AP Was There: Ohio National Guard killed protesters at Kent State University
The Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University.…
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Slain Charlotte officer remembered as hard-charging cop with soft heart for his family
By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg…
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CRRUA working through checklist to improve water quality, compliance
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) is working to improve, a spokesperson says. In order to track…
Continue Reading Former Boy Scout volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in camp bathrooms
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A…
Continue Reading Self-exiled Chinese businessman’s chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded…
Continue Reading Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy…
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ABC-7 at 4: Copa Consulado tournament to bring family fun, Cinco de Mayo weekend
El Paso, TX (KVIA)—The Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso, in partnership with El Puma Soccer Club and Corazones Unidos, is organizing the…
Continue Reading It started with a tweet. What if Harry Potter attended an HBCU? Now it’s a book series
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in…
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Who is Hope Hicks, longtime Trump aide who is testifying in NY hush money case?
CNN By Michelle Shen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Hope Hicks, once a longtime trusted aide in Donald Trump’s inner circle, is testifying Friday in…
Continue Reading Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballot
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a…
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Justice Department expected to announce indictment against Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar
Originally Published: 03 MAY 24 11:34 ET Updated: 03 MAY 24 11:56 ET By Haley Talbot and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The…
Continue Reading An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
By TARA COPP Associated Press EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet…
Continue Reading Democratic US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife are indicted over ties to Azerbaijan
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted…
Continue Reading Scamacca put PlayStation away and began scoring. Now game time may come as center forward for Italy
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — The message was clear from Italy coach Luciano Spalletti. Put your PlayStation away and start focusing…
Continue Reading Ex-government employee charged with falsely accusing co-workers of joining Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to…
Continue Reading A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in…
Continue Reading Massachusetts woman wins $1 million lottery twice in 10 weeks
DORCHESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. The state lottery says Christine…
Continue Reading Judge in Trump’s hush money case clarifies gag order doesn’t prevent ex-president from testifying
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial has clarified the gag order pertaining to the…
Continue Reading An anchovy feast draws a crush of sea lions to one of San Francisco’s piers, the most in 15 years
By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. First…
Continue ReadingEvacuations ordered, homes damaged in Texas after storms spawn tornadoes and send rivers surging to Hurricane Harvey levels
CITY OF HAWLEY, FACEBOOK, CNN, CITY OF HAWLEY/FACEBOOK By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Powerful storms unloaded flooding rainfall…
Continue ReadingAt least 224 people rescued in Texas as rivers flood to Hurricane Harvey levels, with more rain forecasted
KPRC, KTRK, CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — At least 224 people have been rescued from homes and vehicles in…
Continue Reading A Black lawmaker briefly expelled from the Tennessee Statehouse will remain on the 2024 ballot
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled…
Continue Reading The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it
CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with…
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‘She’s pure evil’: Nurse gets life in prison after admitting she intentionally gave patients excess insulin, prosecutors say
KDKA, CNN By Brammhi Balarajan, Jillian Sykes, Caroll Alvarado and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A former nurse who killed at least three patients and…
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Local artist creates mural for Locomotive FC
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Next time you catch a Locomotive FC game, look around the stadium, and you may feel like you’re at a fiesta. Local graphic…
Continue Reading Lawyers dispute child’s cause of death in ‘treadmill abuse’ murder case
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The murder trial of a New Jersey dad charged in the death of his 6-year-old son has…
Continue Reading Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Google’s preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up…
Continue Reading Berlin’s government offers to give away villa once owned by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels
By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s…
Continue Reading Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in…
Continue Reading Haunted by their colleagues’ deaths: The journalists risking their lives to report on Gaza
CNN By Antoinette Radford, Sana Noor Haq and Abdel Qadder Al-Sabbah, CNN (CNN) — “Whoever stays until the end, will tell the story. We did…
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