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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer At just 28, rapper Takeoff had cultivated a rich hip-hop legacy with Migos — along with a reputation as the trio’s most lowkey member — before he was killed in a shooting early Tuesday. Takeoff was pronounced dead at the scene outside a Houston bowling alley, police there

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, a much different kind of geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of miles away, a heavily-armed U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed up

By FAY ABUELGASIM, BARBARA SURK and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Arab leaders are meeting in Algeria at the 31st summit of the Arab League. They’re seeking common ground on divisive issues in the region with the backdrop of rising inflation, food and energy shortages, drought and soaring cost of living across

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony in a Georgia investigation of possible illegal interference in the 2020 election by then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the state. The court lifted a temporary hold on Graham’s appearance before a special

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danes have voted in a parliamentary election Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was forced to call amid the fallout from her government’s contentious decision to cull millions of minks as a pandemic response measure. An exit poll by broadcaster TV2 after voting ended Tuesday showed the

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The vast majority of candidates running to become their states’ chief election officers oppose hand counting ballots, a laborious and error-prone process that has gained favor among some Republicans embracing conspiracy theories about voting machines. An Associated Press survey of major-party secretary of state candidates in the 24 states found

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Police in Newark, New Jersey were responding to a report of officers shot Tuesday in a residential neighborhood about a mile west of the city’s airport. Details on the number of officers injured or the extent of their injuries weren’t immediately available. Video taken from news helicopters showed police officers in

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis were voting in their fifth national election since 2019 on Tuesday, with early indications pointing to the highest turnout in more than two decades as they hope to break the political deadlock that has paralyzed the country. Again, the vote centers around former prime minister Benjamin

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor has accused a longtime associate of Donald Trump of lying to a jury over how he used his access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates. Tom Barrack’s lawyer said his client had no reason to

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the federal highway police to immediately clear hundreds of roads across the country blocked by truck drivers protesting President Jair Bolsonaro’s loss in the Oct. 30 election. A majority of the court’s justices backed the decision,

By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The president of Moldova has pledged to keep her country on a pro-Western course despite struggling under pressure of what she called Russia’s energy and political “blackmail.” President Maia Sandu addressed Romania’s Parliament while visiting the European Union member country on Tuesday. She said, “We are

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and turned lower in afternoon trading Tuesday after an unexpectedly strong report on the job market raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will need to keep the pressure on inflation with aggressive interest rate increases. The S&P

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbia says it has placed troops on the border with Kosovo on a heightened state of alert after a dispute over car license plates threatened to further escalate tensions between the two Balkan foes. Earlier Tuesday, Kosovo authorities warned members of the ethnic Serbian minority living in the former Serbian province

By FATIMA HUSSEIN & CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has announced sanctions against a weapons trafficking network affiliated with the Islamic State group in Somalia and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which are accused of carrying out deadly terrorist acts on civilians including car bombings. The move to freeze and

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Alejandro G. Iñárritu won consecutive best director Oscars in 2015 and 2016, but then at the peak of his Hollywood success, decided to retreat and process some things. Those six years of introspection found him back behind the camera to make his first film since “The Revenant.” “Bardo, False

By TAMMY WEBBER and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Raymond Naranjo sings for rain, his voice rising and falling as he softly strikes his rawhide-covered drum. The 99-year-old invites the cloud spirits, rain children, mist, thunder and lightning to join him at Santa Clara Pueblo, where Tewa people have lived

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say the 3-year-old son of Nigerian music star Davido has drowned in the family’s swimming pool. The Afrobeats star, whose real name is David Adeleke, and his fiancée were away at the time. Lagos police spokesman Ben Hundeyin said authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is reinforcing its military with an annual fall draft of 120,000 men. Russian military officials have assured that conscripts to be called up starting Tuesday will not be sent to fight in Ukraine. However, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War said the Russian

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to shooting a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park last year. The ranger was wearing a bulletproof vest and wasn’t seriously injured. Daron Ellis of Aurora was sentenced Monday in federal court in Denver after

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona, Marc Victor, dropped out of the race Tuesday and urged his supporters to vote for Republican Blake Masters. Victor’s endorsement a week before the midterm elections could help Masters further narrow the gap with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly