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RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an eastern Indiana police officer who was shot in the head during a traffic stop in August has died more than two weeks after being removed from life support. The Richmond Police Department says in a statement posted to Facebook that Officer Seara Burton died Sunday night at Reid

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban detainee said Monday he was released from a U.S. prison and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan. Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban, told reporters

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The three Baltic states neighboring Russia have closed their borders to most Russians, saying the move is to protect the security of the three European Union nations. The decision that takes effect Monday was reached earlier this month by the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Iran is facing off against the United States at the United Nation’s highest court over Washington’s confiscation of some $2 billion in Iranian assets to compensate bombing victims. Iran’s lawyers argued it was an attempt to destabilize the Iranian government and a violation of international

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Bill Clinton says he is amazed by the massive response to the return of the Clinton Global Initiative. That’s the meeting of international leaders from politics, business and philanthropy set to gather in New York for the first time since 2016. Interest in the

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African American men who had been arrested for minor offenses — like stealing a hog — if they

MOSCOW (AP) — Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single stay in space, has died at age 80, Russia’s space agency announced Monday. Polyakov’s record of 437 days in space began Jan. 8, 1994, when he and two others blasted off on a two-day flight to the Soviet space

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — American presidents usually make a splash when they travel abroad, holding the spotlight and quickly becoming the center of attention. Not this time. For U.S. President Joe Biden and other presidents, prime ministers and dignitaries, there were no red-carpet arrivals, no big speeches and no news conference

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — About 400 tourists who were stranded on a mountainside when a strong earthquake hit Taiwan have descended safely, as the island repairs damage caused by the quake. The 6.8 magnitude quake hit the island on Sunday afternoon, temporarily trapping four people inside a leveled three-story building, knocking a train from its

BEIJING (AP) — In a story published September 18, 2022, about China’s influence in the United Nations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Chinese officials hold the top position at three U.N. agencies: the Food and Agricultural Organization, the Industrial Development Organization and the International Telecommunications Union. They hold the top post at two agencies

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban detainee held for years at Guantanamo Bay said Monday he was released and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan. Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban,

By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile strike hit a facility close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine Monday, causing no damage to its reactors but damaging other industrial equipment in what the country’s atomic energy operator denounced as an act of “nuclear terrorism.” Energoatom, which operates Ukraine’s

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares fell Monday after another week of sizable losses on Wall Street, as investors braced for another interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. On Friday, a stark warning Friday from FedEx about rapidly

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have fired tear gas to disperse a rally in the western, mainly Kurdish city of Sanandaj, where protesters were decrying the death of a young woman while in police custody in Tehran last week. The semiofficial Fars news agency reported that police also arrested several of about 500 protesters

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds Monday, leaving one person dead and another missing, as it swerved north toward Tokyo. Residential streets were flooded with muddy water from rivers, and swathes of homes lost power after Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in the Kyushu

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president has left for New York, where he will be speaking to the U.N. General Assembly later this week. He says he has no plans to meet with President Joe Biden or other U.S. officials on the sidelines of the U.N. event. Ebrahim Raisi spoke at the Tehran airport before

By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that is drawing presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and up to a million people lining the streets of London to say a