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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Ezra Miller, left, and Sasha Calle in a scene from "The Flash." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

‘The Flash’ races to $55 million on a busy box office weekend

DC and Warner Bros.’ long-in-the-works superhero movie “The Flash" opened to $55 million in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though a fair … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 6/18/23

Investigators look over the scene of an overnight mass shooting at a strip mall in Willowbrook, Ill., Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and 19 people hurt in suburban Chicago

Authorities say one person is dead and at least 19 are wounded in suburban Chicago after a shooting early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot. One witness described it as a Juneteenth party in … more

6/18/23

Authorities gather at the scene of a shootout between Pennsylvania State Troopers and a gunman near Mifflintown, Pa. The suspect's pickup truck is seen in center, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP)

Pennsylvania trooper, suspect killed in shootout; 2nd trooper seriously wounded

State police say a state trooper and a suspect were killed in a shootout in central Pennsylvania, hours after the suspect seriously wounded another trooper. Police in Juniata County say a man engaged … more

6/17/23

FILE - Chris performs during the headlining drag show as part of the RaYnbow Collective's Back to School Pride Night for BYU students at Kiwanis Park in Provo, Utah on Sept. 3, 2022. A federal judge has granted the request Friday, June 17, 2023, of an Utah-based group that organizes drag performances for a preliminary injunction, directing the city of St. George to issue a permit for the group to host an all-ages drag show in a public park and calling the attempt of city officials to stop the show unconstitutional. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

A Utah city violated the First Amendment in denying a drag show permit, judge rules

The city of St. George must issue a permit for a Utah-based group that organizes drag performances to host an all-ages drag show in a public park. A federal judge ruled on Friday to grant the … more

6/17/23

President Joe Biden returns a salute as he walks down the steps of Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden seeing collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 from the air over Philadelphia

President Joe Biden is taking an aerial tour of the collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and plans to meet with first responders and workers involved in rebuilding the critical stretch … more

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 6/17/23

This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on Wednesday, June14, 2023, shows scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank off Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.(Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)

Diverging narratives emerge after trawler with hundreds of migrants sinks in the Mediterranean

There are still more questions than answers about what led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history, in which some 500 people are feared dead. The Greek Coast Guard said that … more

By RENATA BRITO | 6/17/23

FILE - Michael Cohen leaves the District Attorney's office after testifying before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump in New York, on March 13, 2023. Cohen, former President Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer and a key witness against him in his New York state criminal prosecution, lost his bid Friday, June 16, for early release from probation following a three-year prison sentence after federal prosecutors said he’s lying again. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Ex-Trump lawyer turned witness against him loses bid for release from probation

The key witness against former President Donald Trump in a New York state criminal prosecution has lost his bid for early release from probation. The decision on Friday comes after federal … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 6/16/23

A picture shows Eina Kwon, center, and her husband Sung Kwon, right, at a memorial in Seattle, Friday, June 16, 2023. A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as Eina Kwon, the owner of a sushi restaurant near the city's famed Pike Place Market. Her husband survived the attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

Man exhibiting mental crisis charged in unprovoked shooting of pregnant woman in Seattle

A man who police say was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis when he shot and killed a pregnant restaurant owner in her car in downtown Seattle this week has been charged with first-degree … more

By GENE JOHNSON | 6/16/23

FILE - Demonstrators gather outside Cup Foods to celebrate the murder conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in the wake of Floyd's death, Attorney General Merrick Garland will be in Minneapolis on Friday, June 16, 2023, “on a civil rights matter.” DOJ spokeswoman Dena Iverson on Thursday, June 15, declined to say if the police department investigation will be the subject of the news conference at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Takeaways from the scathing report on Minneapolis police after George Floyd's killing

The Justice Department has issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 6/16/23

This image provided by WLBV-TV shows Donald Triplett, the Mississippi man known worldwide as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with autism. Triplett died Thursday, June 15, 2023. He was 89. (AP Photo/WLBV-TV)

Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

The Mississippi man known as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with autism, has died. Bank of Forest Senior Vice President Lesa Davis confirms Donald G. Triplett died Thursday. He was … more

6/16/23

This photo provided by Morgan County (UT) Fire & EMS shows an abandoned litter of racoons that found at a construction site in northern Utah on found new homes a demolition crew on June 14, 2023. (Morgan County (UT) Fire & EMS via AP)

