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FILE - This combination of images provided by the Memphis, Tenn., Police Department shows, from top row from left, Police Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. A seventh Memphis Police Department employee was fired and another retired while he was recommended to lose his job for their roles in the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old motorist who died three days after a brutal police beating in January. (Memphis Police Department via AP, File)

Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police review

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department policies on use of force, de-escalation policies and specialized units in response to the fatal beating of … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 3/8/23

FILE - Malika Andrews speaks during an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns in San Francisco, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. An all-female ensemble will produce Wednesday's March 8, 2023, game between the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans. It's a way to celebrate International Women’s Day. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

All-female ensemble set for broadcast of NBA game on ESPN

An all-female ensemble will produce the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans game that will air Wednesday on ESPN. Beth Mowins and Doris Burke will call the contest. There will be more than 70 … more

By PAT GRAHAM | 3/8/23

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin shows her silver medal of the women's World Championship slalom, the gold medal of the giant slalom and the silver of the combined, in Meribel, France, Saturday Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Mikaela Shiffrin closes in on World Cup skiing history

History beckons for Mikaela Shiffrin on Friday when the American skier competes in one of her best events. Shiffrin is seeking a record-tying 86th win on the World Cup skiing circuit. That number … more

By GRAHAM DUNBAR | 3/8/23

Viktor Mikhalev shows roses transformed from weapons and ammunition into flowers of war standing in a workshop in his house in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Mikhalev, trained as a welder, lives and works in a house whose fence and door are decorated with forged flowers and grapes. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

The flowers of war: Ukraine smith turns guns, ammo into art

A blacksmith in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is practically beating swords into ploughshares, and turning one man’s trash into treasures. Viktor Petrovich Mikhalev takes weapons and … more

3/8/23

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Gary Green. Green is facing execution for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub in September 2009. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

Texas inmate executed for killing wife and her daughter

Texas has executed an inmate for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago. Gary Green received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK | 3/7/23

Video captures dramatic moment SUV slams into Houston cafe

Houston podcaster Nathan Reeves caught video of the startling moment that an SUV crashed into the cafe where he was recording. Reeves was interviewing Houston photographer Alexsey Reyes on Saturday … more

By BEATRICE DUPUY | 3/7/23

FILE - This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the inside of the summit crater of the Kilauea Volcano on Jan. 6, 2023. The latest eruption at Kilauea's summit on Hawaii's Big Island has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. Hawaii News Now reports U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists said Tuesday, March 7, 2023, that lava was no longer flowing on the crater floor of Halemaumau, where all recent volcanic activity had been confined. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)

Eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano stops after 61 days

The latest eruption at Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii's Big Island has paused after 61 days of volcanic activity. Hawaii News Now reports U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory … more

3/7/23

Brownsville Fire Department EMS Ambulances with two surviving U.S. citizens arrive at Valley Regional Medical Center, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas, after having been kidnapped and shot at by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico. The March 3 shooting left two other Americans dead. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Medical tourism: Traveling outside US for care is common

The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlighted a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or … more

By TOM MURPHY | 3/7/23

This image released by Netflix shows Edward Norton in a scene from "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." Norton portrays Miles Bron, an eccentric tech billionaire who brings his wealthy friends to a private island in Greece to take part in a game to solve his murder. (John Wilson/Netflix via AP)

When Hollywood needs a movie villain, the tech bro answers

“A toast to the disruptors,” Edward Norton’s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson’s Oscar-nominated “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” And why not a toast? Sunday’s Academy Awards … more

By JAKE COYLE | 3/7/23

Misty Lenwell, mother of Jayden Pienta, receives a hug after speaking to students during a walkout at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., Monday, March 6, 2023. Pienta was fatally stabbed during a fight between students in a classroom at the school last week. (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat via AP)

School safety talks planned after California fatal stabbing

A Northern California school district plans to hear community concerns about campus safety in the wake of a fatal stabbing at a high school. The school district will hold a “listening session” … more

