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A crowd of over 300 people protest the killing of Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 16, 2022. The 26-year-old Congolese refugee was fatally shot by a Grand Rapids police officer after resisting arrest during a traffic stop on April 4. (Eric Seals /Detroit Free Press via AP)

Police reform divides community where cop killed Black man

City leaders in Grand Rapids insist policing reforms and outreach to the Black community ensured protests following the killing of a Black motorist by a white police officer last April did not … more

By COREY WILLIAMS | 4/2/23

FILE - People walk through damage from a late-night tornado in Sullivan, Ind., April 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why

The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather. The nation's weather chief and other experts say the U.S. gets hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 4/2/23

People march around the Nebraska state Capitol during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. (Larry Robinson/Lincoln Journal Star via AP)

Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting

The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation. Authorities haven't shared any information linking … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 4/2/23

AP Coach of the Year, Marquette's Shaka Smart talks at a news conference during the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament on Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Marquette's Shaka Smart voted men's AP coach of the year

Shaka Smart was voted the AP men's basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out … more

By DAVE SKRETTA | 4/1/23

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022. Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s troops is in the cards. (AP Photo/LIBKOS, File)

Russia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive?

Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and … more

By BARRY HATTON | 4/1/23

This photo provided by the St. Petersburg, Fla., Police Department shows 2-year-old Taylen Mosley, who is missing. Searchers combed the area around a Florida apartment complex on Friday, March 31, 2023, for the missing 2-year-old boy whose mother was found slain in their apartment, police said. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway said the boy's father, 21-year-old Thomas Mosley, is considered a “person of interest” in the killing of the mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery. (St. Petersburg Police Department via AP)

Body of Florida toddler found in alligator jaws after search

Police say the body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search after his mother was slain has been found in a lake in the jaws of an alligator. St. Petersburg Police … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 3/31/23

This undated handout photo shows Evelyn Dieckhaus a student at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn. Dieckhaus was one of six people killed on Monday, March 27, 2023, in the shooting at the school. (Handout via AP)

Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral

Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER | 3/31/23

This photo provided by Aaron Paz shows Patricia Borges at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pa., on March 25, 2023. Borges was pulled alive from the rubble of the R.M. Palmer Co. factory, a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pa., after an explosion that killed seven co-workers. Borges says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate. (Aaron Paz via AP)

Factory explosion survivor, on fire, fell into chocolate vat

A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then … more

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and ACACIA CORONADO | 3/31/23

Officers 'arrest' alligator walking near Tampa Bay stadium

Tampa police officers were called to a commercial part of town because of a disturbance, but it wasn’t a public brawl or anyone behaving in a disorderly manner. It was a 9-foot alligator Wednesday … more

3/31/23

Shamier Anderson poses for a portrait in New York on March 15, 2023, to promote his film “John Wick: Chapter 4." (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Shamier Anderson savors career rise, role in new 'John Wick'

Shamier Anderson is well aware that his Hollywood profile is rising and says he won't take the moment for granted. His latest film, the Keanu Reeves-led “John Wick: Chapter 4,” debuted last week … more

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON | 3/31/23

FILE - Former Viking Saga student newspaper staff members Marcus Pennell, left, and Emma Smith display a pride flag outside of Northwest High School in Grand Island, Neb., July 20, 2022. A former high school journalist is suing the Nebraska school district that last year shut down the school newspaper after it published an LGBTQ-focused edition. The federal lawsuit filed Friday, March 31, 2023, names Grand Island Northwest Public Schools and its superintendent. It claims the shutdown of the student paper at Northwest High School was unconstitutional. (McKenna Lamoree/The Independent via AP, File)

District sued over axing of student paper after LGBTQ issue

A former high school journalist and the Nebraska High School Press Association filed a lawsuit Friday, claiming that a school district’s shutdown of the school newspaper after it published an … more

3/31/23

A woman plays a shell musical instrument on the 11th anniversary of the murder of Daniel Zamudio, a gay youth, at Zamudio's gravesite inside the General Cemetery where the Integration and Homosexual Liberation movement added six symbolic tombstones to represent recent victims of discrimination in Santiago, Chile, Monday, March 27, 2023. Zamudio was attacked in 2012 for being homosexual and died after 25 days in a coma, inspiring the "Zamudio Law" against the crimes of homophobia, transphobia and any other type of discrimination. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

