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Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French farmers have protested against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America, saying it hurt their livelihoods. The European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc reached an initial agreement in 2019, but negotiations stumbled amid concern about the use of pesticides in South American produce and

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A dozen students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after police say they assaulted a gay man. Charging documents say one of the defendants made a fake account on a dating app and lured the man to an apartment by promising him sex

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days begging to be taken to a hospital. Lucas Bellamy died while in custody at the Hennepin County jail in Minneapolis

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs. The latest restructuring efforts were announced by 23andMe on Monday. The company said it plans to wind down ongoing clinical

AP Media Writer Chris Wallace says he’s leaving CNN after three years and, at age 77, is eager to see what a transformed media environment has to offer. “When I look at the media landscape right now, the people who are going independent, whether it’s podcasting or streaming, that seems to be where the action

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy. Since Election Day, investors have sent prices zooming for stocks of banks, fossil-fuel producers and other companies expected to benefit from Trump’s preference for lower tax rates

Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — In 1965, a Norwegian woman gave birth to a baby girl in a private hospital. Seven days later she returned home with a baby. When the baby developed dark curls that made her look different from herself, Karen Rafteseth Dokken assumed she just took after her husband’s mother. It

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after gangs shot three planes and the United Nations also Tuesday temporarily suspended flights to Port-au-Prince, limiting humanitarian aid coming into the country. Bullets hit a Spirit Airlines plane when it was about to land

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small Business Saturday — the Saturday after Thanksgiving — is coming up. But it doesn’t always translate to big sales for small businesses. There are some things small business owners should keep in mind when marketing themselves for the big holiday shopping weekend. American Express introduced a marketing

AP Technology Writer Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago. The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles

Associated Press SALEM, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has granted prosecutors a 30-day extension in which to bring formal charges against the driver accused of killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, while they were cycling in August. The judge granted the extension for prosecutors to indict Sean M. Higgins

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota say a man shot and killed by police was being sought in the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed as 36-year-old Mychel Allan Stowers. He was shot Saturday in St. Paul. Two officers involved in the shooting

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nomination. Everett’s reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, $5,000 honors for fiction and nonfiction presented by the American Library Association. “James” already is a finalist for the National Book

AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs. That’s what happened two years ago with the world’s largest active volcano in Hawaii. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other