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Authorities ID New Mexico gunman who killed 3, wounded 6 as 18-year-old high schooler

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others while roaming through his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood and apparently firing at random targets was an 18-year-...

May 16, 2023

Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department ethics probe

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign after a monthslong ethics investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraise...

May 16, 2023

Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis' elected prosecutor 2 weeks sooner than planned

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked...

May 16, 2023

A rare, endangered seal named Yulia basks on Tel Aviv beach

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz. But it's not American film director and Tel Aviv ...

May 16, 2023

Germany: 5 sentenced to prison for 100-million-euro jewelry heist

BERLIN (AP) - A German court on Tuesday convicted five men over the theft of 18th-century jewels worth more than 100 million euros from a Dresden museum in 2019. They were sentenced to prison sentence...

May 16, 2023

Russia launches 'exceptional' air attack in Kyiv with drones, missiles

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Loud explosions sounded above Kyiv early Tuesday as Russia launched an intense air attack on the capital using a combination of missiles launched from the air, sea and land. Russi...

May 15, 2023

Hintz, Johnston score as Stars beat Kraken 2-1 in Game 7

DALLAS (AP) - Roope Hintz and 19-year-old Wyatt Johnston scored goals and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 on Monday night. Da...

May 15, 2023

3 people killed by New Mexico gunman who shot and wounded 2 officers, police say

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Three people were killed and two police officers were among at least seven people injured Monday when an 18-year-old opened fire in a northwestern New Mexico community before l...

May 15, 2023

Bear in a tree holds Michigan city in suspense for hours on Mother's Day

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A city in northern Michigan has a new Mother's Day memory: A 350-pound bear was in a tree for hours, watched by dozens of people, before it fell asleep and dropped onto mat...

May 15, 2023

Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with withering criticism ...

May 15, 2023