March 24-30, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP … more

By The Associated Press | 3/31/23

A pickup truck rests on top of a restaurant cooler at Chuck's Dairy Cafe in Rolling Fork, Miss., Saturday, March 25, 2023. Emergency officials in Mississippi say several people have been killed by tornadoes that tore through the state on Friday night, destroying buildings and knocking out power as severe weather produced hail the size of golf balls moved through several southern states. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

AP Week in Pictures: North America

MARCH 24 - 30, 2023 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from North America made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. The selection was curated by AP … more

3/31/23

Ukrainian soldiers sit in a trench along the frontline during fighting with Russian troops near Bakhmut, Sunday, March 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

March 23-30, 2023 From protests against the raising of the retirement age in France to Kamala Harris’ visit to Ghana and Belgium beating Germany in an international friendly soccer match in … more

By The Associated Press | 3/31/23

Funerals set for 3 of the Nashville school shooting victims

Funeral services have been set for an adult and two girls who were killed in this week’s school shooting in Nashville, as the grieving city mourns the victims of the horrific attack on what should … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER and ADRIAN SAINZ | 3/30/23

The sword of the Royal House of Avis on a stylised cross decorates the 56-meter high Monument to the Discoveries by the Tagus river in Lisbon, Thursday, March 30, 2023. The sword and cross on the monument symbolized the growth of the Portuguese empire and faith. This Thursday, the Vatican formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery." The statement was a response to decades of Indigenous demands for the Vatican to formally rescind the papal bulls that provided the Portuguese and Spanish kingdoms the religious backing to expand their territories in Africa and the Americas for the sake of spreading Christianity. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Vatican disavows decrees linked to seizure of Native lands

Responding to Indigenous demands, the Vatican has formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery” -- papal documents from the 15th century that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native … more

The Associated Press | 3/30/23

This undated image provided by Raman and Puja Kalra shows their Dairy Queen franchise restaurant in Phoenix with 15-foot-tall red spoon. The owners remain perplexed — and slightly amused — as to why someone would steal the giant red spoon that adorned their restaurant. (Raman and Puja Kalra via The AP)

Arizona Dairy Queen on the hunt for missing red spoon statue

The owners of a Dairy Queen in Phoenix remain perplexed — and slightly amused — as to why someone would steal the giant red spoon that adorned their restaurant. Raman and Puja Kalra say the … more

By TERRY TANG | 3/30/23

FILE - This Oct. 2017 file photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Force Investigation Team Report shows a number of guns in the interior of mass shooter Stephen Paddock's 32nd floor room of the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. Paddock a high-roller gambler who opened fire in 2017 on concertgoers in Las Vegas had lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks before the mass shooting and was upset with the way the casinos had been treating him, according to FBI documents made public this week. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

New FBI docs: Las Vegas mass shooter was angry at casinos

FBI documents made public this week reveal the high-roller gambler who opened fire on concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip had lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks earlier. One … more

By RIO YAMAT | 3/30/23

A young girl places an item at a growing memorial,Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, at an entry to Covenant School for the victims of Monday' shooting. (AP Photo/John Amis)

FACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or … more

By SOPHIA TULP | 3/30/23

This illustration provided by Mark P. Witton in March 2023 depicts a juvenile Edmontosaurus being eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex with a lipped mouth. The teeth on T. rex and other big theropods were likely covered by scaly lips, concludes a study published Thursday, March 30, 2023, in the journal Science. The dinosaur's teeth didn't stick out when its mouth was closed, and even in a wide open bite, you might just see the tips, the scientists found. (Mark P. Witton via AP)

Has T. rex lost its bite? Menacing snarl may be wrong

The classic image of Tyrannosaurus rex flashing giant teeth might be wrong. According to a new study published Thursday, the dinosaur's teeth were probably mostly covered by scaly lips and didn't … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 3/30/23