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By ADAM BEAM and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republicans led by former President Donald Trump are raising unsubstantiated claims that California’s recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is rigged. That messaging poses a problem for Republican Party officials, who are encouraging everyone to vote while maintaining concerns about the

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The very brief Mike Richards era on “Jeopardy” began Monday, a visible embarrassment for makers of the popular game show that has so far botched its effort to replace legendary Alex Trebek as host. Richards taped the first week of the show’s 38th season before

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A third person has died as a result of a highway collapse in south Mississippi two weeks ago. Amanda Williams of Wiggins died Saturday after being hospitalized since the Aug. 30 collapse. The collapse on Highway 26 outside Lucedale in George County occurred during torrential rain brought by Hurricane Ida. WLOX

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A family is urging people to get vaccinated after their 73-year-old relative was turned away from dozens of hospitals dealing with a surge in coronavirus patients. An obituary for Ray Martin DeMonia says staff at a north Alabama hospital contacted 43 hospitals in three states searching for a cardiac intensive care

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Chronicle of Philanthropy Leaders of the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations — grant makers that have committed billions of dollars to fight the coronavirus — are warning that without larger government and philanthropic investments in the manufacture and delivery of vaccines to people in poor nations, the

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you can remember the price of a 30-ounce jar of mayonnaise, what an Armani purse goes for and how much to shell out for an iPhone 12, there’s really only one place to shine — “The Price Is Right.” The longest-running game show in

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox is reviving the long-running “COPS” television show for its Fox Nation streaming service, and is offering a free one-year subscription to first responders who want to see it. The show that depicts police busts to the memorable “Bad Boys” theme song was seen on the Fox broadcast network for many

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Louisiana authorities have captured and killed an alligator believed to have attacked a man who went missing in flood waters from Hurricane Ida. The wife of 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee saw him attacked by an alligator outside their home on Aug. 30, the day after Ida struck Louisiana. She paddled a small

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State police have officially opened an investigation into missing money that a law firm says was taken by an attorney from a prominent South Carolina legal family whose wife and son were killed three months ago. Monday’s announcement means that, along with the investigation into the

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden is putting the stakes of the recall election that could remove California Gov. Gavin Newsom from office in stark terms. Biden said Monday that the results of the recall will reverberate across the nation, and he is casting

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Britain’s Prince Andrew went on the offensive Monday against a new lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was coerced into having sex with the royal at age 17. Attorney Andrew Brettler told a U.S. judge in New York that the prince