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FILE - Former Manson family member and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel listens to the ruling denying her parole, at a hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked Krenwinkel's parole, Friday Oct. 14, 2022, saying that she is still too much of a public safety risk. A two-member parole panel for the first time time, in May 2022, had recommended Krenwinkel's release. Krenwinkel, 74, was previously denied parole 14 times for the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people in 1969. The next night, Krenwinkel helped kill grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

California governor blocks Charles Manson follower's parole

California’s governor has blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their … more

By DON THOMPSON | 10/14/22

This undated photo provided by Jenny Corry shows her brother Dane Partridge. Partridge, from Idaho, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, from injuries sustained during during a Russian attack near Luhansk. He was serving as a volunteer soldier in Ukraine. (Courtesy of Jenny Corry via AP)

Idaho man dies while fighting as volunteer in Ukraine

An Idaho man who volunteered to join the Ukrainian military has died of a shrapnel wound sustained during a Russian attack in Luhansk. Thirty-four-year-old Dane Partridge of Rexburg, Idaho died … more

By REBECCA BOONE | 10/14/22

Tracey Howard, husband of Nicole Connors who was fatally shot on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, sits on the porch of his Raleigh, N.C., home on Friday, Oct. 14. On Thursday, a 15-year-old boy fatally shot two people in the streets of a middle-class Raleigh neighborhood, then fled toward a popular walking trail where he opened fire, killing three more people and wounding two others in an attack that left the city reeling and authorities searching for a motive, police said. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

NC shooting claims mom, veteran, matriarch, officer and teen

The mass shooting in North Carolina's capital city occurred during a moment of late afternoon rituals along a neighborhood's quiet streets and on a popular walking trail. A woman was talking to a … more

By BEN FINLEY, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and ALLEN BREED | 10/14/22

Ellen French House, center, daughter of victim Norma French, alongside her family members becomes emotional as she gives her victim impact statement in accused killer Billy Chemirmir's trial at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Chemirmir, charged with killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area over a two-year span, was found guilty last Friday, Oct. 7, in one of their deaths — his second murder conviction. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Families face man charged in killings of 22 elderly Texans

Family members gathered at a Dallas courthouse Friday to speak to a man charged with killing 22 elderly women a week after his second conviction. For most of the families, Friday was likely their … more

By JAMIE STENGLE | 10/14/22

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz reacts to the verdict in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 massacre of 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. That sentence comes after the jury announced Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that Cruz should be executed. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat

Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another member of the jury during deliberations that ended … more

By TERRY SPENCER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | 10/14/22

FILE - A manager at the Christian Aid Ministries headquarters, left, speaks with a worker at the door of the center in Titanyen, north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, beginning a two-month ordeal before they ultimately went free, Christian Aid Ministries, the agency that sent them hasn't made a permanent return, and several other international groups have also scaled back their work there. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, the agency that sent them hasn’t made a permanent return to the impoverished Caribbean nation. Other international groups have … more

By PETER SMITH and DAVID CRARY | 10/14/22

An injured woman receives medical treatment at the scene of Russian shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported explosions in the city's Shevchenko district, a large area in the center of Kyiv that includes the historic old town as well as several government offices. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

OCT. 7 - OCT. 13, 2022 The war in Ukraine captured worldwide attention once again with multiple Russian missile strikes across the country following the bombing and partial collapse of the bridge … more

By The Associated Press | 10/14/22

Jodi Kantor, from left, Zoe Kazan, Megan Twohey and Carey Mulligan attend the premiere of "She Said" at Alice Tully Hall during the 60th New York Film Festival on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

'She Said,' drama of Weinstein reporting, premieres in NYC

Five years after a pair of exposes revealed Harvey Weinstein’s long trail of sexual abuse, “She Said” premiered at the New York Film Festival on Thursday. The film stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe … more

By JAKE COYLE | 10/13/22

This combo of images provided by the Connecticut State Police, show, from left, Bristol, Conn. Police Department Sgt. Dustin Demonte, Officer Alex Hamzy and Officer Alec Iurato. Authorities said Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, they believe that police officers Demonte and Hamzy, who were shot dead in Connecticut, had been drawn into an ambush by a 911 call about possible domestic violence. A third officer, Alec Iurato, was wounded but expected to recover. (Connecticut State Police via AP)