3/7/23

FILE - video footage of Bakhmut shot from the air with a drone for The Associated Press on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, shows how the longest battle of the year-long Russian invasion has turned the city of salt and gypsum mines in eastern Ukraine into a ghost town. The relentless Russian bombardment has reduced Bakhmut to smoldering wasteland with few buildings still standing intact as Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have fought ferocious house-to-house battles amid the ruins. (AP Photo, File)

Battle for Bakhmut takes center stage in war in Ukraine

Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, has been the focus of a Russian attacks for six months in the war’s longest and bloodiest battle. Little known outside Ukraine before the war, it has grown into … more

By The Associated Press | 3/7/23

The likeness of Benjamin Franklin is seen on a U.S. $100 bill, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. If you are concerned you may be laid off, start saving. It's crucial to start building an emergency fund even when you feel secure at your job but especially if you think you might lose it. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

What to do if you're concerned you might be laid off

The job market in the U.S. remains strong overall, but recent high-profile layoffs at technology and media companies and predictions of a recession later this year have raised concerns about job … more

By ADRIANA MORGA | 3/7/23

FILE - Architect David Alan Chipperfield poses outside of the James-Simon-Galerie at the 'Museumsinsel', Museums Island, in Berlin, Germany, on July 1, 2019. Chipperfield is this year's recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. (Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Pritzker Prize awarded to British architect Chipperfield

The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to British architect and urban planner David Alan Chipperfield, who was hailed on Tuesday for “a commitment to an architecture of understated but … more

By JOCELYN NOVECK | 3/7/23

This photo provided by NASA shows Emerati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi during an interview at the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The first Arab astronaut assigned to a long spaceflight is still adjusting to life off the planet, five days after rocketing to the International Space Station. (NASA via AP)

Latest astronaut from UAE getting used to space

The second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates is still adjusting to life off the planet, after rocketing to the International Space Station last week. Sultan al-Neyadi assured Dubai's ruler on … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 3/7/23

Man faces execution in death of estranged wife, her daughter

A Texas inmate is facing a scheduled execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago. Gary Green is set to … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO | 3/7/23

FILE - Michael Scott Moore, author of "The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast," poses for a portrait at Los Angeles Public Library in Los Angeles on June 20, 2018. Federal prosecutors say two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped Moore in 2012 for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years. The U.S. attorney's office says Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed and Abdi Yusuf Hassan were convicted by a federal court jury in New York on Feb. 24, 2023, and could face life sentences. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

US citizen, Somali convicted in journalist's hostage-taking

Federal prosecutors say two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years. The U.S. attorney's office says Mohamed Tahlil … more

3/6/23

Man accused of trying to open jet's door, attacking crew

Federal prosecutors say a Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck … more

3/6/23

FILE - Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch speaks during a press conference, in Memphis, Jan. 26, 2023. Tennessee is outsourcing the testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab through a $1.5 million federal grant, the state's lead investigative agency announced Monday, March 6, 2023, in a move aimed at reducing processing times that have drawn scrutiny. Rausch in September highlighted other plans for the agency to approach the problem, saying at the time his aim is to reduce turnaround times to eight to 12 weeks within a year for all evidence. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP, File)

Florida lab to test 550 Tennessee rape kits with $1.5M grant

Tennessee is outsourcing testing of at least 550 rape kits to a private Florida lab under a $1.5 million federal grant. On Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced the move that aims … more

By JONATHAN MATTISE | 3/6/23

FILE - Police tape blocks off a Waffle House restaurant on April 22, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn., after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant. An Illinois man has been sentenced Friday, March 3, 2023, to 18 months in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to shoot and kill four people at a Waffle House in Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Father of Nashville Waffle House shooter gets 18 months

An Illinois man has received an 18-month prison sentence after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used in a 2018 shooting attack that killed four people at a … more

3/6/23

A view of the scene Feb. 24, 2023, as the cleanup continues at the site of of a Norfolk Southern freight train derailment that happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday, March 6, 2023 that Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after last month's derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals just across the border in Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Freed, file)

Norfolk Southern announces safety upgrades amid derailments

Norfolk Southern says it plans to improve the use of detectors along the tracks that are supposed to spot overheating bearings and other problems in the wake of a fiery Ohio derailment a month ago. … more

By RON TODT | 3/6/23