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By DIANE JEANTET, DAVID BILLER and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two days after Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco’s 2018 assassination, her widow sat down with the chief of the state’s civil police, Rivaldo Barbosa, who pledged to do everything in his power to hold the guilty parties

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Their days often began at the crack of dawn. They’d head out to a church, a temple, a park and set up a stall. They’d seek out seniors in particular, those who are perhaps the most vulnerable citizens of the information-saturated society that has enveloped them.

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are approaching a deadline to pass pending legislation or let it die. The Republican-controlled Legislature is heading into its annual spring break and most bills that don’t pass Friday will simply fade away when politicians return for a short wrap-up session. GOP leaders

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.4%, to 39,803.09, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey on business

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. John Nkengasong has spent decades working in Africa on HIV and AIDS, his career intertwined with a U.S. program that has transformed care in some of the hardest-hit countries and saved an estimated 25 million lives. He spoke to The Associated Press during a battle over

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, convicted killer Alex Murdaugh will shuffle into a courtroom in South Carolina. Murdaugh is scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning in federal court for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children is set to begin in Idaho this week, serving as a second act in a bizarre case that has drawn worldwide attention and already resulted in a life

By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The video shared by Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping

By ABBY SEWELL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a high-scoring American to help lead them to a

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of the Voting Rights Act is spurring lawmakers in several states to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the ruling opened in the landmark federal law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. Democratic-led states

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from hip-hop hitmaker Bryson Tiller and percussion master Sheila E., Andrew Scott plays a killer in Netflix’s “Ripley” and Jonathan Glazer’s best-picture nominee “The Zone of Interest” arrives on Max. “Lopez vs. Lopez,” a comedy starring George Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez,

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A key Japanese central bank report says that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but optimism hit a three-decade high among large business outside the manufacturing sector. The Bank of Japan report issued Monday says sentiment among automakers, electronics giants and other large manufacturers declined in