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PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says preliminary tests indicate iron-contaminated wastewater that leaked from a northwestern Indiana steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary presents no risk to public health. The EPA said Wednesday that surface water samples were taken near the outfall at the U.S. Steel Midwest plant in Portage and

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Joe Biden’s government overhaul at stake, Democrats charged into trouble Thursday as a promised vote on the first piece, a slimmer $1 trillion public works bill, faltered amid stalled talks on his more ambitious package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assembled her leadership team for

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia said Thursday it is kicking out seven United Nations officials whom it accused of “meddling” in the country’s internal affairs, as pressure grows on the government over its deadly blockade of its Tigray region. The expulsions are the most dramatic move yet by Ethiopia’s government

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is trying to avert one crisis while staving off another with the Senate poised to approve legislation that would fund the federal government into early December. The House is expected to pass the measure after the Senate vote Thursday, preventing a partial government shutdown when the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Leaders of the four parties that made up the last coalition government in the Netherlands have agreed to join forces for another four-year term. Thursday’s decision came more than six months after the country’s general election. The parties will now sketch out a brief policy

By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ASHRAF IDRIS Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Thousands of Sudanese have rallied in the capital of Khartoum against the country’s military and demanded the formation of new transitional authorities that would exclusively consist of civilians. Security forces fired tear gas as protesters neared a central street housing government headquarters. Thursday’s

By The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Orchestra will receive a $50 million grant from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, the largest gift in the history of the 103-year-old music organization. The orchestra said Thursday that $31.5 million will be dedicated to its endowment, the orchestra’s financial foundation and supporting an

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures has ballooned in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration gave clinics three years to show that their questionable treatments were safe and worked. But today none of the clinics have won FDA approval and there

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After nearly four months without a big winner, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $620 million, making it the 10th largest U.S. lottery prize ahead of Saturday night’s drawing. There have been 39 drawings in a row without a Powerball grand prize winner, dating back to the last

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown, but the major indexes are still on track for monthly losses. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 10:07 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 50 points, or

JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli troops have shot and killed a 40-year-old Palestinian man near the Israeli border. The man’s family says he was setting bird traps when he was shot on Thursday. Israel’s military confirmed opening fire at what it said was a suspicious man near the border. It

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s army has put its wary neighbors on notice that it’s about to conduct a wide-ranging military exercise near its northwestern border amid long-simmering tensions with Azerbaijan. The commander of the Iranian army’s ground forces said the drill to test weapons, assess the combat readiness of

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense secretary says U.S. and Filipino military officials have held initial talks to assess the future of their countries’ 70-year Mutual Defense Treaty, including revising it in a possible move that has made China wary. The 1951 treaty commits the United States and the

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen shot and killed a member of the minority Sikh community in an attack in the deeply conservative northwestern city of Peshawar. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The gunmen fled the scene. A local

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he is “unapologetic” in defending Greece’s borders in the face of uncontrolled migration attempts, but insists his country is doing so in a manner that respects human rights. Greece has come under strong criticism from rights groups, migrants and some European officials

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit, the climax of an investigation that found misconduct by police and prosecutors. Juwan Deering will not face a second trial, Oakland County

BERLIN (AP) — Numerous election day glitches in the German capital have prompted calls for the result to be scrutinized, with one politician saying Thursday that his party plans to challenge the outcome of the vote. Long lines formed outside many polling stations in Berlin on Sunday as voters struggled with extra ballot papers for

Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street Thursday after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown. European and Asian markets are also rising. The S&P 500 is up 0.5% as of 9:33 a.m. ET, and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up 0.7%. Despite the gains Wall Street is on track to end

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A survey of Americans on President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep and familiar divide: Democrats are overwhelmingly for it, while most Republicans are against it. With the highly contagious delta variant driving

GENEVA (AP) — High-level Russian and U.S. diplomats are meeting in Geneva as part of strategic talks revived by presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin at a June summit, with contentious issues like nuclear weapons and cyberspace on the table. The second-ranked U.S diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, held several hours of talks