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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An accountant has pleaded guilty to her role in what Mississippi investigators called a massive theft of welfare money in the nation’s poorest state. Court records show 65-year-old Anne McGrew of Jackson pleaded guilty Monday and agreed to testify against others indicted in the case.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The chairman of the House Budget Committee says he won’t seek another term in next year’s election. Democratic U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky said in a Twitter video on Tuesday that he wants to spend more time with his family. From his committee chairmanship, Yarmuth

By MARK PRATT Associated Press A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War has been returned to the state of Massachusetts. Authorities say the letter was reputedly stolen in the 1930s or 1940s by a “kleptomaniacal cataloguer” at the state archives. A federal appeals court decision upheld a previous ruling that

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Group of 20 nations have warned about a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan as the European Union pledged 1 billion euros ($1.15 billion) in support for Afghan people. G-20 leaders demanded at a virtual summit Tuesday hosted by Italy that Taliban leaders allow humanitarian access across the

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving can keep refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. He just won’t play for the Brooklyn Nets until he does. The Nets announced Tuesday that Irving would not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant, ending the idea that

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is selling his ranch and business properties in northwestern Wyoming. His West Ranch went on the market Monday for $11 million. The property covers six square miles of open land, tree-studded hills and outcrops south of Cody. The city of about 10,000 is

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to more than seven years in prison for fraud. The judge on Tuesday also ordered Beck to pay $2.6 million in restitution to make up for money he stole from an insurer. Jurors in July swiftly

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities in Wyoming are set to announce how they believe slain traveler Gabby Petito was killed. Teton County Coroner Brent Blue is scheduled to announce the findings of Petito’s autopsy at a news conference early Tuesday afternoon. The 22-year-old woman’s body was found last month near an undeveloped camping area in

KINGSLEY, Mich. (AP) — A school board in northern Michigan plans to send a protest over sportsmanship following a soccer player’s 16-goal record-setting game against a winless team. The backlash over Kevin Hubbell’s performance continued Monday night at a meeting of the Kingsley board. There’s support for sending a protest to the Benzie Central school