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Grand jury clears officer who shot Pharrell Williams' cousin

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A special grand jury found that a Virginia Beach police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Black man armed with a gun during a chaotic night of violence on the city...

Nov 30, 2021

Authorities: Student kills 3, wounds 6 at Michigan school

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher, authorities said. O...

Nov 30, 2021

Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape

NEW YORK (AP) - Author Alice Sebold apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir "Lucky" and said she was struggling with the role she ...

Nov 30, 2021

Court upholds California ban on high-capacity magazines

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned two lower court judges and upheld California's ban on high-capacity magazines Tuesday in a split decision that may be headed ...

Nov 30, 2021

Ex-Trump aide Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and providing some documents, putting off for now ...

Nov 30, 2021

Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV's Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican, according to ...

Nov 30, 2021

NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses

NEW YORK (AP) - The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health ...

Nov 30, 2021

It's official: Rihanna's 'right excellent' in Barbados

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Rihanna smiled under her face mask as she heard her name called in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, but hesitated before she stood up. Before her, top Barbadian government o...

Nov 30, 2021

Epstein pilot resumes testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helpi...

Nov 30, 2021

German court convicts ex-IS member in Yazidi girl's death

BERLIN (AP) - A former member of the Islamic State group was convicted by a German court on Tuesday of genocide and committing a war crime over the death of a 5-year-old girl he had purchased as a sla...

Nov 30, 2021