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In the wiggle of a nose, a man covered the “Bewitched” statue in Salem, Massachusetts with red paint, police said. Witnesses called police at about 5 p.m. Monday to report someone spray painting the bronze statue, Capt. John Burke said Tuesday. The statue depicts actor Elizabeth Montgomery — as...

The European Union’s chief executive vowed Tuesday that Poland would get no money from the bloc’s vast pandemic relief fund until the right-wing government rolls back measures deemed to limit the independence of the country’s judiciary. Poland is line to receive nearly 36 billion euros ($38.5...

The widow and son of the man who wrote the 1983 article that inspired the original “Top Gun” are suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.” In a complaint filed in California federal court Monday, Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay claim that the rights to Ehud Yonay’s story...

A driver fled a traffic stop and crashed into a church building in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood Tuesday morning, police said. According to Miami police, officers attempted to stop a white BMW SUV at around 11:20 a.m., but the driver fled and crashed into a building at the intersection of...

Rafael Martinez, 60, who is accused of recording videos of Local 10 employees in private settings without their consent, was in court on Tuesday. His attorney submitted his not guilty plea before a Broward County judge. Martinez is a former Local 10 engineer charged with video voyeurism and...

The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York, challenged Congress Tuesday to act against the "cancer of white supremacy” and the nation's epidemic of gun violence. Garnell Whitfield Jr’s emotional...

A police officer shot and killed a 73-year-old man on Monday evening in northwest Miami-Dade County. On Tuesday, several Miami-Dade residents in the area of Northwest 114th Street and 17th Avenue said Ernesto Battle was a friendly neighbor. “He was a normal guy, a good guy. He was alright,”...

As he prepares for a daunting reelection fight in the sprawling New Jersey suburbs, Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski points to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and argues that Republican control of Congress could fuel further extremism in politics. In Malinowski's telling, state Sen...

No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian national champion Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday by the International...

U.S. President Joe Biden became concerned that his Brazilian counterpart was going to skip this week’s summit in Los Angeles, so he dispatched a close adviser to personally deliver the invitation to Jair Bolsonaro. The gesture was met with a demand, according to three of the Brazilian leader's...

Authorities placed a Deerfield Beach elementary school on a partial lockdown Tuesday morning following a potential threat posted on social media, Broward County school district officials said. “Quiet Waters Elementary School is currently on a code yellow (a modified lockdown allowing for...

Two infants are among the 22 worshippers killed in an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria that has shocked the West African nation, an emergency official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The dead have been taken to the morgue while about 50 wounded people are still being treated in...

Spain’s former king has decided to postpone a second visit home since he established residence abroad after his reputation was tarnished by financial scandal, Spanish news agency EFE reported Tuesday. Juan Carlos, 84, returned to his country last month for the first time in nearly two years to...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday to implement some of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s recommendations. DeSantis’s budget allocated $140 million to address mental health issues and $210 million to improve school safety. According to State Board of...

A Catholic diocese in Germany said Tuesday that a former priest has been convicted in a church trial of sexually abusing a minor over several years almost three decades ago. The man, who wasn't identified, was ordered to pay 10% of his income to a charitable organization that helps victims of...

More workers are following experts' advice in saving for retirement, even when finances feel precarious. It’s happening because 401(k) plans are using a simple human trait to guide us: our inclination to do nothing. More workers are putting more money into their 401(k) accounts, and they’re...

A meteorologist who oversaw warnings and forecasts during one of the busiest spurts of Atlantic hurricane activity on record will take over as the new director of the National Weather Service, as scientists expect extreme and dangerous storms and heatwaves to worsen with climate change. The...

Czech President Milos Zeman said Tuesday that he is ready to veto, if it's approved by parliament, proposed legislation that would give same-sex couples in the country the right to hold civil weddings. The bill drafted by lawmakers from across the political spectrum was submitted to the Czech...

Residents of a Cutler Bay neighborhood continued to deal with “catastrophic” flood waters Tuesday morning, days after a tropical system dumped heavy amounts of rain across South Florida. Flood waters ran so deep in parts of the Saga Bay neighborhood that some residents reported being unable to...

Two of New York's longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state's congressional maps, scrambling the favorable landscape Democrats hoped to set for themselves this election year. U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, a major figure in former President...