Police: Officers may have been lured into deadly ambush

Connecticut authorities believe two police officers who were shot dead had been drawn into an ambush by a emergency call about possible domestic violence. State police said the call appears to have … more

By DAVE COLLINS and JENNIFER PELTZ | 10/13/22

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado watches during the baseball team's workout Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in San Diego. The Padres host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of an NL Division Series on Friday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Snell: Dodgers-Padres NLDS at Petco Park should be 'insane'

The atmosphere at Petco Park will be absolutely electric when Blake Snell and the Padres face Tony Gonsolin and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the first playoff game at San Diego's downtown … more

By BERNIE WILSON | 10/13/22

FILE- People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford University has apologized for limiting the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s after a task force commissioned by the school earlier this year found records that show university officials excluded Jewish students for years. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Stanford apologizes for limiting Jewish students in 1950s

Stanford University has apologized for limiting the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s after a task force commissioned by the school earlier this year found records that show university … more

10/13/22

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A six-person jury reached a verdict Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, saying that Jones should pay $965 million to 15 plaintiffs who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones and his company were found liable for damages last year. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

$1B judgment against Alex Jones not the final word

The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre bought long-sought relief to family members and hopes the … more

DAVE COLLINS | 10/13/22

Paul Bellar, middle, appears before Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 for trial in Jackson, Mich. Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico are charged in connection with a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP, Pool)

Informant's Army past raised at trial tied to Whitmer plot

A defense lawyer lashed out at a star witness in a trial related to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Leonard Ballard accused an Army veteran of “stolen valor” and questioned Dan … more

By ED WHITE | 10/13/22

FILE - People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 15, 2018. A jury on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, has recommended a sentence of life without parole for Nikolas Cruz, attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at the Florida high school. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre

A jury has recommended a sentence of life without parole for the attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Among his victims were caring … more

By The Associated Press | 10/13/22

This image released by Pretty Swede Records shows "Dirt Femme" by Tove Lo. (Pretty Swede Records via AP)

Review: Enter Tove Lo's messy femininity in 'Dirt Femme'

Femininity is all-encompassing, it’s malleable and flesh deep. In Tove Lo’s fifth studio album, “Dirt Femme,” and the first under her own independent label, The Associated Press' Nardos Haile … more

By NARDOS HAILE | 10/13/22

This undated photo provided by Las Vegas police shows Officer Truong Thai, 49. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that Thai was fatally wounded early Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in an exchange of gunfire with a man in a vehicle while answering a domestic violence call east of the Las Vegas Strip. Police say Tyson Hampton, 24, of Las Vegas was arrested as the suspect in the shooting. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Sheriff: Vegas officer killed in shooting, suspect arrested

Las Vegas police say a veteran patrol officer is dead after being shot during an exchange of gunfire with a man who was later arrested. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that Officer … more

By KEN RITTER | 10/13/22

This image released by Disney shows Reese Witherspoon, left, and Storm Reid in a scene from the film "A Wrinkle In Time." The classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, several plays and a graphic novel. Now a stage musical is planned with music and lyrics by composer Heather Christian, a story by Lauren Yee and direction by Lee Sunday Evans. Dates for future productions, as well as additional creative team members and cast, will be announced in 2023. (Atsushi Nishijima/Disney via AP)

Team picked to make 'A Wrinkle in Time' into stage musical

“A Wrinkle in Time,” the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, several plays and a graphic novel. Now as it celebrates its 60th anniversary, The … more

By MARK KENNEDY | 10/13/22

Police: Missing Georgia toddler believed dead, mom a suspect

Police say a Georgia toddler reported missing by his mother last week is believed to be dead and his mother has been named a suspect in the boy’s death. In a tweet late Wednesday, the Chatham … more

10/13/22

FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation

The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. These pills contain potassium iodide, which helps … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 10/13/22

From left; Abby Hoyer, Tom and Gena Hoyer, and Michael Schulman react during the reading of jury instructions in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The Hoyer's son, Luke, and Schulman's son, Scott Beigel, were killed in the 2018 shootings. Abby Hoyer is Luke Hoyer's sister. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter

A jury says it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz be executed for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people. The jury’s recommendation Thursday … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 10/13/22