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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

Emergency personnel respond the scene of a stabbing along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Police say one person has been fatally stabbed and at least five others wounded. A suspect is in custody. (KTNV via AP)

Police: 1 dead, 5 injured in stabbings along Las Vegas Strip

Police say a suspect is in custody in connection with a stabbing attack along the Las Vegas Strip that left one person dead and at least five others wounded. Witnesses told Las Vegas TV stations that … more

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Police evacuate people from buildings near the Hampton Inn in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Police negotiated Thursday afternoon with a suspected gunman inside the suburban Detroit hotel after reports of gunfire led to evacuations and lockdowns in a popular dining and shopping area. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Police negotiate with shooting suspect in hotel near Detroit

Police are negotiating in a hotel room in suburban Detroit with an armed man suspected of shooting and wounding one person. Thursday's gunfire in Dearborn led to evacuations and lockdowns in a … more

By COREY WILLIAMS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | 10/6/22

FILE - Alexander Friedmann listens during the first day of his trial at the Justice A.A. Birch Building in Nashville, Tenn., July 19, 2022. Friedmann, a longtime prison reform advocate, was sentenced to 40 years behind bars on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, following his conviction for hiding guns, ammunition, handcuff keys and hacksaw blades inside the walls of Nashville's new jail while it was being built. (Stephanie Amador/The Tennessean via AP, File)

Prison reform advocate gets 40-year sentence in jail scheme

A longtime prison reform advocate has been sentenced to 40 years behind bars for hiding guns, ammunition, handcuff keys and hacksaw blades inside the walls of Nashville’s new jail while it was … more

By JONATHAN MATTISE | 10/6/22

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown in court during the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Oct. 6, 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)

School shooter chose Valentine's Day to ruin it forever

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist he picked Valentine’s Day for his massacre to ruin the holiday for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students forever. In video … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 10/6/22

Darrell Brooks sits in another court room after being removed from the first day of his trial for continuously interrupting Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow, on screen to the right, on the first day of trial his trial in Waukesha, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Brooks is accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year. (Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Man charged in parade killings removes shirt before openings

A man defending himself against homicide charges for allegedly driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year is making a spectacle of himself in court. Darrell Brooks faces 76 … more

By TODD RICHMOND | 10/6/22

University of Arizona Police escort students from the scene of a shooting at the John W. Harshbarger Building on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. University of Arizona police say one person was shot and wounded on campus and authorities are searching for the suspect. (Rebecca Sasnett/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Police: Ex-grad student kills Arizona professor on campus

The University of Arizona has released the name of a professor who authorities said was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student. University President Robert Robbins identified the victim … more

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FILE— A sign reading "Gun Free Zone" is posted near around Times Square, Aug. 31, 2022, in New York.A federal judge said New York gun rules that dramatically restrict where people can carry weapons and require concealed carry permit applicants to hand over social media information should be put on hold, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Federal judge halts key parts of New York's new gun law

A federal judge has halted key provisions of New York’s gun rules that restrict where people can carry weapons and require permit applicants to hand over social media information. Judge Glenn … more

By MICHAEL HILL | 10/6/22

FILE - Armin Prude, left, and Joe Prude hold an enlarged photo of Daniel Prude, Sept. 3, 2020, who died following a police encounter, in Rochester, N.Y. City officials have agreed to pay $12-million to the family of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police held him down until he stopped breathing after encountering him running naked through the snowy streets of Rochester, NY. A federal judge approved the settlement in a court document filed Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Rochester reaches $12M settlement for Daniel Prude's kids

Rochester officials have agreed to pay $12 million to the children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police held him down until he stopped breathing after encountering him running naked … more

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USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, traveled to Kyiv to hold meetings with government officials and residents. She said the U.S. would provide an additional $55 million to repair heating pipes and other equipment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

The U.S. has deployed its international development chief to Ukraine, the highest-ranking American official to visit the country since Russia illegally annexed the four regions. The head of the U.S. … more

By The Associated Press | 10/6/22

FILE - From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Sept. 30, 2022. (Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

EXPLAINER: Russia's military woes mount amid Ukraine attacks

Even as the Kremlin moved to absorb parts of Ukraine in a sharp escalation of the conflict, the Russian military suffered new defeats that highlighted its deep problems on the battlefield and opened … more

By The Associated Press | 10/6/22

FILE - The exterior of Phoenix College, part of the Maricopa County Community College system, is seen in this photo Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Phoenix. Non-citizen students at schools like Phoenix College would benefit from Proposition 308, which Arizona voters will be weighing this November. The proposition would allow students regardless of their immigration status to obtain financial aid and cheaper in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Arizona weighing in-state tuition rate for some non-citizens

Arizona voters this November will decide whether to allow students regardless of their immigration status to obtain financial aid and cheaper in-state tuition at state universities and community … more

By ANITA SNOW | 10/6/22

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)

Closing arguments set in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial

A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. The … more

By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB | 10/6/22

FILE - Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., manages his shop, June 4, 2018, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law. Now, the Colorado baker is challenging a separate ruling that he violated the state's anti-discrimination law by refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake

The Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a wedding cake for a gay couple a decade ago is challenging a separate ruling that he violated … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 10/5/22

FILE - People walk close to the border at Yesa's reservoir affected by drought, on a sunny summer day in Yesa, around 55 kilometers (34,17 miles), from Pamplona, northern Spain, Sept. 14, 2022. Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely

Widespread drought that dried up large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study. Researchers from World … more

BY DREW COSTLEY | 10/5/22

FILE - This combo of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota, show Tou Thao, left, and J. Alexander Kueng. Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence at trial — with many requests relying heavily on what happened at the previous two trials in Floyd’s death. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

State, cops seek to bar evidence in trial over Floyd killing

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for two former Minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of George Floyd have filed more than 100 motions to limit testimony or evidence that will be … more

By AMY FORLITI | 10/5/22

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule, with a multinational crew of four astronauts, lifts off from Launch Complex 39-A Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., beginning a five-month mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Russian launches to space from US, 1st time in 20 years

A Russian cosmonaut has rocketed from the U.S. for the first time in 20 years, catching a ride with SpaceX. She launched to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday alongside two … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 10/5/22

This undated photo provided by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows family members who authorities are seeking the public's help in finding after they were kidnapped on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Sheriff’s officials in central California released photos of a possible suspect in the kidnapping of four members of the family, including an 8-month-old child. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office said the child’s mother, father and uncle were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, Calif. (Merced County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Suspect in family's kidnapping found; victims still missing

Authorities say a man suspected of kidnapping a Sikh family in central California tried to kill himself before police found him. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday the suspect is … more

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | 10/5/22

Joseph Morrison, center back, appears before Jackson Circuit Judge Thomas Wilson for trial in a courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Jackson, Mich. Paul Bellar, Morrison and Pete Musico are accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. They are charged with three crimes, including providing material support for a terrorist act. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP, Pool)

3 accused of assisting governor kidnapping plot stand trial

Jurors in the trial of three men charged in connection with a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been told about the formation and actions of a paramilitary group … more

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FILE - This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John Henry Ramirez. The Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers across the country faces execution on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, amid unsuccessful efforts by a district attorney to stop his lethal injection for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File)

Texas inmate who fought prayer, touch rules to be executed

A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide faces execution, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection. … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO | 10/5/22