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Mauritania lawmakers sentenced to 4 years after insulting president over racial bias claims
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Two female opposition lawmakers in Mauritania were sentenced Monday to four…
Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency due to health issues: ‘Everything I have is treatable’
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton has canceled her previously postponed Las Vegas residency due…
California says State Farm violated the law in handling of insurance claims after 2025 LA wildfires
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is seeking millions of dollars in penalties from State Farm…
Costa Rica’s top newspaper says US revoked visas of its executives, prompting press freedom concerns
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The United States has revoked the visas of several…
Civil rights groups sue to stop Texas immigration law
A group of civil rights organizations on Monday filed a new lawsuit seeking to stop…
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill…
Louisiana exoneree’s first day as elected clerk gets messy after court intervenes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who spent decades in prison for a wrongful…
Judge asks why jail placed suspect in White House correspondents’ dinner attack on suicide watch
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge on Monday pressed a jail official to explain…
A man shot by ICE in California pleads not guilty to federal charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who was shot multiple times during an arrest by…
Actors and studios strike a tentative 4-year deal, easing fears of another Hollywood shutdown
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Union board members representing television and movie actors are set this…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute in a settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal…
Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer lights up Israel with bonfires and song, in photos
JERUSALEM (AP) — Lag BaOmer is a festive day in the Jewish calendar that brings…
A real WKRP radio comes to Cincinnati, decades after the sitcom about a fictional station
CINCINNATI (AP) — WKRP isn’t dead — as of Monday, it’s living on the air…
Havana boasts its first two modular homes as Cuba’s capital disintegrates
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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has unveiled Havana’s first two modular homes using repurposed shipping containers,…
Afghanistan says cross-border attacks by Pakistan hit civilian areas and killed 3
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out cross-border attacks into its territory…
Remote working encouraged at leading English cricket club seeking to boost attendance
LONDON (AP) — Working from home is the new normal for millions of people in…
Prosecutors say arson suspect in Los Angeles’ Palisades Fire was angry ‘at the world’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los…
4 big water projects underway in South Dakota
In a wooded site along the west shore of the Missouri River, an engineering marvel…
Electrical fire forces closure of Broadway theater that hosts ‘The Book of Mormon’
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire broke out Monday in the Broadway theater that hosts…
California seeks millions of dollars from State Farm for handling of claims after 2025 LA wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top insurance regulator says the state is seeking millions of…
Britney Spears pleads guilty to lesser ‘wet reckless’ charge in DUI case, avoids further jail time
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Britney Spears pleaded guilty through her lawyer Monday to a lesser…
130 Nigerians seek repatriation after latest anti-immigration protests in South Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria will repatriate 130 Nigerians living in South Africa after a…
What to know as the US tries to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire wavers
The ceasefire in the Iran war abruptly faced its most perilous moment Monday after the…
Mali’s junta leader takes over defense ministry after the minister was killed in militant attacks
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali ‘s junta leader and the country’s president has assumed the…