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FILE - This aerial still image from video provided by KTLA shows law enforcement vehicles where several people were found shot to death in El Mirage, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said Monday, Jan. 29, that arrests have been made in the investigation into six bodies found dead at a dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert last week. (KTLA via AP, File)

5 suspects arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana, sheriff’s officials say

Sherriff's officials say five suspects have been arrested in the investigation surrounding six bodies found last week at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert in a dispute over … more

1/29/24

This photo released by the Anoka County, Minn., Jail shows inmate Alonzo Pierre Mingo. Mingo was charged with murder Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, after authorities say he posed as a package delivery driver, entered a home and demanded money before he shot three people in the head, including at least one at point-blank range. (Anoka County Jail via AP)

Police say Minnesota man dressed as delivery driver in home invasion turned triple homicide

A Minnesota man has been charged in a triple homicide after allegedly dressing as a package delivery driver to break into a home. Alonzo Pierre Mingo is charged with three counts of second-degree … more

By SUMMER BALLENTINE | 1/29/24

FILE - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers his inaugural address after taking the oath of office, May 15, 2023, in Chicago. The city will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers, Johnson announced Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, days ahead of a deadline that could have evicted nearly 2,000 migrants. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Chicago to extend migrant shelter stay limits over concerns about long-term housing, employment

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers. The announcement Monday comes days ahead of a deadline that could have evicted nearly 2,000 … more

By SOPHIA TAREEN | 1/29/24

Multiple units from Palm Bay, Fla., and other police agencies gather along Emerson Drive and side streets Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2024, where a shooting occurred. Four people are dead, including a Florida man accused of shooting and wounding two police officers, authorities confirmed Monday, Jan. 29. (Tim Shortt/Florida Today via AP)

4 dead, including Florida man suspected of shooting and wounding 2 police officers

Authorities say four people are dead in Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of shooting and wounding two police officers. Police say 24-year-old Brandon Kapas got … more

1/29/24

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at NeoCity Academy in Kissimmee, Fla., Jan. 26, 2024. Less than two weeks after suspending his presidential campaign, DeSantis finally weighed on what he wants lawmakers to do this year: Change Washington. Today, Monday, Jan. 29, 2023, is the start of the fourth week of a legislative session that lasts less than nine weeks. (Joe Burbank /Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Back home in Florida after White House bid ends, DeSantis is still focused on Washington's problems

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants lawmakers to change Washington this year. DeSantis held a news conference Monday less than two weeks after suspending his presidential campaign. He … more

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON | 1/29/24

Trooper Ryan Londregan walks hand-in-hand with his wife to his first court appearance to answer to murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop last summer on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 at the Hennepin Public Safety Facility in Minneapolis, Minn. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota trooper accused of fatally shooting motorist Ricky Cobb II makes first court appearance

A judge has ruled that a Minnesota state trooper accused in the fatal shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II can remain free without bail. The judge on Monday ordered Trooper Ryan Londregan to surrender … more

By MARK VANCLEAVE | 1/29/24

This undated image provided by Shawn Sanders shows Army Spc. Kennedy Sanders, right, posing for a selfie with her mother, Oneida Oliver-Sanders, at a ceremony in Columbus, Ga., on Aug. 9, 2023. The 24-year-old Army reservist's parents confirmed she was among three U.S. service members killed Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, by a drone strike at their base in Jordan near the border with Syria. Sanders of Waycross, Georgia, joined the Army Reserve five years ago, her parents said, and was taking college courses to become an X-ray technician. (Shawn Sanders via AP)

Grief and mourning for 3 US soldiers killed in Jordan drone strike who were based in Georgia

The U.S. Defense Department says three Army Reserve soldiers from Georgia were killed in a weekend drone strike in Syria. They were identified as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Spc. … more

By RUSS BYNUM | 1/29/24

Jennifer Crumbley, left, stands with her attorney, Shannon Smith, in an Oakland County courtroom, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley, 45, is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, the first time parents have been charged in a U.S. mass school shooting. She and her husband are accused of contributing to the deaths at Oxford High School by neglecting the needs of their son, Ethan Crumbley, and making a gun accessible at home. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP, Pool)

Counselor recalls concerns about Michigan school shooter at mother's trial

A counselor says staff expressed concerns about a Michigan teenager long before he killed four students during a 2021 school shooting. Shawn Hopkins testified Monday on the third day of the … more

By ED WHITE | 1/29/24

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, competes in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport comes almost two years after Valieva's doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?

