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AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some public figures are honored with namesake buildings or monuments. Veteran broadcaster Connie Chung has a strain of marijuana and hundreds of Asian American women as legacies. Chung was contacted five years ago by a fellow journalist, Connie Wang, whose Chinese immigrant parents gave her the chance as

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison sentence for indecent images of children on his phone. Edwards, once one of the most prominent media figures in Britain, was sentenced Monday to a six-month prison term suspended for two years. Edwards pleaded guilty in Westminster Magistrates’

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An influential French member of the European Union’s powerful executive branch has resigned. Thierry Breton posted his resignation letter on social media on Monday. He called into question the leadership of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Breton’s resignation comes just as von der Leyen is trying to assemble

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season. It took home prizes including Outstanding Drama Series, as star and co-producer Hiroyuki Sanada became the first Japanese actor to win the Emmy for best lead actor in a dramatic series.

Associated Press KEHL, Germany (AP) — Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of controls already in place at its four other borders. The police controls began at the borders with France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Denmark on Monday morning and are due to continue

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday. The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000

Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian union leader freed from prison after serving time for her part in a strike against the country’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done. Chhim Sithar was sentenced in connection with the strike against the NagaWorld casino, the longest such

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing that killed two police officials in restive southwestern Pakistan. Analysts said Monday the latest violence is a sign of increasing coordination between Islamic militants and separatists who for years have been targeting security forces and civilians in the oil- and

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: That it’s cutting its key interest rate from a two-decade peak. It’s likely to be just the first in a series of rate

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Trade unions and thousands of disgruntled workers are demonstrating in the Belgian capital to protest the threat of massive layoffs in a state-of-the-art Brussels car factory and other key industries. The trigger for Monday’s protest was the announcement by the German carmaker Audi that it would phase out production at

Associated Press ROME (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The center-left British leader says he wants to learn how her nationalist conservative government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores by boat. The visit on Monday came after at least

Associated Press Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died. He was 70. Jackson was the third of nine children, including global superstars Michael and Janet, and was part of a music-making family whose songs have sold hundreds of millions of copies. “It’s with heavy

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on the agenda. Then the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes

Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a ubiquitous campaigner for Donald Trump, urging his own loyal followers to cast their lot with the former president who said he’d give Kennedy a job if he returns to the White House. Kennedy is