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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are still divided on the origins of the coronavirus, but believe China’s leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic. That’s according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. An unclassified summary indicates

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former state government official who says she is a sexual assault survivor says New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli should take down campaign video that uses her story to bash his opponent, incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy. Katie Brennan spoke Friday in a phone interview. Brennan said

By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING Associated Press The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought profound change in America and the world.  The death and devastation stirred grief, rage and war. It also sparked solidarity, not only in the United States but among its allies — even some

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Officials in Bangladesh say at least 22 people died when a passenger boat sank with more than 100 aboard after a collision. An emergency service official said Saturday that no passengers were believed missing after nearly 24 hours of search efforts. He said no one came to the area where the accident

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials are accusing DoorDash and Grubhub of harming the city’s restaurants and their customers via high fees and other deceptive practices when delivery and takeout business became essential to the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chicago officials believe the lawsuits filed Friday are the most sweeping

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is giving radical Islamic groups from Syria and the Gaza Strip to Pakistan and West Africa reason to celebrate. They see America’s violence-marred exit from Afghanistan as an opportunity to regroup and reassert their ideology. In northern Syria, a statement by the

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be $555 billion lower than it estimated back in May, helped by an economy that is rebounding more quickly than had been expected. But even with the improvement, the administration said Friday that it is

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JAY REEVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials are offering new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19. The Biden administration said Friday half of U.S. adolescents ages 12-17 had gotten at least their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, and the inoculation rate among teens is growing faster than

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota troopers have removed some demonstrators protesting Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline project at the state Capitol. Videos posted on social media showed troopers carrying arrested protesters onto a bus as dozens of law enforcement officers surrounded demonstrators. They were the remnant of about 1,000 or more people who had

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are seeking approval to spend up to $680,000 in taxpayer money on an investigation into the 2020 presidential election in the battleground state won by President Joe Biden. Party officials on Friday were to circulate a ballot to approve the