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Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade. It’s part of efforts by the West African nation to face up to the role it played. The coastal town

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say two airboats collided with each other in southwest Florida, injuring more than a dozen people. News outlets reported that the crash Friday afternoon in Ochopee involved two airboats carrying a total of 33 people. Sixteen people were transported to hospitals. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating

Associated Press OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps. She stands on an uneven narrow wooden platform over a massive tank containing more than 3,000 liters (800

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who is not authorized to comment publicly. Trump has said he’s recently spoken with Cook about the company’s long-running tax

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon’s fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country’s resilient

AP Business Writer A federal appeals court on Friday left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute. Attorneys for TikTok

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has shaken central Chile but there have been no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami had been ruled out. The United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 7:38 p.m. local time at a depth of 110 kilometers. Its epicenter was 41 kilometers east-southeast of

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted him to skip a trip to Hawaii to attend last week’s remembrance ceremony marking the 83rd anniversary of the attack. Fernandez died peacefully at the Lodi, California, home of his nephew, Joe

Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — In the decade since SpaceX arrived on the Texas coast, billionaire Elon Musk’s company has created thousands of jobs near the Mexico border, launched rockets and sprung up new homes — all around an area dubbed Starbase. Now SpaceX wants to make Starbase a recognized city. Nearby residents are

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a business-backed appeal that could make it easier to challenge federal regulations, acting in a dispute related to California’s nation-leading standards for vehicle emissions. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by fuel producers who object to a waiver

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C, and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Sen.

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Googly eyes have been appearing on sculptures around the central Oregon city of Bend. It has delighted many residents and sparked a viral sensation covered widely by news outlets and featured on a popular late-night talk show. On social media, the city has shared photos of googly eyes on

AP Media Writer Donald Trump got something this year that no other person designated Time magazine’s Person of the Year had ever received. He got a fact-check of claims that the president-elect made in the interview accompanying the magazine’s piece. Trump earned the recognition of the year’s biggest newsmaker for the second time, also winning

Associated Press CHATHAM, N.J. (AP) — It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, the

Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — “My Driver and I” was supposed to be made in 2016, but was scuttled amid Saudi Arabia’s decades-long cinema ban. Eight years later, the landscape for film in the kingdom looks much different. And the star of “My Driver and I” now has an award. Roula Dakheelallah was

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — A report from the Department of Justice finds that the police department in a New York City suburb grossly violated residents’ rights, documenting illegal strip searches of people who weren’t under arrest, and arrests of people for verbally criticizing officers. The report on the approximately 160-officer department blames financial mismanagement

Associated Press A judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week. Biden’s decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania, from the governor to the

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Senate Republicans are recommending that the state write laws banning transgender girls and women from participating in school and college sports. The recommendation on Friday sets the stage for action in the 2025 legislative session. Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced almost identical goals at the panel’s first meeting