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    AP News in Brief at 9:09 p.m. EDT

    Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names

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  • SportsThe Canadian Press

    Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back. The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citing fundamental changes in the structure of college athletics during the 14 years since Bush forfeited the trophy and the honor. Bush gave up his Heisman following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans. College football players are now allowed to profit

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  • NewsBBC

    House speaker Mike Johnson heckled by protesters in tense campus visit

    While the Speaker visited Columbia, police confronted Pro-Palestinian protesters at campuses in Texas and California.

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows

    PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges. The

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain

    HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to reign in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation, become a burden for small businesses and make the state an outlier. The bill passed 24-12 after a lengthy debate. It is the result of two years of task force meetings in Co

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police

    SAO PAULO (AP) — An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. The non-profit Urihi Associação Yanomami said in a statement that the incident took place Tuesday in the northern state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela. The organization said its move was aimed at avoiding the risk of water contamination by mercury in mining. Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Ministry confirmed that a dozen allege

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  • HealthBBC

    England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report

    The World Health Organization also finds higher rates of drinking and vaping among teenage girls.

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