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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If truth has the power to set one free, then Rapsody’s new album, “Please Don’t Cry,” has removed her from emotional imprisonment and gifted her immeasurable liberation. The three-time Grammy nominee is not only frequently lauded by critics as the best female lyricist, but also

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising on Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in afternoon trading, erasing its losses for the week and putting it on track to eke out a fifth straight weekly

LONDON (AP) — A judge says an office manager of the Hong Kong trade office in London and another man will go on trial in February for allegedly helping Hong Kong authorities gather intelligence in the U.K. Chung Biu Yuen and Chi Leung Peter Wai appeared at London’s Central Criminal Court for a preliminary hearing

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks in Minsk. After their meeting on Friday, Putin questioned in remarks to reporters whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy would have the legitimacy to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf in potential peace talks. According to Putin,

FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — Workers at a Georgia school bus manufacturer have approved their first union contract. The United Steelworkers union won a union vote in May 2023 at Blue Bird Corp.’s plants in Fort Valley. The steelworkers and company said union members have voted to approve a three-year contract between the company and

Associated Press The dog that skyrocketed to internet fame and became the face of the cryptocurrency dogecoin has died. The Shiba Inu named Kabosu passed away in Japan at 18 years old, a number of outlets reported. The dog’s owner, Atsuko Sato, said in a post that Kabosu died in her sleep. The account for

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As he tries to secure his legacy, President Joe Biden has unleashed a flurry of election year rules on the environment and other topics, including a landmark regulation that would force coal-fired power plants to capture smokestack emissions or shut down. The limits on greenhouse gas emissions

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s latest artificial intelligence chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping’s doctrine in a stark reminder of the ideological parameters that Chinese AI models should abide by. China’s cyberspace academy CAC earlier this week announced the chatbot trained on Xi Jinping Thought. It said the doctrine promotes “socialism with Chinese characteristics.”

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer All seven members of BTS are currently serving South Korea’s compulsory enlistment for men of a certain age. In what should feel like an absence, the K-pop boy band is keeping their fans occupied with a steady release schedule of eclectic solo material. Next up is rapper RM’s second

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested two men suspected of plotting a knife attack on worshippers at a synagogue in the southwestern city of Heidelberg. The suspects, who are 24 and 18 years old, were detained during separate police operations in the state of Baden-Wuerttember earlier this month. Police and prosecutors say

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Spokesperson Liz Throssell of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising on Friday in a bounce back from Wall Street’s worst day since April. The S&P 500 was up 0.6% in midday trading to trim most of its loss for the week, though it may still be heading for its first

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is set to sign two bills that will overhaul the state’s oversight of the funeral home industry. The bills, which Polis plans to sign Friday, follow a series of gruesome discoveries in Colorado, including 190 discomposing bodies in a funeral home,

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival draws glamour to itself like a moth to the flame. Over the last two weeks, the French Riviera spectacular has played host to dozens of anticipated movie premieres, nightly ballets of high fashion on the red carpet and even a visit from the Olympic flame ahead of