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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has started debate on whether anyone who can legally own a gun can carry their weapon in public. But whether the bill has enough votes to pass in this conservative state is uncertain. Twenty-seven other states allow open carry of guns without

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire. The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the

By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security. If you’re worried you could be laid off — or if you’ve lost your job — personal finance professionals and career

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump generally refrains from claiming voter fraud in elections he wins, but he is spending plenty of time laying the groundwork to cry fraud should he lose an expected rematch with President Joe Biden. After his victory in New

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly has sent Democratic Gov. Tony Evers a redistricting proposal that largely adopts maps he proposed, but with changes that would reduce the number of GOP incumbents who would have to face one another in November. Evers is all-but certain to veto the

By MANUEL VALDES and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state attorney general has announced a $149.5 million settlement agreement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s announcement Wednesday comes as opioid

By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the trial of a Michigan woman who faces involuntary manslaughter charges in a school shooting committed by her teenage son. Jennifer Crumbley is accused of making a gun accessible at home to Ethan Crumbley. He has pleaded guilty to killing

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Strong gains for Netflix and some influential technology stocks are pulling Wall Street a bit higher on Wednesday, even though most stocks are weakening. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in late trading and on track to set a record for a fourth straight day.