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FILE - Protesters hold signs during a march and rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin, March 31, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, July 13, 2023, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to the acquittal of the man who fatally shot Martin. Gunned down in a Florida gated community where his father lived in 2012, Martin was one of the earliest symbols of a movement that now wields influence in politics, law enforcement and broader conversations about racial progress. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher, File)

Black Lives Matter movement to mark 10 years of activism, renews call to defund the police

The Black Lives Matter movement turns 10 years old on Thursday, marking the day in 2013 that the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin was acquitted in his death. Gunned down in a Florida gated … more

By AARON MORRISON | 7/13/23

FILE - Emmy statues appear at the 70th Primetime Emmy Nominations Announcements at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on July 12, 2018, in Los Angeles. HBO could dominate Wednesday morning's Emmy nominations, but the Hollywood writers' strike and the possibility that actors could join them have cast a cloud over the process. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

'A puddle of emotions': Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jessica Chastain, others discuss their Emmy nominations

Last year, she stole the Emmy show with her inspiring, largely sung acceptance speech. Now Sheryl Lee Ralph has another nomination for “Abbott Elementary.” She suggested Wednesday that this time, … more

By The Associated Preess | 7/12/23

FILE - This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. Bowers, the gunman who massacred 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, has a “very serious mental health history" from childhood and a “markedly abnormal” brain, a defense expert testified Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in the penalty phase of the killer's trial. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

The Pittsburgh synagogue gunman should be eligible for the death penalty, prosecutor argues

A prosecutor has urged jurors to find the gunman behind the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutor Soo Song said Wednesday that Robert Bowers … more

By PETER SMITH | 7/12/23

FILE - Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat, Oct. 3, 2022, in Kress, Texas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday, July 12, 2023, it will invest $300 million on monitoring and reporting planet-warming emissions from climate-smart agricultural processes. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

U.S. Department of Agriculture to invest $300 million in monitoring agricultural emissions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced Wednesday it will invest $300 million on monitoring and reporting planet-warming emissions from climate-smart agricultural processes, such as no-till … more

By MELINA WALLING | 7/12/23

Damaged homes are torn apart by earth movement in the Los Angeles County city of Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., on Monday, July 10, 2023. The dozen homes torn apart were hastily evacuated by firefighters Saturday when cracks began appearing in structures and the ground. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Destructive Southern California landslide slows but more homes ordered evacuated as sewer breaks

A landslide that has destroyed homes in a Southern California community appears to have slowed but more homes have been evacuated. The city of Rolling Hills Estates says five additional homes were … more

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Cleveland officials say a suspect was arrested in a shooting that wounded nine people early Sunday. (July 12)

Evidence seized from home of man charged in Cleveland shooting that wounded 9

Authorities have seized evidence from the home of a man charged in a downtown Cleveland mass shooting over the weekend that wounded nine people. But a motive for the early Sunday shooting remained … more

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FILE - Kolkata Knight Riders' Andre Russell plays a shot during Indian Premier League cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, April 29, 2023. George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” That might explain why cricket has flourished to such an extent in Britain and some of its former colonies but never to the same degree in the United States. (AP Photo Bikas Das, File)

With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States

It's cricket but with a relatively new spin. George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” Cricket has … more

By STEVE McMORRAN | 7/12/23

A worker helps clear the wreckage of a Greyhound bus that collided with tractor-trailers on the exit ramp to a rest area on westbound Interstate 70 in Highland, Ill., on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

3 dead and 14 injured in Illinois crash involving Greyhound bus and tractor-trailers, police say

Illinois State Police say a Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring 14 others, … more

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The first anniversary image released Wednesday, July 12, 2023, by Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach, shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displaying a star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pon via AP)

Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars

The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet. NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing the dramatic close-up of 50 young stars close to … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 7/12/23

Susie Gaffney poses for a photo along Coldwater Creek near where she used to live Friday, April 7, 2023, in Florissant, Mo. The creek was contaminated when nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project flowed into the waterway past homes, schools and businesses. St. Louis played an important role in the country’s effort to build the first nuclear weapon. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem. St. Louis was part of a geographically scattered … more

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER | 7/12/23

FILE - European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding an anti-trust decision on Broadcom at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Computer chip and software maker Broadcom's $61 billion proposed purchase of cloud technology company VMware got the green light on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, from European Union regulators who were satisfied by concessions to ease competition fears. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Broadcom's $61 billion deal to buy VMware gets cleared by European Union regulators

