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Crime

Confusion besets new police reform laws in Washington state

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police ... Read more

Business

French parliament OKs restaurant COVID pass, vaccine rules

PARIS (AP) — France’s parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and ... Read more

AP Interview: Premier: Iraq doesn’t need US combat troops

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister says his country no ... Read more

Business

French protesters reject virus passes, vaccine mandate

By PATRICK HERMANSEN and BOUBKAR BENZEBAT PARIS (AP) — Some 160,000 people, including far-right activists and members of ... Read more

Louisiana lawmakers embark on the unknown: A veto session

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers Tuesday enter uncharted territory, holding their ... Read more

Business

EXPLAINER: Target list of Israeli hack-for-hire firm widens

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Human rights and press freedom activists are up in ... Read more

Louisiana heads into historic veto session with uncertainty

By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ahead of the opening of an unprecedented veto ... Read more

Business

Anger as French protesters compare vaccines to Nazi horrors

By ANGELA CHARLTON and CONSTANTIN GOUVY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French Holocaust survivor has denounced anti-vaccination ... Read more

Business

Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — An investigation by a global media consortium based on ... Read more

National Sports

Report: Father-in-law pepper-sprayed NFL’s Richard Sherman

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Richard Sherman’s father-in-law armed himself with a handgun and fired ... Read more