The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The ruling set the stage for U.S. skaters to receive gold medals after … more

By EDDIE PELLS | 1/29/24

St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell speaks during a news conference July 30, 2020 in Clayton, Mo. The Missouri prosecutor has filed a motion to overturn the conviction of a man who has spent more than two decades in prison for a killing that the prosecutor now believes he didn't commit. Bell filed a motion Friday, Jan. 27, 2024 to vacate the conviction of Marcellus Williams, 55, who has long claimed innocence in the death of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed multiple times during a robbery in 1998. (Chris Kohley/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, file)

Missouri prosecutor seeks to overturn the conviction an inmate who has spent decades on death row

A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that landed him on death row and very nearly cost him his life, and is seeking to overturn his conviction. … more

By JIM SALTER | 1/29/24

FILE - Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 31, 2023. Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. say on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 he has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars. The 42-year-old Kara-Murza is serving a 25-year sentence for treason. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)

Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza has disappeared from prison, colleagues say

Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. says he has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars. The 42-year-old Kara-Murza is serving a 25-year … more

By The Associated Press | 1/29/24

Walmart's latest perk for U.S. store managers? Stock grants

Walmart is further sweetening the perks for its U.S. store managers as the nation’s largest retailer and private employer seeks to retain and attract top workers in a still competitive job market. … more

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | 1/29/24

FILE Georgian Dream party Prime Irakli Garibashvili speaks at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The prime minister of the country of Georgia resigned on Monday, Jan 29, 2024 and said he had accepted an offer to become chairman of the Georgian Dream ruling party ahead of national elections in the autumn. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)

Georgia's prime minister steps down to prepare for national elections this fall

The prime minister of the country of Georgia resigned on Monday and said he had accepted an offer to become chairman of the Georgian Dream ruling party ahead of national elections in the fall. The … more

1/29/24

$FILE - Italian actress Sandra Milo poses during a photocall for the film "Un nemico che ti vuole bene" during the 71st Locarno International Film Festival, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, in Locarno, Switzerland. Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s 8½ and later became his muse, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, her family said. She was 90. (Alexandra Wey/Keystone via AP, File)$

Fellini's muse and Italian film icon Sandra Milo dies at 90

Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning “8½” has died. A statement from her family carried by state-run RAI television says that Milo … more

1/29/24

FILE - Rep. Esther Panitch, D-Sandy Springs, right, fist bumps Sen. Ben Watson, R-Savannah, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after House Bill 30, an antisemitism bill, was passed unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Jan. 22, 2024, in Atlanta. A handful of U.S. states are considering measures that would define antisemitism, but there's debate over whether they would stifle criticism of Israel. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, file)

There's a wave of new bills to define antisemitism. In these 3 states, they could become law

Lawmakers in more than a half-dozen U.S. states are pushing laws to define antisemitism, triggering debates about free speech and bringing complicated world politics into statehouses. The definition … more

By GEOFF MULVIHILL | 1/29/24

In this screen grab taken from dash camera video provided by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Trooper Jesse Gregory is struck by a motorist while talking to the driver of a parked vehicle on the side of Interstate 40 near the Oklahoma City suburb of Yukon, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. (Oklahoma Highway Patrol via AP)

Oklahoma trooper violently thrown to the ground as vehicle on interstate hits one he'd pulled over

An Oklahoma trooper who was thrown to the ground when a vehicle he’d pulled over for a traffic stop was hit by another vehicle says he feels lucky that he was able to walk away. The Oklahoma … more

1/28/24

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. On Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, a retired judge recommended to Illinois election officials that former President Trump's name should be removed from the Illinois primary ballot, but the decision should be left to the courts. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Illinois election officials to weigh recommendation to remove Trump's name from March primary ballot

A retired judge has recommended to an Illinois election board that former President Donald Trump's name should be removed from the Illinois primary ballot, but he says the decision should be left to … more

The Associated Press | 1/28/24

President Joe Biden speaks at St. John Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden: Three Americans killed, 'many' wounded in drone attack by Iran-backed militia in Jordan

President Joe Biden says three American service members were killed and “many” were wounded in a drone strike in Jordan. He is attributing the attack to Iran-backed militia groups. They were the … more

BY ZEKE MILLER | 1/28/24

FILE - A sign hangs from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Aug. 18, 2022, in Boston. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced it’s requesting six retractions and 31 corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research

Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research. Dana-Farber … more

By CARLA K. JOHNSON | 1/28/24

Inter Miami soccer player Lionel Messi walks through the crowd as he arrives for a naming ceremony for Royal Caribbean International's new cruise ship Icon of the Seas, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Miami. The cruise line has named Messi as the official icon of the Icon of the Seas ship. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are in Saudi Arabia to continue their around-the-world preseason tour

Inter Miami played six preseason matches last season. Most were behind closed doors with few people watching, all took place in Florida and the biggest news probably came when some fans prematurely … more

By TIM REYNOLDS | 1/28/24