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CORRECTS YEAR TO 2008- In this 2008 photo, convicted rapist Richard Gillmore is pictured during his parole hearing in Salem, Ore. Gillmore is set to be released from prison in mid-December 2022 after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his maximum sentence. (Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian via AP)

Serial 'jogger rapist' to be released from Oregon prison

An Oregon man known as the “jogger rapist” is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his sentence. Richard Gillmore admitted to … more

10/8/22

Las Vegas Strip stabbing spree suspect Yoni Barrios makes his initial court appearance at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Barrios will be charged with murder, the region's top prosecutor said Friday. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Vegas showgirls describe shock of stabbings that left 2 dead

Victims of a quick series of stabbings on the Las Vegas Strip are describing the shock and horror of the unexpected attack on a group of showgirls and others outside a casino that left two people … more

10/8/22

FILE — Anna Sorokin sits at the defense table during jury deliberations in her trial at New York State Supreme Court, April 25, 2019, in New York. Sorokin, whose exploits inspired a Netflix series, has been released from immigration custody into home confinement, a spokesperson said Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

'Fake heiress' released to house arrest, fights deportation

Phony socialite and convicted swindler Anna Sorokin has been released from U.S. immigration custody to house arrest in New York. It's the latest turn in a case that inspired the Netflix series … more

By JENNIFER PELTZ | 10/8/22

FILE - Police and protesters converge during a demonstration, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s death have reopened old wounds in Louisville’s Black community and disrupted the city’s efforts to restore trust in the police department. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Breonna Taylor warrant details deepen mistrust in police

Revelations about the warrant that led to the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor are scratching old wounds in Louisville, Kentucky. An officer admitted to falsifying information in the request … more

By DYLAN LOVAN | 10/8/22

A pick-up truck rolls through downtown, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022, in Richmond, Vt. A town employee in Richmond is under fire for lowering the fluoride level in the drinking water below the state's recommended level for more than three years. A town commission has voted to return the water to full fluoridation after outrage from some residents. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years

Residents of a small community in Vermont were blindsided last month by news that one official in their water department quietly lowered fluoride levels nearly four years ago. The revelation in … more

By LISA RATHKE | 10/8/22

In this image taken from Oct. 2, 2022 police body camera video and released by San Antonio Police Department, Erik Cantu looks toward San Antonio Police officer James Brennand while holding a hamburger in a fast food restaurant parking lot as the officer opens the car door in San Antonio, Texas. Brennand opened fire several times wounding the unarmed teenager as he drove away. Brennand was fired after the shooting, police training commander Alyssa Campos said in a video statement released Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (San Antonio Police Department via AP)

Texas officer fired after shooting hamburger-eating teenager

A Texas police officer who shot a teenager who was sitting in his car eating a hamburger has been fired. San Antonio police said Wednesday that Officer James Brennand was fired after shooting … more

By KEN MILLER | 10/7/22

This undated photo provided by Ashley Garner shows Garner's lost wedding ring lying in a brush pile after Hurricane Ian passed through the area, in Fort Myers, Fla. (Ashley Garner via AP)

Lost wedding ring found in brush pile after Hurricane Ian

Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again. She says she lost it outside her Fort Myers home just days before Hurricane Ian crashed into the coast of southwest Florida last … more

10/7/22

FILE - Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., is pictured on July 16, 2013. The medical center came under fierce scrutiny Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, after conservative political commentator Matt Walsh posted a series of tweets accusing the private hospital of opening its transgender health clinic because it was profitable, as well as criticizing some of the treatments VUMC provides to minors. Now, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is calling for an investigation into the clinic. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

VUMC to pause, review gender-affirming surgeries for minors

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices. The news comes amid mounting political … more

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI | 10/7/22

Todd Field, left, and Cate Blanchett pose for a portrait on Oct. 2, 2022, in New York to promote the film Tár,” in which Blanchett plays a trailblazing conductor whose status is threatened amid a misconduct scandal of her own making. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Blanchett and Field grapple with power, process in 'Tár'

