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Census errs again, makes mistakes measuring poverty nationwide
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Census Bureau erred in calculating a major national poverty measure — the second mistake reported by the bureau in the last month. The so-called Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) was released with faulty data in mid-September. A corrected version, with a slightly lower poverty rate for the...
Pope urges compassion in elevating 13 likeminded cardinals
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis added 13 new cardinals to the top of the Catholic hierarchy on Saturday, telling them they must show God’s compassion to those who suffer to be faithful to their ministry. Francis presided over the ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica, elevating churchmen who share his pastoral...
Security forces kill at least 9 in new protests in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters in the Iraqi capital and in a southern city on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 39 as thousands of protesters took to the streets and set fire to political party offices, government and human rights...
4 homeless men attacked and killed in New York City
NEW YORK — Four men who are believed to be homeless were brutally attacked and killed Saturday in a New York City street rampage. New York Police Department Detective Annette Shelton said that a fifth man remained in critical condition Saturday after also being struck with a long metal object...
NASA sets 1st all-female spacewalk after suit flap in spring
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation. NASA announced Friday that the International Space Station’s two women will pair up for a spacewalk later this month. Astronauts Christina Koch and the newly arrived Jessica Meir...
Texas execution halted over claims judge was anti-Semitic
HOUSTON — A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners and faced execution in less than a week won a reprieve on Friday after claiming the former judge at his trial was anti-Semitic and frequently used racial slurs. The Texas Court of...
Couple injured in possible bobcat attack in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An animal believed to be a bobcat dropped down from a tree and attacked a couple out on their typical early morning walk Friday in a dense, urban part of South Florida, authorities said. Wildlife experts said bobcats are quite common in urban areas although...
Bus carrying developmentally disabled flips over in Toledo; 17 injured
TOLEDO, Ohio — A bus carrying developmentally disabled people crashed into a car, flipped over and hit two more vehicles in Ohio on Friday, sending 17 people to hospitals. Five people were severely injured in the accident in Sylvania Township near Toledo, but Sgt. Jared Ulinski of the Ohio State...
Judge finds no bias from Jussie Smollett special prosecutor
CHICAGO — A Chicago judge said Friday he won’t replace a special prosecutor looking into why the state’s attorney’s office abruptly dismissed charges against actor Jussie Smollett, rejecting concerns that campaign money could taint the findings. The judge’s decision during a hearing came days after the special prosecutor, former U.S....
Jury to return Saturday in ex-officer’s manslaughter trial
WOODBINE, Ga. — Jury deliberations will resume Saturday morning in the trial of a former Georgia police officer charged in the fatal shooting of a fleeing, unarmed man. Local news media reported jurors in the manslaughter trial of Zechariah Presley adjourned around 8 p.m. Friday without reaching a decision after...
Army veteran deported after drug conviction now a US citizen
CHICAGO — An Army veteran deported to Mexico after serving time in prison for a drug conviction became a U.S. citizen on Friday. Miguel Perez Jr. held up his citizenship certificate for the cameras after being sworn in, saying, “Here it is.” “It took a whole lot of work and...
Thousands protest mask ban as Hong Kong leader toughens stance
HONG KONG — Defiant masked protesters rampaged, police fired tear gas, and a teen was wounded by gunfire hours after Hong Kong’s embattled leader banned masks at rallies, invoking rarely used emergency powers to quell four months of anti-government demonstrations. Challenging the ban, which went into effect Saturday, thousands of...
NYPD officer killed by friendly fire is hailed as a hero
MONROE, N.Y. — As bagpipers marched silently to the beat of a somber drum, a New York City police officer killed by friendly fire during a struggle with an armed man was honored at his funeral Friday as a hero and a dedicated, compassionate professional who put his heart into...
Iranian hackers said to target presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — Microsoft said Friday that hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians. Overall, the hackers attempted to penetrate 241 accounts — four successfully — though none of those penetrated was associated with presidential campaigns...
Army Corps recommends replacing Cape Cod Canal bridgesVideo
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended replacing the two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry traffic across the Cape Cod Canal. The Corps oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. It issued a draft report Thursday following a study that weighed the advantages of rehabbing...
Unsupervised accused priests teach, counsel, adopt children
Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated...
Supreme Court to take up abortion issue via Louisiana case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic. The justices won’t hear arguments until the winter. A decision is likely to come by the...
Ohio prosecutor wants teen tried as adult for referee assaultVideo
DAYTON, Ohio — An Ohio county prosecutor wants a 17-year-old boy charged as an adult for head-butting a football referee and causing a concussion. The Dayton Daily News reports Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. filed a motion Wednesday to have the Dayton Dunbar High School student’s juvenile felonious assault...
U.S. jobless rate falls to 50-year low of 3.5%
WASHINGTON — The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to a new five-decade low of 3.5%, while employers added a modest 136,000 jobs. The Labor Department says that despite the ultra-low unemployment rate, which was down from 3.7% in August, average hourly wages slipped by a penny. Hourly pay rose...
Bodycam footage shows white officer on horseback threaten to drag black man led by ropeVideo
Remember when news came out two months ago that mounted police in Galveston, Texas arrested a homeless black man and transported him to headquarters by rope? The Associated Press has released body cam footage of the incident, and the audio may be more shocking than the imagery. Photos of the...
Company shames job applicant for bikini photo: ‘This is not doing you any favors’
A marketing company got itself some bad publicity after it used a job applicant’s bikini photo to advise women to be more modest online. Emily Clow, 24, from Austin, Texas, had applied for marketing coordinator internship with Kickass Masterminds, reports Yahoo News. The marketing company, founded and primarily run by...
Startled car prowler suspect caught on cameraVideo
A car prowler suspect appears quite surprised to see a camera light up as it began recording his activity. Police in Beaverton, Ore., have a solid lead on who might be responsible for rummaging through cars in an apartment parking lot, reports KOIN 6 News. A woman found her car...
Casino giant settles Vegas shooting lawsuits for up to $800M
LAS VEGAS — Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys announced...
ACLU suit seeks damages for separated immigrant families
PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking potentially millions of dollars in damages on behalf of thousands of immigrant families who were separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ACLU and other attorneys filed a lawsuit in Tucson against past and present...
Harvey Weinstein loses his bid to move trial out of New York
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein has lost a longshot bid to move his sexual assault trial out of New York City. A state appellate panel rejected the request Thursday. It dismissed the movie mogul’s concerns that he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the world’s media capital. The five-judge panel...