Computer chip and software maker Broadcom’s $61 billion proposed purchase of cloud technology company VMware got the green light from European Union regulators who were satisfied by concessions to … more

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FILE - Netherlands' Vivianne Miedema runs with the ball pursued by France's Charlotte Bilbault, left, during the Women Euro 2022 quarterfinals soccer match between France and the Netherlands at the New York Stadium in Rotherham, England, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

ACL injuries are keeping stars out of the Women's World Cup

Dutch forward Vivianne Miedema and England’s Leah Williamson are among the stars of women's soccer who won’t be playing in the World Cup. Both players have been ruled out because of ACL injuries. … more

By ANNE M. PETERSON | 7/12/23

FILE - Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022. An Associated Press-NORC Center poll found that most U.S. adults favor allowing abortion at least in the early weeks of pregnancy. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Even in states that have them, few US adults support full abortion bans, AP-NORC poll finds

Most U.S. adults oppose the deepest bans on abortion, a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has found. The majority of those who live in states that have barred … more

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and LINLEY SANDERS | 7/12/23

American Matthew Urey is seen in the witness box at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, returned to New Zealand from their home in Richmond, Virginia, to testify in the Auckland District Court on Wednesday in the trial of three tourism companies and three directors charged with safety breaches over the White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham, Pool Photo via AP)

American woman says she thought she would die when New Zealand volcano erupted

An American woman says she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019 killing 22 people. Lauren and Matt Urey returned to New Zealand … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 7/11/23

FILE - Three women co-defendants in the Sharon Tate murder case, from left, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, laugh as they walk to court in Los Angeles for sentencing on March 29, 1971. Van Houten, one of Charles Manson's followers, was released from prison on parole on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/File)

AP Was There: Cult leader Charles Manson and followers convicted for brutal California killings

On Jan. 26, 1971, Charles Manson and three members of his California cult were convicted for the murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. On Tuesday, one of those three … more

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This image provided by researchers shows artifacts made of bony material from a giant sloth discovered at a rock shelter in Brazil, recovered from archaeological layers dated to 25,000 to 27,000 years ago. Research published Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Britain's Proceedings of the Royal Society B journal, suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now-extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than once thought. (Thais Rabito Pansani via AP)

Pendants made from giant sloths suggest earlier arrival of people in the Americas

New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought. Scientists … more

By CHRISTINA LARSON | 7/11/23

Scrutiny surrounding ethics at the United States Supreme Court has brought into question the way the judicial branch of government differs from the legislative and executive branches. (July 11)

Senators call for Supreme Court to follow ethics code like other branches of government

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says it's time for Supreme Court justices to bring their conduct in line with the standards of other branches of government. Sen. Dick Durbin, an … more

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ERIC TUCKER and BRIAN SLODYSKO | 7/11/23

Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in Southern California

Leaders of a Southern California city hit by a destructive landslide are planning to vote on a resolution to declare a local emergency. The resolution on the Rolling Hills Estate City Council agenda … more

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FILE - This image from the body camera of Louisiana State Police Trooper Dakota DeMoss shows his colleagues, Kory York, center left, and Chris Hollingsworth, center right, holding up Ronald Greene before paramedics arrived on May 10, 2019, outside of Monroe, La. In July 2023, a state judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against DeMoss and York, two of the five Louisiana lawmen indicted in the fatal arrest of Greene. Authorities initially blamed his death on a car crash before long suppressed body-camera video showed the white officers beating, stunning and dragging the Black motorist. (Louisiana State Police via AP, File)

Louisiana judge tosses some charges against officers in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene

A state judge has thrown out obstruction of justice charges against two of the five Louisiana lawmen indicted in the fatal 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, a death authorities initially blamed on a car … more

By JIM MUSTIAN | 7/11/23

FILE - A BART police officer displays the Fentanyl he confiscated while patrolling the Civic Center Station BART platform in San Francisco, Nov. 20, 2020. An Oregon county's controversial policy that would have distributed tin foil and straws for fentanyl users and glass pipes for methamphetamine and crack users through the health department has been halted. "Our health department went forward with this proposal without proper implementation protocols," Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said in a statement to KGW-TV. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Oregon county pauses plan to distribute tin foil, straws for fentanyl users

A plan by Oregon’s largest county to distribute tin foil and straws for fentanyl users and glass pipes for methamphetamine and crack users has been halted after opposition from Portland’s mayor … more

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