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Authorities say that a man linked to a homicide investigation in California’s capital was fatally shot Wednesday by police 80 miles (128 kilometers) away in Oakland after he allegedly emerged from a home with a firearm. The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Thursday that Sacramento police officers notified the Oakland Police Department that they were in Oakland investigating a homicide and requested assistance in arresting a suspect. It says Oakland police officers arrived in West Oakland... Читать дальше...

Bailey became the first catcher to stop Jazz Chisholm Jr. this season.

The Maine Legislature has approved sweeping gun safety legislation nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Maine Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after the Oct. 25 shooting that claimed 18 lives and injured another 13 people, despite the state’s strong hunting tradition and support for gun owners. The bills that received approval included background checks on private gun sales, 72-hour waiting... Читать дальше...

The Arkansas Supreme Court is clearing the way for new DNA testing to be sought in the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. Justices on Thursday reversed a lower court's denial of the request for new DNA testing by Damien Echols, one of the three men convicted in the slayings. The ruling was 4-3. Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley were convicted in 1994 but released in 2011 under a rarely used plea agreement that allowed them to maintain their innocence yet plead guilty in exchange for 18-year sentences and credit for time served.

Atlantic City casinos are bracing for new threats from as many as three new casinos in or near New York City. And the possibility of a northern New Jersey casino in the Meadowlands remains, according to the owner of a racetrack where it would be built. At a gambling industry conference Thursday, executives from some of the nation's biggest casino companies predicted New York casinos will eat into Atlantic City's business. And Meadowlands Racetrack operator Jeff Gural tells The Associated Press he... Читать дальше...

Shares of Ibotta, a Walmart-backed digital company that offers customers cash-back rewards and rebates on grocery brands ranging from Nestle to Coca-Cola, rose 23% in its Wall Street debut on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock, which is listed under the ticker “IBTA,” opened for trading Thursday at $107.10, above the $88 offering price and outside of the originally expected pricing range of $76 and $84 per share. The Denver company, founded by lawyer Bryan Leach in 2011, works with more than... Читать дальше...

Turkey's disaster management agency says that a moderately strong earthquake has struck central Turkey, causing damage to some buildings. There was no immediate report of any casualties or serious injuries. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit in the town of Sulusaray, in Tokat province, east of the capital, Ankara. The quake was also felt in neighboring provinces. Turkey lies on active fault lines and earthquakes are frequent. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck parts of southern Turkey and neighboring Syria last year... Читать дальше...

Republican lawmakers have filed a new lawsuit alleging partial vetoes Gov. Tony Evers made to a bill designed to bolster students' reading performance were unconstitutional. Evers signed a bill in July that created an early literacy coaching program within the state Department of Public Instruction as well as grants for schools that adopt approved reading curricula. The bill didn't appropriate any money, however. Evers signed another bill in February that calls for the Legislature's budget committee to spend $50 million to fund the July bill... Читать дальше...

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This Franklin, TN, home was renovated by Christina Hall and will be featured on HGTV's "Christina in the Country."

The first USS Enterprise has boldly gone back home, solving a decades-long mystery. The model used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series has been returned to the son of creator Gene Roddenberry. The 3-foot model went missing in the 1970s, so it caused a stir when it popped up on eBay last fall. The sellers took it down and contacted Dallas-based Heritage Auctions to authenticate it. Last weekend, the auction house facilitated its return to the creator's son, Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry. Читать дальше...

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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small says he remains committed to his family and to his city as he deals with charges that he and his wife abused their teenage daughter. In his first public comments since prosecutors on Monday charged him and his wife, LaQuetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, with abusing their 16-year-old daughter and endangering her welfare, Small said he would not be distracted from his duties. He told an audience at a gambling conference that his situation is personal. He said... Читать дальше...

