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By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has ended his 2024 Republican presidential bid. Burgum blames the Republican National Committee for arbitrary debate qualifications in dropping his campaign before the fourth presidential debate on Wednesday in Alabama. The second-term governor and wealthy software entrepreneur was little known nationally

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — With a journalist or media worker killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war, the head of the global organization representing the profession said Monday that it has become a conflict beyond compare. About 60 have been killed since the Oct. 7 start of the war,

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s former top utility regulator has pleaded not guilty in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme. Former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chair Sam Randazzo entered his plea Monday in federal court in Cincinnati. The 74-year-old Randazzo, of Columbus, faces 11 counts centered on

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. It was a blockbuster year across genres, but only a few could make AP’s list. (SZA’s “SOS” released in December 2022, Ice Spice’s “Like…?” isn’t a full-length release,

By CHINEDU ASADU and SAMBU ASSANA Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s president has issued a decree dissolving the West African nation’s opposition-controlled parliament. Umaro Sissoco Embalo cited last week’s shootout between troops loyal to him and forces controlled by the parliament, which he described as a failed coup. The leadership of the parliament

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped on Wall Street Monday ahead of some key reports this week on the job market that might provide more insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates. The S&P 500 was off 0.7%. The index is coming off its best month

BERLIN (AP) — Police in Berlin have been alerted to an overnight fire at the office of an Iranian opposition group in the German capital, and are investigating the incident as a suspected arson attempt. Police say that members of the group noticed flames at a window of the building in Berlin’s Schmargendorf district at

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say one person was killed and six others were injured when a fire blamed on an electric bicycle battery tore through a New York City apartment. The fire started at around 7 p.m. Sunday in a 10th-floor apartment in a public housing complex in the Bronx. A Fire Department spokesperson

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have arrested a rap artist accused of using explosives to rob cash machines and finance his music videos. Authorities say the 28-year-old Greek singer was arrested at the with two other suspects after police raided a property near Athens and searched several vehicles. The rap artist was not

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French investigations into a fatal weekend attack near the Eiffel Tower are looking into the suspect’s mental health. The alleged attacker swore allegiance to the Islamic State group before stabbing a German-Filipino tourist to death and injuring two other people with a hammer. Officials say the French

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., kicked off a series of one-day strikes starting Monday across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers. Hundreds of