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FILE - Tuckerman Ravine is seen at left, about one mile below the summit of 6,288-foot Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, Monday, May 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Rescue effort launched to assist 3 people at New Hampshire's Tuckerman Ravine ski area

Two people were rescued and emergency crews were attempting to rescue a third Saturday from an area popular with hikers and backcountry skiers on the Northeast’s highest mountain, a news report … more

3/10/24

States have hodgepodge of cumbersome rules for enforcing sunshine laws

A nationwide review of procedures by The Associated Press and CNHI News has revealed a patchwork of complicated systems for resolving open government disputes that often put the burden of enforcing … more

By JOSH KELETY | 3/10/24

FILE - Jimmy Cherizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, walks hand in hand with children as he visits La Saline district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 24, 2023. Internationally, Cherizier is known as Haiti's most powerful and feared gang leader, sanctioned by the United Nations for "serious human rights abuses," and the man behind a fuel blockade that brought the Caribbean nation to its knees in late 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger

It’s easy to blame the latest spasm of violence in Haiti on longstanding poverty, the legacy of colonialism, and European and U.S. interference with the West’s first free Black republic. However, … more

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | 3/10/24

Police tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian statue in Skowhegan, Maine on Tuesday March 5, 2024. The 62-foot-tall sculpture is currently missing an arm and part of its face, and it's believed to be due to the effects of the weather and a windstorm that left part of its face, an arm and a spear missing. (Rich Abrahamson /The Central Maine Morning Sentinel via AP)

Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape

Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and arm, as well as a spear. … more

3/9/24

This image from video provided by KMSP-TV shows the scene of a fatal crash, Friday, March 8, 2024 in Dewhurst, Wis. Multiple people were killed in a western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van, state’s governor says. (KMSP-TV via AP)

9 killed in western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van

A crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection involving a semitrailer and a van has killed nine people. Clark County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy James Hirsch said in a Facebook post that … more

3/8/24

A U.S. Customs and Border Protections agent disappears into the dust as investigators drive to the site of a U.S. Border Patrol and CBP and Marine Operations helicopter resulting in three deaths north of the Rio Grande on Friday, March 8, 2024, south of La Grulla, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Helicopter carrying National Guardsmen and Border Patrol agent crashes in Texas, killing 3

The military says a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has crashed, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent. Another soldier on board has been injured. The … more

3/8/24

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wears a Laken Riley shirt as she arrives before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

How Black women coined the 'say her name' rallying cry before Biden's State of the Union address

Hard-line Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt to Thursday night’s State of the Union address that carried a seemingly simple message: Say Her Name. She … more

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER | 3/8/24

Jewish students gather at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. An Indiana bill to address antisemitism on college campuses lost support from some members of the Jewish community after an amendment altered language surrounding criticism of Israel. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana lawmakers pass bill defining antisemitism, with compromises

Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code. The bill — meant to address antisemitism on college campuses — has been the topic of persistent debate between … more

By ISABELLA VOLMERT | 3/8/24

FILE - This Jan. 15, 2020, image taken from dashboard camera video released by the Connecticut State Police, shows Trooper Brian North, left, after he discharged his weapon beside a vehicle stopped in West Haven, Conn. North testified in his defense Friday, March 8, 2024, that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening movements toward other officers.(Connecticut State Police via AP, File)

'Oh my God feeling.' Trooper speaks about shooting knife-wielding man, worrying about other officers

A Connecticut state trooper who shot a 19-year-old man to death in a stolen car in 2020 has testified that he believed he had to open fire because the man was armed with a knife and made threatening … more

By DAVE COLLINS | 3/8/24

Miles Harford appears in court to hear the charges against him on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Denver. Harford, a former funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for two years and hoarding the cremated remains of 35 people, has been charged with forgery, theft and abuse of a corpse. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, Pool)

More cremated remains withheld from families found at funeral home owner's house, prosecutors say

