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GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Georgetown College says it has fired the school’s president after reports emerged accusing him of sexual assault and sexual misconduct against employees. The small Christian liberal arts school said Tuesday that its board of trustees voted to fire William Jones after Georgetown College received allegations that Jones had sexually assaulted

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers An influential advisory panel is recommending Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 vaccine for all children ages 5 to 11. If the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees later Tuesday, the U.S. will embark on a major and long-awaited expansion of vaccinations. Pfizer already has

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Legal experts say the speedy selection process for jurors in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin this week doesn’t mean they are any less capable of delivering a fair verdict. It took the judge and attorneys in Wisconsin just one day to choose the panel of

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — UNICEF is warning that schools in Haiti are increasingly at the mercy of gangs, with children becoming targets of robbery or ransom. The agency said Tuesday that at least seven schools in the capital of Port-au-Prince have been forced to pay unidentified gangs in exchange for security in the past two

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A hearing examiner is recommending that New Mexico regulators reject a proposed merger involving the state’s largest utility, Public Service Co. of New Mexico, with Spanish energy giant Iberdrola. The recommendation by Public Regulation Commission hearing examiner Ashley Schannauer says the potential downsides of the merger outweigh the benefits. Under

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police say a 4-year-old girl has been rescued and is “alive and well” more than three weeks after she was suspected to have been snatched from a tent during a family camping trip on Australia’s remote west coast. Western Australia Police Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch says

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after a man he shot in 2017 died from his injuries. District Attorney Chesa Boudin said Tuesday San Francisco Police Officer Kenneth Cha was charged with voluntary manslaughter and assault with a semiautomatic firearm,

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Two postal contractors in West Texas have been charged with stealing thousands of pieces of mail worth more than $4 million. Federal prosecutors say Joe Roy Rivas III and Jessica Lynn Solomon were indicted after federal agents seized more than 8,000 pieces found in the Lubbock contractors’ possession. Prosecutors say it

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The iconic French label Chanel drew throngs of guests and some celebrities to view the brand’s latest resort collection with a runway show in Dubai. The collection shown Tuesday was defined by stark two-tone pieces inspired by the label’s founder. The label hosted an

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Legal experts say the speedy selection process for jurors in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin this week doesn’t mean they are any less capable of delivering a fair verdict. It took the judge and attorneys in Wisconsin just one day to choose the panel of

MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service says suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail despite their complaints about conditions there. The Marshals completed an inspection of the jail complex in the

By TERRY TANG Associated Press Three major U.S. cities could be on the verge of seeing their first Asian American mayor. Boston’s next mayor will be either Michelle Wu, the first Asian American city councilor there, or Annissa Essaibi George, who is Arab Polish American. In Cincinnati, Aftab Pureval, who is of Tibetan and Indian

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. congresswomen have renewed demands for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide a formal apology and release records in connection with the January 2020 detainment of 200 Iranian Americans at the U.S.-Canada border. Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Suzan DelBene sent a letter Tuesday to the

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators have delivered a tough report to a Michigan city where residents have been urged not to drink the water. The Environmental Protection Agency says Benton Harbor had failed to timely warn people about high levels of lead in the water and must make improvements at its water plant.

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers An influential U.S. advisory panel is recommending that all children ages 5 to 11 should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. If the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees with Tuesday’s vote, the U.S. will embark on a major expansion of vaccinations. Pediatricians

By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries. That narrows prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body camera video beating,

By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatened separatist actions by Bosnian Serbs. High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt said “the

By SARA BURNETT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press The economy ranked as the top issue facing the state of Virginia as voters cast their ballots in the tight race for governor, with the coronavirus pandemic and education trailing. In the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, 34% of Virginia voters say the

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Spike” is a new photograph book to be published November 17. It’s filled with images Spike Lee’s brother David shot over the years as his older brother’s on-set photographer, with stills from Spike’s 35-plus films. It even has custom typography based on Radio Raheem’s “LOVE/HATE”

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Jean Rounds, the wife of Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, has died in hospice care. She was 65. Jean Rounds had been undergoing treatment for cancer since May of 2019. Doctors initially found a malignant, aggressive tumor near her sciatic nerve and she