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A Palestinian flag and a poster showing Ammar Adili, 22, who was shot and killed by an Israeli border police officer on Friday, mark the location of the incident, on the main thoroughfare where shops are closed in a general strike, in the West Bank town of Hawara, south of Nablus, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Palestinians pushed back Saturday against Israeli police claims that Ammar Adili had attacked Israelis, including a border policeman, in the area and that he was shot in self-defense. They said the officer killed Adili without cause, and that Palestinian medics were kept from trying to save him as he lay gravely wounded on the side of a busy throughfare in the occupied West Bank town of Hawara.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians say killing caught on video was unjustified

Palestinians have pushed back against Israeli police claims that an Israeli border police officer who shot to death a 22-year-old Palestinian at close range acted in self-defense. The shooting had … more

By AREF TUFFAHA and FARES AKRAM | 12/3/22

FILE - Nick Fuentes, right-wing podcaster, speaks at a pro-Trump march, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, including Fuentes, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate

A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol spread by celebrities is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence. Former President Donald Trump hosted a … more

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | 12/3/22

FILE - Flowers and candles are placed around crosses on May 28, 2022, at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, to honor the victims killed in the school shooting a few days prior. Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit seeking $27 billion against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials for failing to follow active shooter protocol because authorities waited more than an hour to confront the attacker inside a fourth-grade classroom, according to court documents. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Uvalde shooting victims seek $27B, class action in lawsuit

Victims of a Texas elementary school shooting are seeking a $27 billion class action lawsuit against city and state police, the city of Uvalde and other school and law enforcement officials for … more

12/2/22

Rev. Paula Stecker of the Christ the King Lutheran Church tidies up a memorial outside Club Q following last week's mass shooting at the gay nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/ Thomas Peipert)

EXPLAINER: What do we know about the Colorado bomb threat?

More than a year before police say Anderson Lee Aldrich killed five people and wounded 17 others at a gay night club in Colorado Springs, Aldrich was arrested on allegations of making a bomb threat … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 12/2/22

Man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for cross burning

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime. The Justice Department announced Friday that Axel Cox of … more

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 12/2/22

FILE - This booking photo provided by Volusia County, Fla., Jail shows Joe Kennedy. According to an affidavit unsealed Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, Kennedy, a man described as a “person of interest” in the killing and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma, admitted to a woman that he killed the men and “cut them up.” (Volusia County Jail via AP, File)

Affidavit: Oklahoma man said he killed 4 men, 'cut them up'

Prosecutors say a man described as a “person of interest” in the killing and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma admitted to a woman that he killed the men and “cut them up.” … more

12/2/22

Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sign a pledge to stand against homosexuality or LGBTQ, outside a mosque in Kufa, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Al-Sadr who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Influential Iraqi cleric launches anti-LGBTQ campaign

An influential Iraqi cleric who announced his withdrawal from politics four months ago has broken a period of relative silence to launch an anti-LGBTQ campaign. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr posted a … more

By ABBY SEWELL and ANMAR KHALIL | 12/2/22

FILE - The national championship trophy is seen before a new conference for the NCAA college football playoff championship game between Clemson and Alabama, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. The College Football Playoff announced Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, it will expand to a 12-team event, starting in 2024, finally completing an 18-month process that was fraught with delays and disagreements.The announcement comes a day after the Rose Bowl agreed to amend its contract for the 2024 and '25 seasons, the last hurdle CFP officials needed cleared to triple the size of what is now a four-team format.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

EXPLAINER: How will College Football Playoff expansion work?

The College Football Playoff will include 12 teams, starting with the 2024 season. An expansion plan that was crafted for two years and haggled over for another 18 months finally cleared all the … more

By RALPH D. RUSSO | 12/1/22

10 Los Angeles students appear to OD on cannabis edibles

Ten Los Angeles students appear to have overdosed on edible cannabis products at their middle school in the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Fire Department says the students between 13 and 14 … more

12/1/22

FILE - Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The city of Uvalde sued the local prosecutor's office Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at the elementary school, highlighting ongoing tensions over the slow police response and resulting flow of information about the rampage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Uvalde sues local prosecutor over school shooting records

The city of Uvalde has sued the local prosecutor’s office seeking access to records and other investigative materials on the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two … more

By ACACIA CORONADO | 12/1/22

A civilian wears a Vladimir Putin mask as a spoof, while a Ukrainian soldier stands atop a destroyed Russian tank in Bucha, Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, on April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

