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Messi Mania has grabbed hold in Major League Soccer, but will it be a long-lasting boost?

It's highly unlikely any player other than Lionel Messi could have brought Prince Harry, Selena Gomez and Leonardo DiCaprio out to a regular-season Major League Soccer match. But there they were - ver...

Sep 26, 2023

California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California will double the taxes on guns and ammunition and use the money to pay for more security at public schools and various violence prevention programs under a new law ...

Sep 26, 2023

Judge dismisses charges against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting during traffic stop

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A judge has dismissed all charges, including a murder count, against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver. Philadelphia Municipal Judge Wendy Pew made her rul...

Sep 26, 2023

Supreme Court allows drawing of new Alabama congressional map to proceed, rejecting state's plea

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed, rejecting the state's plea to retain Repu...

Sep 26, 2023

Ukrainian boat captain found guilty in Hungary for the 2019 Danube collision that killed at least 27

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The captain of a river cruise boat that collided with another vessel in Hungary's capital in 2019, killing at least 27 people most of them South Korean tourists, was found gui...

Sep 26, 2023

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh said Tuesday that at least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station. The breakaway region...

Sep 26, 2023

Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills one Bahraini officer and one soldier on the Saudi border

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain's military command says one of its officers and a soldier were killed in a drone attack by Yemeni rebels while patrolling the Yemeni-Saudi border. The statem...

Sep 25, 2023

Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

HONOLULU (AP) - Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed res...

Sep 25, 2023

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. Patric...

Sep 25, 2023

Democratic Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was from his personal savings, not bribe proceeds

UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges and the erosion of Democratic support in his home state Monday, saying ...

Sep 25, 2023