Prosecutors said more cremated remains were found at the home of a Colorado funeral home owner, where a rotting corpse and 35 other cremated remains were discovered last month. Owner Miles Harford … more

By JESSE BEDAYN | 3/8/24

FILE - A cyclist travels around Lake Michigan near the Adler Planetarium Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Chicago. Federal meteorologists on Friday, March 8, have made it official: It's the warmest U.S. winter on record by far. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 3/8/24

FILE - Januelle Datka, her baby girl Princess and her 15-year-old daughter Titti, pose for a photo at a makeshift shelter in Jean-Kere Almicar's front yard, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 4, 2023. Both mother and daughter said they were raped by gang members and that both became pregnant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Behind-the-scenes of AP photographer's experience covering violence against women in Haiti

Ariana Cubillos is an Associated Press photojournalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. She was based in Haiti from 2004 to 2009, also covering the country’s 2010 earthquake and its descent into gang … more

By ARIANA CUBILLOS | 3/8/24

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors of abuse and their advocates are more skeptical than ever of leaders' intentions to address the scandal in the nation's largest Protestant denomination. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Sex abuse survivors dispute Southern Baptist leadership and say federal investigation is ongoing

The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors remain deeply skeptical of the … more

By PETER SMITH | 3/8/24

FILE - A crowd gathers to remember Tyre Nichols during a candlelight vigil on the anniversary of his death, Jan. 7, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. A judge on Friday, March 8, 2024, indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal court trial on civil rights violations. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht, File)

Memphis judge postpones state trial in Tyre Nichols death until end of federal trial

A judge has indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers charged with second-degree murder in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols until after the conclusion of a federal … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 3/8/24

Dr. Mamie McLean, left, Dr. Michael Allemand, center, and Dr. Janet Bouknight, right, react after the Senate passed SB159 bill (IVF Fertility Bill), Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/ Butch Dill)

Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments. News outlets report that Alabama Fertility Specialists performed several embryo transfers Thursday. Alabama … more

3/8/24

James Crumbley becomes emotional during the testimony of Oxford High School educator Molly Darnell as he sits with his attorney Mariell Lehman on Thursday, March. 7, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. James Crumbley, 47, is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each teenager killed by Ethan Crumbley at Oxford High School in 2021. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Jail phone restricted for Michigan school shooter's dad after he made threats, authorities say

A judge has restricted the use of a phone and tablet by the father of a Michigan school shooter. Authorities say James Crumbley used the devices to make “threatening statements” from jail. He is … more

By ED WHITE | 3/8/24

Jesse Prado, center in cowboy hat, an Austin-based investigator, is pursued by the media after he shared his findings at a special city council meeting in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A new Uvalde report defends local police. Here are the findings that outraged some families in Texas

The City of Uvalde has released an independent report into a deadly 2022 school shooting that suggested none of the city’s officers violated department policy. The report released Thursday … more

By ACACIA CORONADO and SEAN MURPHY | 3/8/24

A family member of a passenger on board of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 holds a flower during the tenth annual remembrance event at a shopping mall, in Subang Jaya, outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/FL Wong)

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

March 1-7, 2024 A family member of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 attended the 10th annual remembrance event in Malaysia, Chinese leader Xi Jinping drank a cup of tea during … more

By The Associated Press | 3/7/24

FILE - Former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr appears for the second day of his preliminary examination at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The Michigan Court of Appeals denied a request Thursday, March 7, 2024, to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that Schurr should stand trial for murder in the 2022 killing of a Black motorist. (Joel Bissell/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)

Michigan appeals court stands by ruling that ex-officer should be tried for murder

The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request to reconsider its earlier opinion stating that a former Grand Rapids police officer should stand trial for murder in the 2022 killing of a Black … more

3/7/24

Oliver Paradee accompanies his father, Andrew Paradee, as he fills out his ballot in the primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Stowe, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

March 1-7, 2024 From polio vaccines in India to violence in Haiti to snow storms in California, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or … more

By The Associated Press | 3/7/24