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By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A city in central Ohio has agreed to a settlement with one of its former K9 officers and a truck driver who were involved in an attack last year. Circleville will pay 24-year-old Jadarrius Rose $225,000 after he suffered bites from a dog that formerly was

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin Jost, the co-anchor of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live,” will get a chance to roast leading political and media figures as the featured entertainer at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association in April. The writer and comedic performer has written for the

By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world’s largest active volcano on Friday — Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii — knocking items off shelves in nearby towns but not immediately prompting reports of serious damage. No tsunami was expected. The earthquake,

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future. A study in Friday’s Science Advances

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More gains for U.S. stocks on Friday sent Wall Street to its latest record, milestone and winning week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and finished a day above the 5,000 level for the first time. It’s the 10th record in less than a month for

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Republican leading a Georgia state Senate committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says he seeks just the facts. But the lead Democrat begrudgingly serving on the panel said after its first meeting Friday that she doubts the committee can overcome its partisan origins.

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed an emergency spending package that would provide military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. About $60 billion would go to supporting Ukraine as it defends itself from the

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are looking for a 15-year-old who they say shot a Brazilian tourist in the leg inside a Times Square sporting goods store, then fired at police as he ran away. The 37-year-old woman shot Thursday evening is expected to survive. Police said a security guard confronted the

By SAMYA KULLAB and ALEX BABENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s new military chief signaled Friday that he wants to build new momentum, saying his immediate goals are to improve troop rotation at the front lines and harness the power of new technology, at a time when Kyiv’s forces are largely on the

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ruled that a former St. Louis police officer was not guilty of assault for shooting a suspected carjacker in 2018, ruling he acted in self-defense. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Judge John T. Bird wrote that the shooting by Matthew EerNisse was “objectively reasonable,” given the circumstances.

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its latest winning week with another milestone, the S&P 500’s first close above 5,000. The benchmark index rose 0.6%, marking its 14th winning week in the last 15. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.2%, pulling closer to its all-time high set in

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival season 2024 entered its final days in New Orleans on Friday as a parade of “fabulous women and the men who support them” walked the narrow streets of the old French Quarter handing out hand-decorated bras. The krewe of “Bosom Buddies & Breast Friends” is