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Coyotes terminate contract of Galchenyuk following arrest on multiple charges

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona Coyotes have terminated the contract of newly-signed free agent forward Alex Galchenyuk following his arrest on multiple charges last weekend. The Coyotes terminat...

Jul 14, 2023

Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: "I just want to die." Now she's a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students' phones and...

Jul 14, 2023

3 dead and 14 injured in Illinois crash involving Greyhound bus and tractor-trailers, police say

HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) - Three people were killed and 14 others injured, some seriously, early Wednesday when a Greyhound bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest are...

Jul 12, 2023

Thailand's Election Commission says top candidate for prime minister may have broken election law

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand's state Election Commission said Wednesday it concluded there is evidence that the top candidate to become the country's next prime minister, Move Forward Party leader Pita Lim...

Jul 11, 2023

Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks, governor to sign Friday

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into t...

Jul 11, 2023

North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea day after making threat over alleged US spy flight

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Wednesday, its neighbors said, two days after the North threatened "shocking" consequences to protest what ...

Jul 11, 2023

Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders. The Cali...

Jul 11, 2023

California man paralyzed from run-in with police gets $20 million settlement

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A California man who was left paralyzed after he was slammed to the ground during a traffic stop won a $20 million settlement, one of the largest in the state's history, offi...

Jul 11, 2023

Fire that killed 2 on a cargo ship in New Jersey is out after nearly a week, officials say

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that killed two ...

Jul 11, 2023

NATO chief says no timetable set for Ukraine's membership, a position that disappointed Zelenskyy

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the leaders of the military organization's member nations have agreed to allow Ukraine to join "when allies agree and conditions ...

Jul 11, 2023