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Expert: Gun pressed to Patrick Lyoya’s head when Michigan cop firedVideo
A Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya after a traffic stop pressed the gun against his head when firing the fatal shot, an expert who performed an independent autopsy for the Black man’s family said Tuesday. Dr. Werner Spitz confirmed what was seen last week on video: Lyoya was...
Russia pours in more troops and presses attack in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia assaulted cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long and poured more troops into Ukraine on Tuesday in a potentially pivotal battle for control of the country’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. If successful, the Russian offensive in what is...
Blasts near Kabul schools kill at least 6 civilians, hurt 17
KABUL, Afghanstan — Explosions targeting educational institutions killed at least six people, including students, and injured 17 Tuesday in a mostly Shiite neighborhood of Afghanistan’s capital city, police said. The blasts, which occurred in rapid succession, were being investigated and more casualties were feared, according to Kabul police spokesman Khalid...
J&J’s Janssen settles with West Virginia for $99M in opioid lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will receive $99 million in a settlement finalized Monday with Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. over the drugmaker’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the state that has long led the nation in drug overdose deaths. State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said...
AP source: Kimberly Guilfoyle meets with Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, met with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection Monday — more than a month after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers — according to a person familiar with the matter. Guilfoyle, 53, arrived...
Sensors were adjusted on ride where teen fell to death in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sensors on a Florida amusement park ride had been adjusted manually to double the size of the opening for restraints on two seats, resulting in a 14-year-old boy not being properly secured before he slipped out and fell to his death, according to an initial report released...
Florida judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travelVideo
A federal judge in Florida on Monday voided the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. The mandate, recently extended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, covered a vast array...
Abortion training under threat for med students, residents
Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. The first two procedures are part of standard physician education. But for many U.S. medical school students and residents who want to learn about abortions, options are scarce. And new restrictions are piling up: Within the past...
Alex Jones’ Infowars files for bankruptcy protection
VICTORIA, Texas — Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing Sunday in Texas puts civil litigation on hold while the business...
Biden to require U.S.-made steel, iron for infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking a key step to ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material. The guidance being issued Monday requires that the material purchased — whether it’s...
Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It’s a long journey to justice
SARAJEVO, Bosnia — Regardless of how the Russian war in Ukraine ends, getting justice for human rights abuses suffered during the conflict will inevitably be a long and painful process for those who survive to tell of the atrocities they witnessed. That’s the message from survivors of Bosnia’s 1992-95 internecine...
Ukrainian governor: Russian strikes kill at least 6 in Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Monday, killing at least six people, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow’s troops stepped up strikes on infrastructure in preparation for an all-out assault on the east. Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city after...
U.S., South Korea urge North Korea’s return to talks after missile tests
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea said Monday that Washington and Seoul agreed on the need for a strong response to Pyongyang’s recent spate of missile tests, although they remain open to dialogue with the country. Sung Kim flew to South Korea for talks two...
Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy surrender-or-die demandVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian fighters holed up in a steel plant in the last known pocket of resistance inside the shattered city of Mariupol ignored a surrender-or-die ultimatum from the Russians on Sunday and held out against the capture of the strategically vital port. The fall of Mariupol, the site...
Ever Forward ship freed from Chesapeake Bay after being stuck for more than a monthVideo
BALTIMORE — At long last, the Ever Forward is free. After weeks of tugging, pulling, digging and dumping, the 1,095-foot cargo ship was pried from the muddy clutches of the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday morning. Two pulling barges and five mighty tug boats maneuvered the massive ship backward and sideways...
1 arrested in South Carolina mall shooting; police looking for more suspectsVideo
COLUMBIA, S.C. — One person has been arrested following shooting at a mall here on Saturday, and at least two others could face charges, the Columbia Police Department said. Jewayne M. Price, 22, was charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol, police said in a news release. The man, who...
‘Magic mushrooms’ for therapy? Veterans help sway conservatives
SALT LAKE CITY — Matthew Butler spent 27 years in the Army, but it took a day in jail to convince him his post-traumatic stress disorder was out of control. The recently retired Green Beret had tried antidepressants, therapy and a support dog. But his arrest for punching a hole...
12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained
Ten people were shot and two others injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital that authorities do not believe was a random attack. Three people who had firearms have been detained in connection with the Saturday afternoon shooting at Columbiana Centre, Columbia Police Chief...
Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on space station
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard their country’s newest orbital station in the longest crewed mission to date for China’s ambitious space program. The Shenzhou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, shown live on state...
Ukraine war far from over as Russia renews strikes in Kyiv
Russian forces accelerated scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond Saturday in an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat despite Russia’s pivot toward mounting a new offensive in the east. Stung by the loss of its Black Sea flagship and...
Georgia man accused of leaving grandmother in freezer to die
Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive. Floyd County Police discovered the body of Doris Cumming, 82, late Thursday in the Armuchee home she shared with her grandson, 29-year-old Robert Keith Tincher III. Tincher was charged with...
Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil
Pope Francis on Saturday invoked “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol and three Ukrainian lawmakers. The pontiff noted that while “many writers have evoked...
Arizona court won’t halt sex suits naming Boy Scouts, others
PHOENIX — Arizona victims of long-ago child sex abuse can proceed with lawsuits against groups like the Boy Scouts of America following a decision by the state Supreme Court that rejected claims that a 2019 state law extending victims’ right to sue was unconstitutional. Arizona is among many states that...
Pamela Smart’s lawyer asks court to order sentence hearing
CONCORD, N.H. — A lawyer for Pamela Smart, a former high school employee convicted of recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband, is asking New Hampshire’s highest court to order a state council to hold a hearing on her request to reduce her life-without-parole sentence. Smart, 54, has been...
Bidens paid 24.6% taxes on $610,702 earnings, returns show
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, earned $610,702 during their first year in the White House and paid $150,439 in federal income taxes. That was a rate of 24.6% for 2021, well over the average of around 14%. The totals were similar to the Bidens’ 2020 returns,...
