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Baltimore squeegee worker on trial for murder acted in self-defense in motorist's death, lawyer says

BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore teenager acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a baseball bat-wielding driver who approached youths washing windshields at a busy downtown intersection last summer...

Jul 18, 2023

Pearl Harbor sailor laid to rest in home state of Maine more than 80 years later

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A naval aviator killed during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to rest more than 80 years later in his home state on Tuesday. Ensign Stanley W. Allen receive...

Jul 18, 2023

Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' recent veto of a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday. Louis...

Jul 18, 2023

Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of amendment to restore abortion rights

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Whether Missouri voters get a chance weigh in on legalizing abortion is now up to state Supreme Court judges, who on Tuesday heard arguments in a case about Republican infig...

Jul 18, 2023

Pilot dies as small plane crashes into unoccupied home in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A pilot has died after a small propeller plane crashed in an empty New Mexico home shortly after takeoff Tuesday, authorities said. The pilot of the twin-engine Cessna aircraft c...

Jul 18, 2023

Guyana government reaches settlement with parents in dormitory fire that killed 20 children

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana's government says it will pay $25,000 to parents of each of the 20 children burned to death in a fire at a state-run high school in May, as part of a settlement to avo...

Jul 18, 2023

Man arrested on Capitol riot charges after prison sentence for white nationalist march in Virginia

A man who served a prison term for joining torch-toting white nationalists in marching through the University of Virginia's campus in 2017 rally has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. C...

Jul 18, 2023

Pennsylvania prosecutor asks the state to take over the probe into a homicide suspect's jail escape

WARREN, Pa. (AP) - A county prosecutor in Pennsylvania said Tuesday that he has asked the state attorney general's office to take over the investigation surrounding a homicide suspect's escape because...

Jul 18, 2023

Fargo police officer's funeral scheduled; 2 other officers remain hospitalized after shooting

Funeral services have been scheduled for the Fargo, North Dakota, police officer killed in a shooting that also left two other officers injured. The funeral service for Jake Wallin, 23, is set for 10:...

Jul 18, 2023

Iowa governor plans to appeal block on restrictive abortion law

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said on Tuesday that plans are in progress to appeal a temporary block on the state's new, restrictive abortion law, previewing a likely emotional court ...

Jul 18, 2023