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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

Karen Nix sits in her home before leaving for her evening work shift in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Nix tells her story of surviving hurricanes Katrina and Ida while living with cerebral palsy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A Katrina survivor with a disability tells her story

Karen Nix tells her story of surviving hurricanes Katrina and Ida while living with cerebral palsy. She was working at Tulane Medical Center in New Olreans in 2005 when Katrina slammed the city. She … more

BY DREW COSTLEY | 10/13/22

India Scott sits in the living room of her home in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Activists, advocates, researchers and people living with disabilities say not enough is being done to include disabled people in climate action planning and policy, or disaster relief and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

People with disabilities left out of climate planning

Over a billion people in the world are living with a disability, according to the World Health Organization. Despite this, advocates and researchers, some living with disabilities, say not enough is … more

BY DREW COSTLEY | 10/13/22

Planned Parenthood in Springfield, Mo, is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Free vasectomies will be available in November at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A doctor who is helping with that effort also plans to take his mobile clinic on the road in Iowa. (Andrew Jansen/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)

Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand

Free vasectomies will be available next month at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 10/13/22

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. A new poll says Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about three-quarters of adult Americans believe misinformation is leading to more extreme political views as well as violence based on race, gender or religion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Poll: Most in US say misinformation spurs extremism, hate

A new poll finds that Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated … more

By DAVID KLEPPER | 10/13/22

Jean McGuire, then executive director of METCO, speak at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, in Boston. McGuire, a 91-year-old civil rights activist, was stabbed multiple times while walking her dog in a Boston park on Tuesday night Oct. 11, 2022, according to the Suffolk District Attorney's office. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie, File)

91-year-old civil rights activist stabbed in Boston park

A 91-year-old civil rights activist was stabbed multiple times while walking her dog in a Boston park. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Wednesday identified the victim of Tuesday's attack as … more

10/12/22

FILE - Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson speaks during a special session at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City, on April 18, 2018. In a Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 filing, three children who were sexually abused by their father, the late Paul Adams, are accusing Nelson and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm, Kirton McConkie, of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up their abuse, allowing it to go on for years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse

Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints … more

By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN | 10/12/22

Park Chan-wook, co-writer and director of the film "Decision to Leave," poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the InterContinental Toronto Centre in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

Long before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, … more

By JAKE COYLE | 10/12/22

FILE -The Archdiocese of Santa Fe offices are shown Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. One of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million. A federal bankruptcy judge in the District of New Mexico will hear the Archdiocese of Santa Fe's plan in a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Santa Fe Archdiocese files plan for $121M abuse settlement

In New Mexico, one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million. The … more

10/12/22

This undated photo provided by Miami Valley Jails shows Tres Genco, of Hilliard, Ohio, who entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, to a federal charge of attempting a hate crime. (Miami Valley Jails via AP)

Man accused of plotting to kill women in Ohio pleads guilty

A 22-year-old man who authorities say identified as an involuntary celibate and plotted to kill women at an unnamed Ohio university has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of attempting a hate crime. … more

10/12/22

Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot including police officers when a SWAT team attempted to serve a homicide warrant in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m., soon after officers tried to serve the warrant in North Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

3 officers injured, suspect killed in Philadelphia shooting

Three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded at a home and a suspect was killed when a SWAT team tried to arrest a man wanted on a homicide charge. Police say the 19-year-old man who was … more

10/12/22

FILE - Columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court, Feb. 22, 2022, in New York. A federal appeals court asked a Washington D.C. appeals court Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, to help it decide whether the United States should be substituted for former President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll, who says he raped her over a quarter century ago.(AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)

Judge: Trump must sit for deposition in defamation lawsuit

A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 10/12/22

This provided by Pfizer in October 2022 shows manufacturing of the company's COVID-19 bivalent vaccine for ages 5-11. The U.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave.(Pfizer via AP)

FDA clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5

The U.S. is about to offer updated COVID-19 booster shots to kids as young as 5. The tweaked boosters rolled out last month for Americans 12 and older — shots designed to target the currently … more

By LAURAN NEERGAARD | 10/12/22

This photo provided by SpaceX photo shows Dennis Tito and his wife, Akiko, at the company’s Starship rocket base near Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The couple has booked a flight to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship. (SpaceX via AP)

World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon

The world’s first space tourist has signed up to spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For Dennis Tito, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip 21 years ago to the International … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 10/12/22

A man carries his bike past a rocket crater under a pedestrian bridge, after Monday rocket attack in center Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine-War

Ukraine Southern Operational Command says its forces have recaptured five settlements in the Kherson region. A spokesman says the villages were retaken as of Oct. 11. They are part of the four … more

By The Associated Press | 10/12/22

FILE - Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill speaks at a candidate forum in Rex, Ga., on Aug. 16, 2012. Hill stands accused of punishing detainees by having them strapped into a restraint chair for hours even though they posed no threat and obeyed instructions. A federal grand jury in April 2021 indicted Hill, saying he violated the civil rights of four people in his custody. Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, and the trial is expected to last at least two weeks. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Sheriff charged with civil rights violations to stand trial

An Atlanta-area sheriff stands accused of punishing detainees by having them strapped into a restraint chair for hours even though they posed no threat and obeyed instructions. Now it will be up to a … more

By KATE BRUMBACK | 10/12/22

FILE - A sign stands at the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., June 6, 2013. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 30, a former National Security Agency employee from Colorado who is accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia, will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted, a magistrate judge ruled Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ex-NSA worker accused of selling secrets ordered detained

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted. A magistrate judge said Tuesday … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 10/11/22

FILE- A New York City police officer stands next to a body covered under a white sheet near a mangled bicycle along a bike path in New York, Oct. 31, 2017. A judge began questioning, Tuesday, Oct.. 11, 2022, a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, 34, charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Potential jurors questioned in NYC bike path attack trial

A judge has begun questioning a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 10/11/22

Emergency responders work on the scene of a carbon monoxide leak at a day care center in Allentown, Pa. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (Zach DeWever/WFMZ-TV via AP)

Carbon monoxide leak at day care center injures kids, staff

A carbon monoxide leak at a Pennsylvania day care center has sent sent nearly 30 children and four adults to the hospital. Officials say none of the injuries are considered serious. Emergency … more

10/11/22

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz sits at the defense table for closing arguments in the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. 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)

Prosecutor makes final case for school shooter's execution

The lead prosecutor of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has made his final case to persuade jurors to sentence him to death. Mike Satz told them Tuesday during his closing argument that the 2018 … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 10/11/22