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By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The mayor of Uvalde on Friday disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the massacre at a Texas elementary school, again reflecting the lack of definitive answers about the slow law enforcement response to one of the deadliest classroom shootings in

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is raging. The stock market is tumbling and interest rates rising. American consumers are depressed and angry. Economists warn of potentially dark times ahead. But employers? They just keep hiring. The Labor Department reported Friday that America’s dinged and dented economy managed to add a

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities can now enforce the state’s ban on almost all abortions under a new court order. State District Judge Ethel Julien said Friday that a lawsuit challenging the legislation did not belong in her court and therefore she did not have the authority to extend

By OUMAR ZOMBRE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Protesters in Burkina Faso demonstrated Friday against the return of former President Blaise Compaore, as the ruling junta faltered in its efforts to hold a summit on the crisis of jihadi violence. Compaore, the longtime strongman ousted by a popular insurrection in

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in “unnecessary use of force” against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn’t whip any with their reins “intentionally or otherwise,” according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall that sparked widespread condemnation. In a 511-page

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The family of a Palestinian-American reporter killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank has lashed out at President Joe Biden over his administration’s response to her death. Relatives of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh expressed “grief, outrage and (a) sense of betrayal” in a letter

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Storch, the rubber-faced comic whose long career in theater, movies and television was capped by his “F Troop” role as zany Cpl. Agarn in the 1960s spoof of Western frontier TV shows, died Friday. Storch was 99. Storch died of natural causes early Friday

By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging between small gains and losses as Wall Street works out what to make of surprisingly strong data on the U.S. jobs market released Friday. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% in afternoon trading after earlier veering from a loss

By RENATA BRITO and TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The European Commission has vowed to step up its work with Morocco to fight human smugglers who are using “new, extremely violent methods” to get migrants into Spain. The announcement Friday comes two weeks after 23 people died at the border between Morocco

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrived Friday on Capitol Hill for a private interview with the Jan. 6 committee about his role in trying to prevent then-President Donald Trump from challenging the 2020 presidential election and joining the violent mob that laid siege

By SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to “vote, vote, vote vote” in November. Under mounting pressure from fellow

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mourners on Friday remembered a woman who worked tirelessly at her synagogue and a gentle man who loved art in the first formal services to be held for the seven people killed by the gunman who opened fire on a July Fourth parade. Synagogue members at North

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As missed warning signs pile up in investigations of mass killings, New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits. People seeking to carry concealed handguns will be required to hand over lists of their social media

By DANICA KIRKA and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson may have been shown the door in Britain, but he remains a popular figure in Ukraine, where he is widely admired for his uncompromising support for the country’s effort to defeat the Russian invasion. There’s good reason for

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters were doused with tear gas, making them gasp for breath, their eyes feeling as if they were on fire. Bystanders, including children and pregnant women, were also exposed. As police responded to mass protests across the nation two years ago

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least eight people have died when sudden rains triggered flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to an icy Himalayan cave in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Officials say an unspecified number of injured devotees were also airlifted to hospitals for treatment. The cloudburst near the cave revered by Hindus sent a wall

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have arrested a fourth man possibly involved in the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon’s Javari Valley. Authorities said Friday they are investigating whether the man is involved in illegal fishing in the protected waters of the Javari Valley

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Every day billions of people depend on wild flora and fauna to obtain food, medicine and energy. But a new United Nations-backed report says that overexploitation, climate change, pollution and deforestation are pushing one million species towards extinction. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a critical defeat to Democrats in the battleground state. The court did not address the