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Business

US sanctions 24 China and Hong Kong officials ahead of talks

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong ... Read more

Business

Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Utah have ... Read more

US VP Harris: `status of women is the status of democracy’

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the U.N.’s ... Read more

Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Katia Sastre was walking her 7-year-old to class in ... Read more

Crime

7 picked, 7 to go for jury in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection continues Monday for a former ... Read more

UK: Hundreds defy virus restrictions to remember slain woman

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of people in London defied coronavirus restrictions Saturday to ... Read more

Business

Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South

By BILL BARROW Associated Press BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — The South has never been hospitable to organized labor. ... Read more

Business

EXPLAINER: What’s this craze for ‘NFTs’ all about, anyway?

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A digital art piece, tweaked using cryptocurrency technology to ... Read more

Business

Myanmar court extends detention of AP journalist

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A court in Myanmar extended on Friday the pretrial detention of an Associated Press ... Read more

Business

AP study: Nearly 90% of esports scholarships going to men

By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer Colleges and universities rushing to invest in the booming arena of varsity ... Read more