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Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Karen Read case have returned to court focused on jury deliberations that led to a mistrial on charges that she killed her police officer boyfriend. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new report from Microsoft finds that Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election. Friday’s report finds that Iranian actors have recently created fake news sites, impersonated activists and in one case targeted a U.S. presidential campaign official with an email phishing attack.

Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris drew on her prosecutorial background to make her first expansive pitch on immigration to border-state voters as she and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, attracted thousands to a campaign rally in Arizona during their tour of battleground states. Harris, the former attorney

U.S. death rates fell last year for all age groups compared with 2022. That’s according to federal health data released Thursday. COVID-19 fell to the 10th leading cause of death. A couple years ago, it was No. 3. The leading causes were heart disease, cancer and a category of injuries that includes gun deaths and

AP Golf Writer Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez’s death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in Rodriguez’s native Puerto Rico. He

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on outdoor sleeping bans has voted to prohibit camping but establish certain areas where homeless people can go. The Grants Pass City Council voted Wednesday to ban camping on public property, including parks, and create

Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Dozens of Maui surfers, canoe paddlers and boat riders made their way into the ocean off Lahaina on Thursday to remember the 102 people killed when the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century destroyed the historic town one year ago. The “paddle out” gathering is a ritual

NEW YORK (AP) — Three Columbia University deans who exchanged disparaging texts during a campus discussion about Jewish life and antisemitism have resigned. The resignations were confirmed by the school on Thursday. They come a month after Columbia said it had suspended the administrators from their positions. The school’s president said some of the messages

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A moderate California Democratic state lawmaker announced Thursday that she is switching to the Republican Party while criticizing her former party’s leadership and policies. State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil said she had long been a Democrat, but she and the Democratic Party no longer have the same values since she

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar jointly demanded Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza next week, saying that “only the details” of carrying out a cease-fire and hostage release remain to be negotiated. “There is no further time to waste, nor excuses

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A newly filed legal challenge seeks to have third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept off Pennsylvania’s fall ballot. It is an effort with ramifications for the hotly contested swing-state battle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. The petition argues, among other things, that the nominating

AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Morgane Metraux had a round to remember in the Paris Olympics. She was 8 under on the front nine at Le Golf National and got everyone’s attention. The 27-year-old from Switzerland had to settle for a 66. But she holds the 36-hole lead by one shot over former

PARIS (AP) — Former FIFA interim president and long-time leader of African soccer Issa Hayatou has died. He was 77. Current FIFA president Gianni Infantino says in an Instagram post, “Saddened to hear of the passing of former CAF president, former FIFA president and interim, FIFA vice-president and FIFA Council member Issa Hayatou.” Hayatou also

Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, has hosted a thank you event for hundreds of staffers who worked on the reelection campaign. The security tents around downtown Wilmington, Delaware indicated that Thursday’s event was held at The Queen, a music venue that played a critical role in his