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A 15-year-old girl fatally shoots a teacher and a teenager at a Christian school in Wisconsin

A 15-year-old girl fatally shoots a teacher and a teenager at a Christian school in Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a teenager and prompting a swarm of police…

Official in French territory of Mayotte says death toll from Cyclone Chido is ‘several hundred’

Official in French territory of Mayotte says death toll from Cyclone Chido is ‘several hundred’

By GERALD IMRAY and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may be close to 1,000,…

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the…

Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show

Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show

By LEA SKENE and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press After Luigi Mangione made the difficult decision to undergo spinal surgery last year for chronic back pain, he became a proponent of the procedure that changed his life…

Stock market today: Wall Street’s rally stalls as Nasdaq pulls back from its record

Stock market today: Wall Street’s rally stalls as Nasdaq pulls back from its record

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes fell Thursday following some potentially discouraging data on the economy. The S&P 500 slipped 0.5% for its fourth loss in the last six days. It’s…

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

Trump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the…