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Man arrested after $3M worth of drugs shipped to Maine restaurant
AUBURN, Maine — Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate that they thought was a shipment of mugs they had recently ordered. Instead, they found a plastic tote that contained what law enforcement suspect is 31 pounds of the powerful synthetic opioid...
Police manhunt continues for suspect in Texas mass shooting
CLEVELAND, Texas — Law enforcement officers were going door-to-door Sunday searching for clues about a gunman who fled after killing five people in a rural Texas town after his neighbors asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard. The alleged shooter, Francisco Oropesa, 38, was considered armed and...
Chinese man who reported on covid to be released after 3 years
HONG KONG — Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the covid-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said. Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed...
Relatives bury children killed in Russian missile attack
UMAN, Ukraine — Relatives and friends cried next to coffins on Sunday as they buried children and others killed in a Russian missile attack on this central Ukrainian city, while fighting claimed more lives elsewhere. Almost all of the 23 victims of the attack on Friday died when two missiles...
Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted nearly universally by the groups suing the company — including thousands of people injured by the drug — money is still not rolling out. Parties waiting to finalize the...
Known for laughs, D.C. dinner to spotlight reporting risks
WASHINGTON — There will still be plenty of laughs, but the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner on Saturday also plans to take on the serious and solemn role of journalism in a democracy. This year’s dinner occurs as Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been imprisoned in Russia....
Royal drama: King’s fractious family on stage at coronation
LONDON — King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s richest men, but he’s similar to many of his subjects in one very basic way: His family life is complicated — very complicated. There’s a second wife, an embarrassing brother, and...
Jill Biden uses workout to honor military kids’ sacrifices
WASHINGTON — Jill Biden welcomed military families to the White House lawn Saturday for a workout complete with jumping jacks and push-ups to highlight the sacrifices children make when their parents decide to serve. “Sharing a workout might seem like a small thing,” the first lady, who was joined by...
Man kills 5 in Texas after family complained about gunfire
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside the house, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday. San Jacinto County...
2 abortion bans failed, 1 passed in U.S. statehouses this week
Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and a nationwide right to abortion, states are pushing in opposite directions on the issue. This week, one state adopted a ban, two states tried to but didn’t get support from enough lawmakers and three states advanced measures...
Fed faults Silicon Valley Bank execs, itself in bank failure
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve blamed last month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on poor management, watered-down regulations and lax oversight by its own staffers, and said the industry needs stricter policing on multiple fronts to prevent future bank failures. The Fed was highly critical of its own role in...
Conflict over transgender rights simmers across the U.S.
As transgender people have increasingly gained acceptance and visibility, conservative lawmakers have zeroed in on restricting their rights: keeping transgender children off girls’ sports teams and out of certain bathrooms, and blocking them from receiving gender-affirming medical care. In response, a growing number of Democratic-controlled states officials have moved to...
2 U.S. Army helicopters crash in Alaska, killing 3 soldiers
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed Thursday in Alaska while returning from a training flight, killing three soldiers and injuring a fourth. Two of the soldiers died at the crash near Healy, Alaska, and a third died on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks. A...
Derailed train cars removed from river in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Crews removed two rail cars from the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, leaving four railway employees with minor injuries, officials said Friday. Thursday’s derailment in Crawford County involved two of the train’s three locomotives and 10 cars carrying a variety of freight,...
Recent U.S. military helicopter crashes in training missions
The collision of two helicopters in Alaska was the latest in a series of military helicopter crashes this year whose causes are still being investigated. The crashes and a rollover involved Black Hawk and Apache helicopters on training missions. A total of 14 soldiers have died and three have been...
2 journalists killed in Haiti as gang violence spikes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Two local journalists have been killed in Haiti over the past couple of weeks as rampant gang violence has gripped the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement Thursday that radio reporter Dumesky Kersaint was fatally shot...
Utah judge to consider challenge to new abortion clinic ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge on Friday will consider a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing a statewide ban on abortion clinics set to begin taking effect next week. Planned Parenthood argues a state law passed earlier this year will effectively end access to abortion throughout the...
Russian missile and drone attack in Ukraine kills 19 people
UMAN, Ukraine — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 19 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in the center of the country, officials said. Three children were among the dead. The missile...
Pope in Hungary urges Europe to unite to end war next door
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Pope Francis on Friday blasted the “adolescent belligerence” that brought war back to Europe and said the continent must recover its founding spirit of peaceful unity to confront Russia’s war in Ukraine. Francis outlined his vision for the future of Europe as he began a three-day visit...
Train derails in Wisconsin, sends 2 cars into river
MADISON, Wis. — A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said. The train derailed in Crawford County at about 12:15 p.m. Two of the train’s three locomotives and an unknown number of...
Trump lawyer questions E. Jean Carroll at rape lawsuit trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyer sought Thursday to pick apart a decades-old rape claim against the former president, questioning why accuser E. Jean Carroll did not scream or seek help when Trump allegedly attacked her in a department store. But Carroll, a writer and former advice columnist, rebuffed the...
Guardsman in leak case wanted to kill a ‘ton of people’: U.S.
WORCESTER, Mass. — The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a “ton of people,” prosecutors said in arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his...
‘Blood on your hands’: Montana lawmaker’s words not unusual
HELENA, Mont. — The swift punishment brought down on Zooey Zephyr, a transgender lawmaker in Montana, began over words that others in American politics have used without hesitation or consequence: saying opponents have “blood” on their hands. The governor of Texas. A GOP congressman in Florida. A city councilwoman in...
Tunisia rounds up migrants at sea in unprecedented numbers
OFF THE COAST OF SFAX, Tunisia — A young man wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with “Dior,” women clutching babies wrapped in blankets, children bundled in winter coats. All gingerly stepped from rickety boats into the sturdy craft of the Tunisian Maritime National Guard — and away from their dreams...
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at her — causing his 1955 lynching in Mississippi, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday...
