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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says President Joe Biden has decided to restore two sprawling national monuments in his state that were significantly downsized under President Donald Trump. Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement Thursday expressing disappointment in the Biden administration’s decision to restore Bears

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Afghan man already facing charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a New York Times reporter and another journalist in facing new charges in the killing of three American soldiers. A revised indictment against Haji Najibullah filed Thursday accused him of commanding the Taliban fighters behind a fatal

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Another armed Indigenous vigilante group has appeared in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. In a video posted on social media Thursday, a group of about 30 masked men are seen holding mainly hunting rifles and shotguns in the woods. The group say it is made up of members of

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to phoning threats to kill a lawyer who represented the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release Thursday that 42-year-old William John Hartnett made the threatening call April 6 from Miami. Hartnett faces

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 will mean more talk about Mrs. O’Leary and her cow. But historians as well as Catherine O’Leary’s descendants want you to know that the woman who has long been blamed for starting the blaze actually had nothing

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says a report alleging she had a role in data-rigging at the World Bank when she was a top official there was not an accurate representation of events. The statement came a day after IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva

COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man who fatally shot one person and wounded 14 others before killing himself at a Tennessee grocery store last month used three guns purchased legally over the past year-and-a-half. Collierville Police announced Thursday that 29-year-old UK Thang used two pistols and a rifle in the shooting. He was carrying extra

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials from Mexico and the United States are developing a new framework for their governments’ security relationship that is more “holistic” in addressing crime and will tackle a broader range of issues than the previous initiative. Cabinet secretaries from both countries were scheduled to meet in

By ACACIA CORONADO and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — U.S. Army officials have unveiled a new resource and training center at Fort Hood that aims to create a more supportive culture following reports of murder, suicide and sexual assault at the embattled Texas military installation. Army officials said Thursday that

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan opposition groups are saying next month’s presidential election is “void and illegitimate” because of President Daniel Ortega’s arrests of critics and potential challengers. A statement issued Thursday by the country’s main opposition alliances calls on the Organization of American States to suspend the Nicaraguan government from the body. Ortega opened

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville’s metro government has asked a judge to temporarily shut down a hot tub on wheels, saying the party vehicle is operating without a public swimming pool permit. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit was filed last week. It says Music City Party Tub was informed of the violation in an Aug.

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Coll, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is stepping down after nine years as dean of the Columbia University journalism school, one of the nation’s top training grounds for reporters. He says he will leave to concentrate on teaching at the end of the current academic year next spring. The university’s

RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Minnesota man on charges of murder and other counts in the July killing of a Red Lake tribal officer. David Donnell Jr. was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder. He had previously been charged with a lesser murder count in connection with

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent solution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Pfizer

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says President Joe Biden has decided to expand two sprawling national monuments in his state that were significantly downsized under President Donald Trump. The Biden administration had been reviewing the 2017 changes made by the Trump administration. On Thursday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox

HOUSTON (AP) — A jury has convicted a man of capital murder in the 2015 shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, her husband and six children, including his own son, at a Houston-area home. Fifty-four-year-old David Conley was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors didn’t pursue the death penalty against Conley, as state and

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon climate plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military. Thursday’s recommendations focus on making worsening climate extremes a mandatory part of strategic, tactical and operational defense planning. That includes things like training troops how

By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. (AP) — President Joe Biden is championing COVID-19 vaccination requirements and is determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledges that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” He had ruled out such mandates before taking

By MATTHEW BROWN, BRIAN MELLEY, and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Video of the ruptured underwater pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern California shows a thin crack that could indicate a slow leak that was difficult to initially detect. Experts said Thursday that the

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Small arts organizations were among those hit the hardest by shrinking donations last year, according to a study by the Urban Institute. Small charities nationwide have faced significant losses in charitable giving as donors cut back during the COVID health and economic crisis: Four