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By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters have passed a ballot initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for people 21 and older and to create state-regulated “healing centers” where participants can experience the drug under supervision. Colorado becomes the second state, after Oregon, to vote to establish a regulated system for substances like

By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Joe Biden, speaking Friday at an annual global summit on climate change, said new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented his country’s commitment to fighting global warming. “The United States government is putting our money where our

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream” at an Oslo museum and no harm was reported to the painting of a waif-like figure appearing to scream. Police said they were alerted by

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has decided to launch a preliminary sex abuse investigation into French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, after he admitted to having behaved in a “reprehensible way” with a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago. A Vatican spokesman said a search was under way to find a lead investigator

By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine on Friday, clearing the way for victorious Ukrainian forces to reclaim the country’s only Russian-held provincial capital that could act as a springboard for further advances into occupied territory. Russia’s Defense

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society’s black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary. Justice Samuel Alito got a long, loud ovation Thursday night from a crowd of 2,000 people, most in tuxedos and

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful, shallow underwater earthquake has struck near Tonga in the southern Pacific, prompting authorities to issue and then lift a tsunami advisory. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 7.3 quake was centered east-southeast of Neiafu, Tonga, at a depth of 15 miles. It predicted strong shaking but said

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than a week for FTX to go from the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world to bankruptcy court. The embattled cryptocurrency exchange, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection after the exchange experienced the crypto equivalent of a bank run. FTX,

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding onto its stupendous surge from a day before in early trading Friday, though a looming report on inflation expectations later in the morning could still upset the market. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged after drifting between small gains and losses,

By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops are preparing to enter the southern city of Kherson after Russian forces retreated across the Dnieper River, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said. Andriy Yusov told The Associated Press that “an operation to liberate Kherson” and the surrounding region

By SAM MAGDY and WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — After days with almost no demonstrations, there were several small protests at this year’s UN climate conference calling Friday for the developed world to fight global warming more fairly and effectively. Demonstrators called for rich nations to compensate developing countries for climate

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — President Joe Biden has arrived in Egypt to attend a global climate meeting with a giant domestic investment in tow. Biden is likely to face questions about how far the U.S. will go to pull along other large greenhouse gas emitters.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Warsaw have marched peacefully in a yearly Independence Day march organized by Polish nationalist groups. The march is controversial because it is led by far-right groups, and has included white nationalist and and anti-immigrant messages in the past. But many people, including some with young

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth next year. It says saying that the 19 countries that use the euro currency will slide into recession over the winter as peak inflation hangs on for longer than expected and high fuel and

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Nations across the world pay respect with solemn ceremonies for their fallen soldiers in World War I and ever since on an Armistice Day pierced by the rumblings of Russia’s war in Ukraine that showed again that peace is all too often elusive. Casualties since Russia invaded

GENEVA (AP) — Top Russian and U.N. officials are holding talks in Switzerland to try to iron out the extension of a deal allowing Ukrainian grain shipments and Russian food and fertilizer exports. There’s just over a week left before the wartime agreement meant to ease a global food crisis is set to expire. U.N.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. (AP) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole sent heavy rains falling from Georgia to New York on Friday as flooding and surging ocean waters receded from a stretch of Florida coastline where the most damaging impacts became evident after it made landfall as a

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden hosted a Veterans Day breakfast at the White House as she announced new support for children who live with wounded service members and veterans. The initiative, known as the Hidden Helpers Coalition, is designed to help young people who act as caregivers. After

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has rejected a complaint by her Iranian counterpart that she was taking an “interventionist” stance over protests in Iran and pushed back against his pledge of a “firm” response. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian wrote in a tweet addressed to Germany’s Annalena Baerbock on Thursday that “provocative, interventionist &