Demolition crew saves abandoned litter of baby raccoons in Utah

A demolition crew rescued an abandoned litter of baby raccoons from the site of a home they were tearing down earlier this week. The Morgan County Fire Department in northern Utah said the crew … more

6/16/23

FILE - Pamela Walker, mother of Jayland Walker, who was shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, is comforted prior to appearing before reporters about police reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2023. The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and racism” within Akron's police department, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Jayland Walker's family sues officers and city, alleging excessive force

The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase, a new federal lawsuit alleges, and were part of a “culture … more

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON | 6/16/23

FILE - Secretary of the North Carolina Department Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks during a briefing on the state's coronavirus pandemic response Tuesday, Dec.22, 2020 at the N.C. Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C. The White House announced Friday, June 16, 2023, that Cohen will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She succeeds Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who last month announced she was resigning effective June 30. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Former North Carolina health official is picked to be new CDC director

The White House has selected a former North Carolina health official to be the new director of the nation’s top federal public health agency. Dr. Mandy Cohen has been picked to head the Centers for … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 6/16/23

FILE - A screen displays a patient's vital signs at a hospital in Baltimore on Nov. 28, 2016. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday, June 16, 2023, suggests testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” who have cardiovascular disease or are at high risk for it. But doctors say men shouldn’t view the treatment as an “anti-aging tonic.” (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

New research suggests testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with “low T” and who have cardiovascular disease or are at high risk for it. But doctors say men shouldn’t view the … more

By LAURA UNGAR | 6/16/23

FILE - Tennessee Valley Authority President Jeff Lyash speaks with the Chattanooga Times Free Press from the TVA Chattanooga Office Complex in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 23, 2019. TVA, the nation's largest public utility, released plans Friday, une 16, 2023, to build a new natural gas plant in Tennessee, largely dismissing renewable energy alternatives one day after the Biden administration proposed strict new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Conservation groups sue over federal utility's plan to replace coal plant with gas

Conservation groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the nation’s largest public utility from replacing a coal-burning power plant in Tennessee with one using natural gas. In a federal lawsuit … more

By JONATHAN MATTISE | 6/16/23

Soccer players' union looks to hold FIFA accountable for player payments

The global soccer players’ union says is working with FIFA to make sure that payments promised to all players at the Women’s World Cup actually reach them. FIFA confirmed last week that the 732 … more

By ANNE M. PETERSON | 6/16/23

This photo of bullet-damaged prayer book in the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh was entered May 30, 2023, as a court exhibit by prosecutors in the federal trial of Robert Bowers. He faces multiple charges in the killing of 11 worshippers from three congregations and the wounding of seven worshippers and police officers in the building on Oct. 27, 2018. The charges include the obstruction of the free exercise of religion, resulting in death. (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania via AP)

Jury resumes deliberating in trial of gunman who killed 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue

A jury has resumed deliberating in the trial of a truck driver who shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people. The defense … more

6/16/23

A bouquet of flowers and a photograph sits on the corner of Lenora St. and 4th Avenue, Thursday, June 15, 2023 in Seattle. A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as the owner of a sushi restaurant near the city’s famed Pike Place Market. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Pregnant woman shot and killed was owner of Seattle restaurant near famed market

A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as the owner of a sushi restaurant near the city’s famed Pike Place … more

6/15/23

FILE - People look up to the sky at an observatory near the village of Avren east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. There's another chance to see five planets lined up in the sky, weather permitting. Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury will appear together before sunrise on Saturday., June 17, 2023. Jupiter and Saturn will be bright in the sky and easiest to see. Mercury will be the lowest to the horizon and harder to spot. And you'll need to break out binoculars or a telescope to find Neptune and Uranus. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)

How to see 5 planets line up in the sky on Saturday morning

There's another chance to see five planets lined up in the sky. Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury will appear together before sunrise on Saturday, weather permitting. Jupiter and Saturn … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 6/15/23

FILE - Rescue personnel work at the remains of the Champlain Towers South condo building, June 25, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The swimming pool deck of the beachfront South Florida condominium where 98 people died when the building collapsed two years ago failed to comply with the original codes and standards, with many areas of severe strength deficiency, federal investigators said Thursday, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials say

Federal investigators say the swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with original building codes and … more

By DAVID FISCHER | 6/15/23