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North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile toward sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of weapons demonstrations this years and jus...

May 12, 2022

Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surf...

May 11, 2022

Court: California's under-21 gun sales ban unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday that California's ban on the sale of semiautomatic weapons to adults under 21 is unconstitutional. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the San Francisco...

May 11, 2022

Dems' bid to secure Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nati...

May 11, 2022

Child dies of suspected fentanyl overdose, parents arrested

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - The parents of a 15-month-old toddler were arrested for her death after the child was found unresponsive in their Northern California home where police found drug paraphernal...

May 11, 2022

Conservative groups go against Trump, Oz in Pa. Senate race

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Several prominent conservative groups are getting involved in Pennsylvania's race for U.S. Senate and backing candidate Kathy Barnette as an alternative to Mehmet Oz, the celebr...

May 11, 2022

2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South Side

CHICAGO (AP) - One person was killed and 10 were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side in the space of six hours on Tuesday, a spasm of gun violence on the hottest day of 2022 so far, servi...

May 11, 2022

Judge announces he'll block DeSantis' redistricting plan

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A congressional map approved by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose t...

May 11, 2022

US Supreme Court clears way for Arizona prisoner’s execution

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the last-minute appeal from an Arizona prisoner to halt his execution less than one hour before he was scheduled to receive a lethal injectio...

May 11, 2022

Reports: Hong Kong arrests Roman Catholic cardinal, others

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong authorities arrested a Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others on Wednesday on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China's national secu...

May 11, 2022