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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A journalist has settled a lawsuit arguing she was treated unfairly when she lost her job at a North Carolina newspaper amid a plagiarism investigation. Former News & Observer reporter Anne Blythe reached a settlement with the paper’s former top editor, according to a statement Thursday from Blythe’s lawyer. Terms were

By KRUTIKA PATHI, KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse. Lawmakers were to convene Saturday to begin choosing

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute. The widely expected move will keep 115,000 rail workers

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game. Hasbro Inc. and The New York Times — which purchased Wordle earlier this year — announced Thursday that Wordle:

HAVEN DALEY OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two neglected tigers rescued from a long-shuttered roadside tourist attraction in Oklahoma are beginning new lives more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away at California’s Oakland Zoo after receiving much-needed medical treatment. The female tigers, now named Lola and Mia, were rescued in June from an Oklahoma attraction that

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — At least $14 million has been raised through multiple sources for the victims and survivors of the May 24 mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. But because of the complexities involved in distributing such money, families aren’t expected to receive it until November. This has

By AAMER MADHANI, AYA BATRAWY, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Joe Biden said he raised the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the beginning of his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday. “I said, very straightforwardly, for an American president to be silent on

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden seemed to bow Friday to Sen. Joe Manchin’s demand for a slimmed-down economic package, telling Democrats to quickly push the election-year measure through Congress so families could “sleep easier” and enjoy the health care savings it proposes. Biden’s statement came hours after Manchin, the

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A wayward dolphin has been swimming in a Connecticut river after making its way upstream from Long Island Sound. The dolphin was first spotted Thursday morning by fishermen along the Thames River, jumping around near the Norwich Marina. Eventually, the animal rescue team at Mystic Aquarium was notified. They have been

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Netflix places one of its biggest bets yet on “The Gray Man,” a globe-trotting action thriller starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. One of

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The United Nations mission in Mali says that Egypt will suspend its participation in the peacekeeping force in the West African country by mid-August, citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed in Mali so far this year. Olivier Salgado, the spokesman

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — It launched as the new president’s ambitious plan for rebuilding America — a $2.3 trillion domestic infrastructure investment coupled with a $1.8 trillion plan to bolster U.S. families with support for health care, child care, college costs, unseen in generations. Totaling more than $4 trillion when

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats’ first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The bill has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. Yet voting

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Francisco Morales Bermudez has died at age 100. The general was credited with leading Peru back to civilian government — but he also was convicted abroad of involvement in “dirty war” crimes. His son Remigio Morales says the former president died Thursday night

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election says in a published interview she’s considering requesting that former President Donald Trump testify under oath to a grand jury. Meanwhile, several people who’ve been subpoenaed as part of the probe have

BLAIRSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A girl who was dubbed Princess Doe after her remains were found 40 years ago in a New Jersey cemetery has been identified as a Long Island teenager, authorities announced Friday. Charges have been filed against the man they believe killed Dawn Olanick, 17, of West Babylon, New York, the Warren

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the Southern California slayings of four women decades ago, police said. Billy Ray Richardson, 76, was arrested on Thursday by detectives from the Los Angeles and suburban Inglewood police departments with the assistance of officers from Fort Worth, Texas, police. Richardson

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A group of academics from Yale University and other schools says a plan by Florida health officials that likely would restrict Medicaid insurance coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender people lacks any sound medical justification. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration says puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and sex reassignment

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession. U.S. retail sales rose