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Former Florida lawmaker who sponsored 'Don't Say Gay' sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud 10/20/2023 04:50pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses. Former state Rep. Joe Harding, a 36-year After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes 10/20/2023 02:16pm • COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press from customers and crematories. The families th There isn't much Cher hasn't done in her career. A Christmas album is new territory, though 10/20/2023 12:02pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — There isn't much Cher hasn't done in her career. She's achieved EGOT status, she's the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades — heck, she's got her own gelato business, Cherlato. But a Christmas album? That's new territory. So, why now? “I just did Church parking near stadiums scores big in a win-win for faith congregations and sports fans 10/20/2023 11:44am • CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The Eagles and the NFL might still be the sports favorites at Calvary Baptist Church, just outside Philadelphia. But many here are also rooting for a neighboring team which last year reached the championship game of Major League Soccer. Their new-found fandom is all about locat Seahawks return home to host slumping Cardinals and reintroduce Jamal Adams to home fans 10/19/2023 06:37pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Until it was mentioned, Seattle’s Jamal Adams hadn’t considered that more than a year had passed since he last played a game inside his home stadium. In fact, Adams hasn’t experienced playing very many games before the home fans since arriving with the Seahawks before the 2020 AP PHOTOS: Spectacular Myanmar lake festival resumes after 3 years 10/19/2023 08:54am • INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — One of the most colorful festivals in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, involving scores of rowed boats and a spectacular gold-gilded barge, is being celebrated this month after a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and violent political instability. Th Gaithersburg's Novavax COVID booster delayed in EU, approved in UK 10/18/2023 10:44am • Regulators in the United Kingdom have approved full marketing authorization for Gaithersburg-based Novavax's updated, protein-based COVID-19 booster shot, but regulators in the European Union have delayed a decision. The European Medicines Agency was expected to approve the Novavax booster last w Inflation in UK unchanged at 6.7% in September, still way more than Bank of England's target of 2% 10/18/2023 03:42am • LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 6.7% in September as easing food and drink price rises were offset by higher prices at the pump for motorists, official figures showed Wednesday. The flat reading reported by the Office for National Statistics was disappointing as most economists Fijian prime minister 'more comfortable dealing with traditional friends' like Australia than China 10/17/2023 11:20pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fiji's prime minister said Wednesday on a visit to Australia's capital that his government was “more comfortable dealing with traditional friends” such as Australia as China pursues closer security ties in the Asia-Pacific region. Sitiveni Rabuka and Australia's Anth Editorial Roundup: United States 10/17/2023 05:48pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 17 The Washington Post on the U.S. looking to the Pacific Islands: The Biden administration last month recognized the Cook Islands and Niue as “ sovereign and independent states ” and promised to open diplomatic relations. The A Tonga surgeon to lead WHO's Western Pacific after previous director fired for racism, misconduct 10/17/2023 09:39am • LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma'u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization's regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Piukala's nomination for WHO's top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health Sports, internet bets near-record levels in New Jersey, but 5 of 9 casinos trail pre-pandemic levels 10/16/2023 08:49pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (AP) — Sports betting and internet gambling were at near-record levels in New Jersey in September, and nearly half of the Atlantic City casinos won more money from in-person gamblers than they did in September 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. But the encouraging numbers rel Cambodia opens a new airport to serve Angkor Wat as it seeks to boost tourist arrivals 10/16/2023 10:19am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Commercial operations began Monday at Cambodia’s newest and biggest airport, designed to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country’s major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. A Bangkok Airways Pfizer trims expectations for 2023 with sales of COVID-19 vaccine, treatment, weaker than thought 10/16/2023 08:32am • Shares of Pfizer are in retreat on the first day of trading after the drug company said sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and its coronavirus treatment are weaker than it had expected and cut revenue projections by $9 billion for the year. Falling sales of both clipped sales in the second quarter, bu Booze, beads and art among unclaimed gifts lavished upon billionaire Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker 10/15/2023 12:59am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has so many fans and friends that he receives a $30 gift at the rate of one every three days, but because of his job he accepts none of them, and rarely even sees them. The second-term Democratic governor and multi-billionaire has been lavished