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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England’s commercial shrimp fishery will remain shuttered because of concerns about the health of the crustacean’s population amid warming ocean temperatures. The cold-water shrimp were once a winter delicacy in Maine and beyond, but the fishing industry has been shut down since 2013. A board

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer Rock singer Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year’s Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at an exclusive Florida hotel. Court records released Friday show that Stewart and his son Sean recently entered guilty pleas

NEW YORK (AP) — A rare copy of a Superman #1 comic book that sold on newsstands for a dime in 1939 was purchased for $2.6 million in an auction. ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, said the comic was sold Thursday night to a buyer who wishes to maintain a secret identity. Houston-based

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A college student who posted online that “infamy is just as good as fame” after she climbed through a broken window at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been sentenced to a month behind bars for her actions. Gracyn Courtright of Hurricane, West Virginia, sobbed as

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time since the pandemic began, the box office is booming. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” grossed $50 million in Thursday previews alone, a stunning start for a movie set to break pandemic records. Sony Pictures’ “No Way Home” scored the third-largest preview total

CLEVELAND (AP) — McDonald’s will pay $33.5 million to a former baseball player who owns multiple franchises to end a lawsuit he brought against the company accusing it of racial discrimination. Herb Washington, who’s Black, owned more than a dozen restaurants in Ohio and Pennsylvania when he filed a lawsuit in February saying the company

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Banks and big technology stocks are leading another decline on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday and every major index is on track for a weekly loss. Retailers and industrial companies also fell. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%, while the Nasdaq slid 0.2%. Both are

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright has taken the stand at her manslaughter trial. Kim Potter has said she mistook her gun for her Taser when she shot the 20-year-old Wright during an April 11 traffic stop

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is shooting for next Friday to launch its newest space telescope. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed that the James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to blast off on Christmas Eve. A European Ariane rocket will provide the lift from South America’s French Guiana.

NEW YORK (AP) — The editor of Forbes magazine says he testified Thursday before a grand jury hearing evidence in a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his business practices, answering questions about a magazine article examining whether the former president inflated his wealth. Forbes editor Randall Lane wrote in a post on

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A court in Madagascar has convicted two French citizens of having plotted a failed coup against President Andry Rajoelina and sentenced them to 10 years and 20 years of forced labor. At the end of a 10-day trial in Antananarivo, the capital, Paul Rafanoharana was sentenced

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top financial regulators told Congress Friday that threats to financial stability remain elevated even though the country has recovered from the worst economic shocks stemming from the COVID pandemic. In its annual report on financial system threats, the Financial Stability Oversight Council listed climate

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States. Analysis of 40 years worth of United States snow measurements shows less of the country now has snow on the ground on Christmas than it did in the 1980s. It’s especially

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency expects to announce its decision Monday on whether to allow a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia. However, the Federal Aviation Administration is emphasizing that a license authorizing Camden County to operate a spaceport would not yet permit the launch of any rockets. In a

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Students will be able to apply to Harvard University without submitting SAT or ACT scores for at least the next four years. Harvard announced the move Thursday amid concerns about students’ access to testing sites during the pandemic. It extends a policy many colleges have adopted during the pandemic

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A psychologist says police officers can mistakenly draw their gun instead of their Taser under high-stress situations because their ingrained training takes over. Laurence Miller, who teaches at Florida Atlantic University, testified Friday at the manslaughter trial for Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the departed United Kingdom are showing that their relationship remains on the rocks even if last year’s Brexit trade deal was supposed to have ended the acrimony between them. On Friday, they postponed talks on their continued deep-seated differences into the New Year.

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday decided to more firmly embrace the approach, after research of such

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A psychologist says police officers can mistakenly draw their gun instead of their Taser under high-stress situations because their ingrained training takes over. Laurence Miller, who teaches at Florida Atlantic University, testified Friday at the manslaughter trial for Kim Potter, the suburban Minneapolis police