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Three men charged with gun trafficking conspiracy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Law enforcement officers seized 82 firearms, including machine guns, during the arrest of three Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area men charged with participating in a conspiracy to traffic firearms, including machine guns, and with drug trafficking. more
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This booking photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Michael Tisius. Tisius is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday evening, June 6, 2023, at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Mo., for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail in the early hours of June 22, 2000, in an ill-fated effort to help an inmate escape. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)
Missouri man facing execution for killing 2 jailers in failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000
A man who shot and killed two Missouri jailers almost 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius is scheduled to receive a … more
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Today in History: June 6, D-Day in Normandy
Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 6, the 157th day of 2023. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 6, 1944, during World War II, Allied … more
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In this frame grab from video broadcast by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Billy Woods speaks at a news conference, in Ocala, Fla., Monday, June 5, 2023. Officials say a neighborhood feud over playing children has ended in a Florida mother’s fatal shooting. (Courtesy of Marion County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Mother fatally shot by neighbor after yearslong feud over playing children, sheriff says
A Florida mother was fatally shot through a door outside a neighbor's home after what officials characterized as a 2 1/2-year feud over playing children. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says … more
FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, as his top political aide Vish Burra, second from right, listens, after an effort to expel Santos from the House, in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. A man who briefly worked as an aide to Santos told House investigators Wednesday, May 31, that he got his job after sending a series of payments to Burra, Santos' director of operations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Lawyer says Rep. George Santos would go to jail to keep identities of bond cosigners secret
Rep. George Santos’ lawyer says the indicted Republican would risk going to jail to protect the identities of the people who cosigned the $500,000 bond enabling his pretrial release. The lawyer, … more
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A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania last week caused some damage to nearby homes, but the demolition company is vowing full repairs. (June 5)
Blast of air, dust during implosion damaged some homes; repairs vowed
A blast of air and dust from the implosion of two smokestacks at a shuttered coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania last week caused damage to nearby homes. But the demolition company is … more
FILE - Florida Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer sentences Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 2, 2022. Cruz was formally sentenced to life in prison for murdering 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. A state commission concluded Monday, June 5, 2023, that Scherer, should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at his attorneys by the victims' families and sometimes “allowed her emotions to overcome her judgement.” (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
A Florida commission says the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution. The Judicial … more
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FILE - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks during an interview, Feb. 1, 2023, in Oklahoma City. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, a state school board in Oklahoma, voted Monday, June 5, to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional. Drummond had previously warned the board that such a decision clearly violated the Oklahoma Constitution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US
An Oklahoma school board has voted to approve what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board voted 3-2 to approve an application by the … more
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FILE - A crew of workers supervised by the National Transportation Safety Board place flags among the wreckage of a private jet transporting Payne Stewart in a farm field near Mina, S.D., Oct. 26, 1999. Some aviation experts are citing pilot hypoxia as a leading theory for why an unresponsive business plane flew over the nation’s capital on Sunday, June 4, 2023, and caused the military to scramble fighter jets. One of the most well-known crashes involving hypoxia was the 1999 crash of a Learjet that lost cabin pressure and flew halfway across the country on autopilot before running out of gas and crashing in a South Dakota pasture, killing professional golfer Stewart and five others. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)
Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, expert says
An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia. Investigators are … more
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In this photo provided by National Geographic, researchers lay out fossils of Homo naledi at the University of the Witwatersrand's Evolutionary Studies Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2014. The new species of human relative was discovered by a team led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand deep inside a cave located outside Johannesburg. In research released on Monday, June 5, 2023, scientists say they've found evidence that the ancient human cousin buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, actions previously tied only to bigger-brained species. (Robert Clark/National Geographic via AP)
Small-brained ancient human cousins may have buried their dead, according to a surprising study
Scientists say they've found evidence an ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain. Fossil remains of the … more
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FILE - The sign for Joint Base Andrews is seen on March 26, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. A wayward and unresponsive business jet that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon, June 4, 2023, caused the military to scramble a fighter plane from Joint Base Andrews before the jet crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history
People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom. The U.S. military had dispatched a fighter jet on Sunday to intercept an unresponsive … more
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Author Isabel Allende poses at her writing studio in Sausalito, Calif., on April 12, 2023, to promote her latest book "The Wind Knows My Name." (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Book Review: Isabel Allende's 'The Wind Knows My Name' explores lives of 2 children adrift alone
Prolific Latin American-born author Isabel Allende skillfully braids the traumatic stories of two young children separated from each other by decades and thousands of miles in her latest novel, … more
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In this image made from video provided by Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Sunday, June 4, 2023, a Ukrainian soldier poses for the camera with his fingers to his lips, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. A video released by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Sunday shows its military gesturing to silence suggesting that no formal announcement of a possible counter offensive against Russia will be made. The on-screen text of the video reads "Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start." (Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP)
Counteroffensive? Probing defenses? What's playing out on Ukraine's battlefields?
