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Associated Press SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as

Associated Press SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as

Associated Press U.S. and Arab mediators say they are closing in on a deal to halt the war in Gaza and free hostages captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack, but the talks have dragged on for months, with several moments of false hope. The negotiations gained new urgency when Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of three security guards more than 10 years after the death of a man who was pinned to the ground at a suburban Detroit shopping mall. Witnesses say McKenzie Cochran repeatedly told the guards, “I can’t breathe.” In 2014, the local

Associated Press A Texas civil jury says the parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 Santa Fe high school shooting can’t be held responsible for what happened. Jurors announced their decision Monday. Jurors did hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis responsible and awarded families more than $300 million total in damages. A

AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — As schools reopen for another year, they are focused on improving student attendance. But back-to-school is hitting just as COVID-19 cases are increasing, raising the question: When is a child too sick for school? School absences surged during the pandemic and have yet to recover. Nearly 1 in 4

Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — George Santos, who spun lies about his life into an 11-month stint in Congress, pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a case that led to his expulsion from office. He blamed his ambition for clouding his judgment and said he was “flooded with

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sixteen years ago, a triumphant Joe Biden addressed an adoring crowd at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, his smile radiating confidence about the country’s future and his own journey. The soon-to-be vice president hugged his son Beau. He spoke about how his own parents had endowed him with a

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In 1974, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Decades of disinvestment had culminated in a mass exodus known as urban flight and residents watched as their wealthier, more educated counterparts left the New York City neighborhood in droves. But the tide

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today’s climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but also shared some of the props. Both gathered in Philadelphia, largely because its Municipal Auditorium had already been fitted with the

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea. Each blamed the other for the collision early Monday near Sabina Shoal, a disputed