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to Wisconsin next week for her third visit to the battleground state this year. President Joe Biden’s campaign announced Thursday that Harris plans to campaign in La Crosse on Monday at an event focused on abortion rights. Harris was in Madison last month and in Waukesha in January for the first of her trips focused on abortion. Wisconsin is one of a handful of battleground states across the country. The latest Marquette University Law School poll, released Wednesday... Читать дальше...

A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians has submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them. Azerbaijan’s government did not immediately respond to the filing. The neighboring countries have been at odds for decades over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Lawyers for the human rights group California-based Center for Truth and Justice say there is sufficient evidence to open a formal investigation into Azerbaijani leaders for genocide. Читать дальше...

Authorities evacuated an area of Ohio’s capital, Columbus, for several hours out of fear that a fire in truck’s trailer could have caused lithium ion batteries to explode. Police began evacuating a several-block area west of downtown shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday and closed off several highway exits near the Scioto River. Officers went door-to-door to alert residents about the evacuation, and a shelter was set up. Although firefighters were still battling the blaze as of late morning, the evacuation... Читать дальше...

Pakistan's police say four customs officers have been killed by unidentified gunmen during an ambush of their vehicle in the troubled northwest of the country. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. It happened Thursday evening in the Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Local police official Nasir Khan said that the motive behind the attack wasn't immediately clear and officers are still investigating. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence that has been mostly blamed on the Pakistani Taliban.

If you always thought your garden-variety heist movies could do with a bit more blood-sucking vampire, have we got a flick for you. “Abigail,” featuring a 12-year-old tutu-wearing member of the undead, is way better than it should be, a gleeful genre-smashing romp through puddles of gore, says Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy. Six professional underworld characters — including Scream” veteran Melissa Barrera and “Downton Abbey” star Dan Stevens — are paid to snatch and detain a sweet preteen only to discover that she's a preteen vampire. Читать дальше...

Prosecutors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump are asking for the former president to be held in contempt and fined because of seven social media posts that they said violated a judge’s gag order barring him from attacking witnesses. Meanwhile, the jury selection process took a step back Thursday when one of the seven jurors who had been picked, an oncology nurse, was dismissed after telling the court that she’d become concerned about her ability to be impartial in the first-ever criminal case against a former president. Читать дальше...

Jury selection in Donald Trump's hush money trial enters a pivotal phase as the former president returns to court. Attorneys need to pick 12 more jurors to serve on the panel that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. commander-in-chief after a previously seated juror was dismissed Thursday morning. Seven jurors were originally sworn in Tuesday after hours of questioning by lawyers. The case is the first of Trump’s four indictments to reach trial. Trump is accused of falsifying... Читать дальше...

Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A court settlement was supposed to help compensate them, but it hasn’t turned out as expected. A large majority got only the minimum award and had to file individual lawsuits to recover more. However, attorneys familiar with the issue say only one person has received a settlement after suing — and that took extraordinary luck and effort. Judges have dumped plaintiff experts. BP has fought every case. Читать дальше...

Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack. It has left the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold back on any response to the attack that could spiral. Officials at a Group of Seven meeting in Italy on Thursday are calling for new sanctions against Iran over the attack. Regional tensions have increased since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7 when militants crossed from Gaza into... Читать дальше...

Police in London say they have infiltrated and disrupted a website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords. Metropolitan police said Thursday that they seized the LabHost site that enabled more than 2,000 criminals to create phishing sites that got victims to reveal 480,000 bank card numbers and 64,000 PIN numbers. Law enforcement in the U.K. and abroad arrested 37 people since Sunday... Читать дальше...

Judge in Trump's hush money trial orders journalists to not report employer information of prospective jurors.

A British man who targeted schools and businesses with threatening letters in a six-week terror campaign in 2013 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and an additional five years over a sexual assault in 1988. Woolwich Crown Court in east London heard that Gary Preston sent 42 envelopes containing white powder, which was later found to be talcum powder, and threatening messages that caused concern at the targeted venues. Among the venues targeted were the Westfield shopping centers in east and west London... Читать дальше...