Cate Blanchett isn't just playing a classical music conductor in the new film “Tár," she is actually conducting a live orchestra of professional musicians. She also learned how to speak German and … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 10/7/22

An Akron Police officer investigates the scene of a two car crash and shooting on S. Arlington Street and 6th Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022 in Akron, Ohio. A funeral procession for a 17-year-old who died of a suspected drug overdose was violently interrupted by a collision that killed a 12-year-old and critically injured his 6-year-old brother, according to authorities in Akron, Ohio. Two episodes of gunfire followed the crash. [Phil Masturzo /Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

Fatal crash, gunfire interrupt teenager's funeral procession

A collision during a funeral procession in Ohio has left a 12-year-old boy dead and a 6-year-old boy critically injured. Authorities say there were also two episodes of gunfire after Thursday's crash … more

10/7/22

Accused serial killer Billy Chemirmir enters during the fourth day of his third court trial at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Chemirmir is accused of killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area and stealing jewelry and valuables. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Man charged with killing 22 Texas women gets 2nd conviction

A man charged with killing 22 women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was found guilty Friday in one of their deaths. It's his second murder conviction. With the verdict, Billy Chemirmir … more

By JAMIE STENGLE | 10/7/22

This image released by ABC shows "Good Morning America" co-hosts Robin Roberts, left, and George Stephanopoulos, who the longest-serving pair of hosts on one of the ABC, CBS or NBC morning news shows. (Heidi Gutman/ABC via AP)

GMA's Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos hit milestone

Essentially unnoticed by the world, ABC's Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos have reached a milestone on “Good Morning America.” They're the longest-serving pair of hosts ever on any of the … more

By DAVID BAUDER | 10/7/22

FILE - Police officers and soldiers stand amid tear gas smoke after clashes between fans during a soccer match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yudha Prabow, File)

Soccer's worst disasters: Same mistakes by police, fans die

Police firing tear gas into a crowd of soccer fans. Exits locked against all safety regulations. It leads to a crush where people are trampled to death or suffocate. Soccer’s three worst stadium … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 10/7/22

Hamdi Yusuf, a malnourished child, is held by her mother in Dollow, Somalia on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. She was little more than bones and skin when her mother found her unconscious, two months after arriving in the camps and living on scraps of food offered by neighbors. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

SEPT. 30 - OCT. 6, 2022 The Ukrainian army continues its advance, retaking Russian-occupied territories like the city of Lyman. In Somalia, displaced Somalis fleeing from drought, battle now … more

By The Associated Press | 10/7/22

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Putin, who turned 70 on Friday, has found himself increasingly cornered with his army suffering humiliating defeats in Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of Russians fleeing his mobilization order and rifts opening up among his top lieutenants. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin's path: from pledges of stability to nuclear threats

As he turns 70, Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself in the eye of a storm of his own making: His army is suffering humiliating defeats in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of Russians are … more

By The Associated Press | 10/7/22

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

EXPLAINER: Jurors weigh cost of Alex Jones' Sandy Hook lies

A Connecticut jury is set to resume deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company must pay victims’ families for calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School … more

By DAVE COLLINS | 10/7/22

A teacher dries out books at a school that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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10/7/22

FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 10, 2017. Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office said Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea. Karina Borger, a … more

By BECKY BOHRER | 10/6/22

FILE - Randal Worcester walks out of the Crawford County Justice Center in Van Buren, Ark., on Aug. 22, 2022. Two Arkansas deputies who were caught on video violently arresting Worcester outside a convenience store in August have been fired, Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante said Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

2 Arkansas deputies filmed in violent arrest fired from jobs

Two Arkansas deputies who were caught on video violently arresting a suspect outside a convenience store have been fired. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante told Fort Smith TV station KHBS that … more

10/6/22

In this image from video made available by NASA, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The crew of four includes the first Russian to launch from the U.S., in 20 years and the first Native American woman to orbit the Earth. (NASA via AP)

SpaceX delivers Russian, Native American women to station

SpaceX has delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station for NASA, including the first Russian to launch from the U.S. in 20 years. The crew of four also includes the first Native … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 10/6/22