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which University of Iowa officials reversed a decision to eliminate the women’s swimming program.

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

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish protesters have paid tribute to a woman who died in the 22nd week of pregnancy. Reproductive rights activists say the woman is the first person to die as a result of a recent restriction of Poland’s abortion law. People lit candles on the All Saint’s Day holiday on Monday, when

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out California’s new 30-foot buffer zone designed to restrict protests at coronavirus vaccination sites. But U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd’s ruling Saturday left in place other parts of a new state law despite arguments that it infringes on free speech. The

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it plans to borrow $1.02 trillion during the current quarter. That’s the largest amount since the government began passing trillion-dollar rescue packages for the economy in the spring of 2020. The department announced Monday that the $1.02 trillion borrowing estimate for the

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board has called for more information in at least one ethics complaint against Gov. Kristi Noem. It was weighing multiple requests made by the attorney general against Noem. But the public was kept in the dark about which complaints the board

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a markedly more humble tone for a U.S. leader on climate change. Biden acknowledged to a U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday that the United States and other energy-gulping developed nations bear much of

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. Instead he said Monday it’s “time to vote” on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Democrats wanted a signal from Manchin that he will support Biden’s bigger package. But

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen government regulation of stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency that has soared in popularity in the past year. In a 22-page report issued Monday, the Treasury Department and several other regulators said the legislation

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a markedly more humble tone for a U.S. leader on climate change. Biden acknowledged to a U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday that the United States and other energy-gulping developed nations bear much of

By PAN PYLAS and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Last-ditch talks are taking place as a threatened French blockade of British boats and trucks looms in just a few hours. The European Commission called a meeting Monday involving officials from Britain, France and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, which are self-governing

By MIKE SCHNEIDER 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

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says it’s “time to vote” on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, dashing hopes for swift resolution over President Joe Biden’s broader policy package. Democrats wanted a signal from Manchin that he will support Biden’s big package. Instead Monday he