AP's top 2022 photos capture a planet bursting at the seams

Taken together, they can convey the feeling of a world convulsing — 150 Associated Press images from across 2022, showing the fragments that make up our lives and freezing in time the moments that … more

By The Associated Press | 12/1/22

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, chats with former President Jiang Zemin during the closing ceremony for the 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 24, 2017. With his death, Jiang leaves behind a very different China than the one he tried to shape. Now it’s Xi Jinping’s nation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Analysis: Under Jiang, China projected a more open image

With his death, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin leaves behind a very different China than the one he tried to shape. Now it’s Xi Jinping’s nation. It’s also a country in the throes of … more

By TED ANTHONY | 12/1/22

FILE - In this photo released July 13, 2022, by the Mesa County Sheriff's Office is Sandra Brown. The former elections manager accused of helping a Colorado clerk charged with tampering with voting equipment plans to plead guilty under an agreement with prosecutors. Brown is scheduled to be in court Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (Mesa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Worker pleads guilty in election equipment tampering case

A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county has pleaded guilty under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against … more

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and COLLEEN SLEVIN | 11/30/22

In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Jai Somers, left, holds burning hurricane flags after they were doused with rum and set on fire by Paul Menta, right, to mark the end of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Key West, Fla. According to the National Hurricane Center, the 2022 season spawned 14 named tropical cyclones including eight hurricanes with two classified as major hurricanes. The event, which attracted several hundred Florida Keys residents, was staged by Key West's ceremonial Conch Republic "government." (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Atlantic hurricane season ends with 14 named storms

An Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms has ended, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to deal with the damage caused … more

By DAVID FISCHER | 11/30/22

Lion cubs who were rescued from the war in Ukraine by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, adjust to their new home at The Wildcat Sanctuary, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 in Sandstone, Minn. The cubs, who are orphans, were bound for the pet trade and spent the last three weeks at Poland's Poznan Zoo before flying to Minnesota. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)

4 lion cubs saved from war in Ukraine arrive at US sanctuary

Four lion cubs that were orphaned during the war in Ukraine have arrived safely at a Minnesota animal sanctuary that has pledged to provide them a permanent home. A male cub named Taras and three … more

11/30/22

In this photo provided by Larry Petterborg, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in the midair during an airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (Larry Petterborg via AP)

Report: No altitude advice before Dallas air show crash

A preliminary report from federal officials on a deadly midair collision at a Dallas air show says no guidance was given on altitudes before a World War II-era fighter plane crashed into a bomber. … more

By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG | 11/30/22

FILE - Remnants and old vehicles can be seen through the barbed wire at 4077 Union Hill Road, Aug. 31, 2022, in Piketon, Ohio, at the site where Christopher Rhoden Sr. and Gary Rhoden were killed in 2016. A prosecutor said Monday, Nov. 28, that the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted regardless of whether he was a triggerman. (Ty Wright/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)

Jury convicts man in killings of 8 from another Ohio family

Jurors have convicted a man in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family after weighing his denials and other testimony against the word of witnesses including his brother and mother, who … more

By JOHN SEEWER and KANTELE FRANKO | 11/30/22

FILE - Dead Rio Grande silvery minnows lie in the dry Rio Grande riverbed on July 26, 2022, in Albuquerque, N.M. Environmentalists on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, accused the U.S. government of not doing enough to ensure the survival of the Rio Grande silvery minnow as drought tightens its grip on one of the longest rivers in the West. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson, File)

US agencies sued over fate of rare Rio Grande minnow

Environmentalists say the federal government isn’t doing enough to ensure the survival of the Rio Grande silvery minnow as drought tightens its grip on one of the longest rivers in the West. In a … more

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | 11/30/22

FILE - Protesters gather calling for justice for George Floyd gaterh on May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis. The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, that the city of Minneapolis reached a $600,000 settlement with 12 protesters who were injured during demonstrations after the May 2020 police killing of Floyd. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minneapolis settles with 12 hurt in George Floyd protests

The city of Minneapolis has reached a $600,000 settlement with 12 protesters who were injured during protests after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd. The American Civil Liberties Union of … more

11/30/22

A store manager surveys the damage to Phantom Fireworks in West Melbourne Fla., on Tuesday, after it was destroyed by fire on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Authorities say a Florida man drove his SUV into the fireworks store, sparking a massive fire in a crash that also killed the driver. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

SUV crashes into Florida fireworks store, sparking huge fire

Authorities say a Florida man drove his SUV into a fireworks store, sparking a huge fire in a crash. The driver was killed. Florida Today reports that the Phantom Fireworks store in West Melbourne, … more

11/30/22