While Kyiv is silent about the start of any counteroffensive, fighting is raging in several sections of the front line, signaling that the long-expected campaign could finally be getting underway. … more
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FILE - Inmate Michael Tisius, sentenced to death in the killing of two jail officers, shows his tattoos during an interview at Potosi Correctional Center, Missouri's maximum security prison where condemned men live in the general prison population in Mineral Point, Mo., on Jan. 11, 2007. A federal judge on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, halted next week's scheduled execution of Tisius, a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers, amid questions about the literacy of a juror in the case. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Missouri man set for execution on 'emotional roller coaster,' attorney says
An attorney for a man on Missouri's death row says her client is on “an emotional roller coaster” amid efforts to spare his life with just a day to go before his scheduled execution. Michael … more
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This photo provided by the National Physical Laboratory in June 2023 shows air sampling filters stationed outside the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England. In a study published Monday, May 5, 2023, in the journal Current Biology, researchers found that air quality monitoring stations — which pull in air to test for pollution — also pick up lots of DNA that can identify local wildlife. The method could help solve the tricky challenge of keeping tabs on biodiversity. (James Allerton/National Physical Laboratory via AP)
DNA sucked into air filters can reveal what plants and animals are nearby
Scientists have found that air quality monitoring stations pick up lots of DNA that can reveal what plants and animals have been in the area.. Researchers reported Monday that air monitoring stations … more
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This cover image released by Henry Holt shows "The Talk" by Darrin Bell. (Henry Holt via AP)
Book Review: Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell pens powerful graphic memoir 'The Talk'
When 6-year-old Darrin asks his mom for a water gun, it prompts “the talk” about racism and police brutality and the reason he can’t have a realistic water gun like the other kids. Pulitzer … more
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This rendering provided by Clark County on June 2, 2023, shows one of five potential designs for a permanent memorial to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in honor of the victims, survivors and first responders of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting that left 60 dead and hundreds more injured at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The rampage was the deadliest mass shooting in modern America. (Courtesy of Clark County via AP)
Officials to reveal 3D models showing what a Las Vegas shooting memorial could look like
County officials in Las Vegas will unveil five potential designs for a permanent memorial to honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the October 2017 mass shooting that occurred there. A … more
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a reception in the East Room of the White House for Hispanic Heritage Month in Washington, Sept. 30, 2022. Biden's past missteps when courting Hispanic voters have some activists worried that his reelection campaign won't get crucial details right before the 2024 election. Biden's supporters counter that Democrats maintain an advantage on policies that matter to Hispanic voters. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Biden, looking to shore up Hispanic support, faces pressure to get 2024 outreach details right
President Joe Biden’s small but notable past missteps when courting Hispanic voters have some activists worried that his reelection campaign won’t get crucial details right ahead of the 2024 … more
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U.S. veterans arrive for the commemoration organized by the Best Defense Foundation at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023, ahead of the D-Day Anniversary. The landings on the coast of Normandy 79 year ago by U.S. and British troops took place on June 6, 1944. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day
Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from … more
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FILE - Simon Stiell, U.N. climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on Nov. 20, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Stiell says phasing out all fossil fuels is central to curbing global warming. But in an interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, June 3, 2023, he also said the concept might not make it on agenda of “make-or-break” international climate negotiations this fall. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
UN climate chief calls fossil fuel phase out key to curbing warming but may not be on talks' agenda
The United Nations climate chief says phasing out all fossil fuels is central to curbing global warming. But in an interview with The Associated Press he also says the concept might not make it on … more
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