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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian soccer fan and former metallurgist Jarbas Meneghini Carlini has been combining his love for the sport with his business, making replicas of the FIFA World Cup trophy in his workshop in western Rio de Janeiro. After watching Brazil’s then-captain Dunga triumphantly lift the trophy following the team’s fourth World Cup win in 1994, Carlini resolved to create his own. “They weren’t for sale. So […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say two teenage suspects opened fire at an Islamic center in San Diego on Monday, killing three men before killing themselves. The case is being investigated as a hate crime, police say. The Islamic Center is the largest mosque in San Diego County, according to its website. :Here is the Latest: Among those killed was a security guard for the mosque, said San Diego Police […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed Sunday in federal court accuses former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of violating Murdaugh’s right to a fair trial and seeks punitive and compensatory […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Health officials believe the Ebola outbreak in Congo began weeks ago. The outbreak has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization and the death toll has risen to more than 100. Two cases, including one death, have also been reported in neighboring Uganda. Here’s a timeline of what we know so far after authorities first struggled to identify the outbreak […]

LONDON (AP) — In Paris, police deployed tear gas. In Milan, Italy, a fistfight erupted. In London, Singapore and New York, all-night queues snaked from the doors of Swatch stores — the latest examples of status-symbol “drop culture” to flash across the globe when status symbols and resale value collide. The company at the center of it all, Swatch, no stranger to over-the-top retail outbreaks, said it was time to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration could soon have access to a $1.7 billion dollar compensation fund, the Justice Department announced Monday, in a move slammed by Democrats as unconstitutional and corrupt. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that the fund — dubbed the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” — will represent “a lawful process for victims of […]

President Donald Trump is set to make more medications available on his discounted-drug website TrumpRx on Monday, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the remarks. The expanded offerings, to be announced at an afternoon White House healthcare affordability event, could beef up a government website that the Republican administration has touted as providing relief to Americans who are struggling with rising health […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An active shooter opened fire at a San Diego mosque Monday, and police believe people have been shot, authorities said. Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported multiple shots at the Islamic Center of San Diego, about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego. It was unclear if the shooter was outside or inside, or had been captured yet. The San Diego Police Department posted […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-growing brush fire ignited Monday morning in Southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home. The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura County about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. The blaze had spread to over 180 acres (73 hectares) shortly before noon, according to Scott Dettorre, spokesperson for the Ventura County […]