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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has been attacking his Republican rivals as “anti-vax” as he looks to keep his job in a recall election. He has framed the Sept. 14 election as a life-or-death decision. Newsom says if he’s replaced by one of

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season as climate change makes the American West warmer and drier. The crews also could remove brush and other hazardous fuels when not battling blazes.

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Opponents of a sweeping Republican elections overhaul in Texas are suing Gov. Greg Abbott before he had even signed the changes into law. A broad coalition of voting rights attorneys, disability rights groups and faith-based organization filed lawsuits Friday over the far-reaching voting bill in

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with attempted murder after firing at Minneapolis police officers in the chaotic protests that followed George Floyd’s death has been acquitted of all charges against him. Jaleel Stallings argued self-defense during his July trial, testifying that he fired at the unmarked white van after

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Foods is offering paid sick leave for the first time to its front-line workers. It’s part of an agreement that secured union support for its mandate that all U.S. employees get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The meatpacking giant said 75% of its 120,000

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19.  Ivermectin is approved in the U.S. to treat infections from tiny worms and other parasites in humans and some animals like cows and horses. But

FRANKLIN, Wis. (AP) — Police have killed a man outside a suburban Milwaukee Walmart after he allegedly kidnapped a man and led officers on a high-speed chase. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office and police in Franklin and Oak Creek issued a joint statement saying deputies and officers shot the man Friday morning. The statement said

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group announced the retrieval of three dead workers’ bodies from the cross-border smuggling tunnels the Palestinian territory shares with Egypt. Friday’s statement gave no cause of death, but a day earlier the group accused Egypt of pumping poisonous gas into the tunnel. These accusations could

NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive of Tinder-owner Match Group has sharply criticized a new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas. She is setting up a fund to help any Texas-based employees who need to seek an abortion outside the states. Match Group says CEO Shar Dubey is creating the fund on her own

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge. Jacob Chansley is now seeking release from jail while he awaits sentencing.