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SAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The government shutdown has grounded the Blue Angels from its crowd-pleasing, stunt-filled airshow at San Francisco’s Fleet Week. But Royal Canadian pilots and Colombian sailors will be on hand to make sure the show goes on, organizers said Wednesday. The three-masted ARC Gloria, which is the official flagship … Read more

Facing a deadline next week on whether to sign a statement acknowledging new restrictions on how they do their jobs or risk being thrown out of the Pentagon, journalists who cover the U.S. military appear headed toward a showdown with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Negotiations over changing some of the restrictions “have not been as … Read more

UNITED NATIONS — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of a U.N. body established to determine what happened to potentially hundreds of thousands of people missing in Syria said Wednesday it was essential to find a way to work together with a new Syrian commission. Assistant Secretary-General Karla Quintana said the Independent Institution on Missing … Read more

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their removal from youth shelves will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit. Terri Lesley was … Read more

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Wednesday that it has fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party. The dismissal is believed to be the first of its kind for violating a ban on such relationships … Read more

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Family members and supporters of an Alabama inmate scheduled to be executed this month pleaded Wednesday for the state to spare his life as he maintained he did not commit the 1993 murder. Anthony Boyd, 53, is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen gas on Oct. 23. A … Read more

HOUSTON — HOUSTON (AP) — A man is believed to have fatally shot three people at two different locations in the Houston area before killing himself on Wednesday, said police, who are still trying to determine a motive for the shootings. “Early indications are that it’s all related,” Houston Police Department Lt. Larry Crowson said. … Read more

UNITED NATIONS — UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers in the next several months to evacuate far-flung global hotspots as a result of the latest U.S. funding cuts to the world body, a senior U.N. official said. The official, who spoke on … Read more

NEW ORLEANS — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate who was still on the run was captured hiding in the basement crawl space of an Atlanta home. Derrick Groves, 28, was found Wednesday holed … Read more

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands woven from the locks of the dead. There also are tresses purported to come from past presidents, Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe and even Jesus. For about … Read more