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FILE- Police tape cordons off the road to Schemengees Bar and Grille as law enforcement officers maintain their presence in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. The 911 calls flooding into dispatchers as a gunman opened fire at Schemengees Bar and a bowling alley, reflect the chaos of the unfolding situation last October, in transcripts released Monday Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

911 transcripts reveal chaotic scene as gunman killed 18 people in Maine

The 911 calls flooding into dispatchers as a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, reflect the chaos of the unfolding situation last October. The 911 transcripts … more

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP | 1/8/24

Nevada judge attacked by defendant during sentencing in Vegas courtroom scene captured on video

Man caught on camera accosting a Las Vegas judge in court is sentenced in an unrelated attack

A man caught on camera attacking a county judge in Las Vegas is being sentenced to 19 to 48 months in an unrelated case. Deobra Delone Redden was sentenced Monday for accosting someone with a … more

By KEN RITTER | 1/8/24

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick watches from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Bill Belichick under contract, would take lesser role in personnel matters as Kraft meeting looms

Bill Belichick is open to letting someone else handle personnel duties if he remains with the New England Patriots. The Patriots coach also confirmed during his season-ending news conference that he … more

By KYLE HIGHTOWER | 1/8/24

FILE - Jonathan Majors leaves the Manhattan criminal courthouse in New York, Dec. 18, 2023. In his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction last month, Majors says he was shocked by the New York jury’s verdict, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)

Jonathan Majors says he was 'shocked' when assault case verdict was handed down

In his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction last month, actor Jonathan Majors says he was shocked by the New York jury’s verdict. In the interview that aired Monday on … more

By The Associated Press | 1/8/24

Rev. Byeong Cheol Han poses for a portrait at Korean Central Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Chamblee, Ga. The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders say Korean Americans need to be more vigilant to protect against religious cults and the possible exploitation of new arrivals from South Korea. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)y

'Soldiers of Christ' killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults

The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders … more

By SUDHIN THANAWALA | 1/8/24

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa., Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden will visit church where Black people were killed to lay out election stakes and perils of hate

President Joe Biden wants Americans to know what he believes is at stake in this year’s presidential election. As part of that effort, the Democratic president is revisiting some of the nation’s … more

By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER | 1/8/24

Palestinians inspect the damage of a destroyed house following Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Live updates | Fighting near central Gaza hospital prompts medics, patients and others to flee south

Witnesses say that fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants near the main hospital in central Gaza has caused medics, patients and displaced people to flee. The withdrawal by Doctors … more

By The Associated Press | 1/8/24

Civil defense workers search for survivors inside an apartment following a massive explosion in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. The TV station of Lebanon's Hezbollah group says top Hamas official Saleh Arouri was killed Tuesday in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

With every strike and counterstrike, Israel, the US and Iran's allies inch closer to all-out war

In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad … more

By JOSEPH KRAUSS | 1/8/24

FILE - The exterior of the Georgia State Building seen from Liberty Plaza in downtown Atlanta, April 6, 2020. Georgia lawmakers are beginning their 2024 session on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Lawsuit limits and antisemitism are among topics Georgia lawmakers plan to take on in 2024

Georgia’s General Assembly begins its 2024 regular session Monday and the top intrigue is whether Republicans may agree to a further expansion of health care under the state’s Medicaid program. … more

By JEFF AMY | 1/8/24

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes part in a panel discussion, Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem has outlined her budget proposal for the Legislature, emphasizing tighter spending amid rising inflation. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

South Dakota lawmakers see alignment with Noem as session begins

South Dakota’s Republican-controlled Legislature convenes Tuesday in Pierre for its annual session, expected to last into early March. Second-term GOP Gov. Kristi Noem gave her budget address in … more

By JACK DURA | 1/8/24

FILE - People hold signs during a news conference discussing the death of Tyre Nichols, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols' loved ones will gather Jan. 7, 2024, near the site of his fatal beating to remember his life one year after he was beaten by police. Police cameras captured the beating of Nichols after a traffic stop on Jan. 7, 2022. The 29-year-old skateboarder and amateur photographer died three days later in a hospital. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Tyre Nichols' family to gather for vigil 1 year after police brutally beat him

Tyre Nichols' loved ones are set to gather in remembrance at the site where police fatally beat the Black man one year ago. They will meet Sunday night at the place where police cameras captured … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 1/7/24

FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., a member of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference, July 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. There is an ongoing investigation into an apparent altercation between Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant, police in Silt, Colo., confirmed on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Officers in Colorado are investigating an apparent altercation between Rep. Boebert and ex-husband

Law enforcement officers in Colorado say an investigation is being conducted into an apparent altercation between U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and ex-husband Jayson Boebert at a restaurant in Silt, … more

The Associated Press | 1/7/24

Al Jazeera journalist Wael Dahdouh holds the hand of his son Hamza, who also worked for Al Jazeera and who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Dahdouh lost his wife, two other children and a grandson earlier in the war and was nearly killed himself. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

The son of veteran correspondent is the fifth member of his family killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza

An apparent Israeli airstrike has killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza. One was the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, who lost his wife, two other children and a … more

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY | 1/7/24

FILE - Shelby Ruch-Teegarden, center, of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, joins other protestors during the United Methodist Church's special session of the general conference in St. Louis, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. United Methodist rules forbid same-sex marriage rites and the ordination of “self-avowed practicing homosexuals,” but progressive Methodist churches in the U.S. have increasingly been defying these rules. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)

How to deal with same-sex unions? It's a question fracturing major Christian denominations

Reaction among Catholics around the world is sharply divided over the Vatican's recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Catholic supporters of greater LGBTQ inclusion … more

By DAVID CRARY | 1/7/24

Crews set up a ballroom during the Golden Globe Awards Press Preview at the Beverly Hilton on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

How to watch the Golden Globes, including the red carpet and backstage interviews

Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names. The show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern and will air live on both coasts … more

1/7/24

Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk Foma (Nikolay Mosolov), foreground, kisses an icon as Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands near after attending an Orthodox Christmas service with the families of military personnel who died during the special military operation in Ukraine in the Church of Our Savior Not Made by Hands at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Over 100 evacuate Russia’s Belgorod while soldiers celebrate Orthodox Christmas on the front line

More than 100 residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod have evacuated to an area further from the Ukrainian border, local officials said. Ukrainian attacks on Dec. 30 in Belgorod killed 25 … more

1/7/24

In this image provided by Coleman Fredricks, coal miners unearthed a mammoth tusk in May 2023 at the Freedom Mine near Beulah, N.D. The large scoop of an electric shovel dug the tusk out of the earth and dropped it into a truck, which later dumped the load, revealing the tusk. The North Dakota Geologic Survey subsequently visited the mine and dug for more bones at the site, finding more than 20 mammoth bones, now wrapped in plastic for their protection as paleontologists work to preserve them. (Coleman Fredricks via AP)

Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years

Fossil hunters are celebrating the discovery of a mammoth tusk and other bones unearthed at a coal mine in North Dakota. A shovel operator was the first person to spot the collection of bones while … more

By JACK DURA | 1/7/24

An election official walks past ballot boxes and election material laid out for distribution at an auditorium of a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh,Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Fear of violence looms over a contentious Bangladesh election as polls open

Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party. At least 18 arson attacks have been reported … more

1/6/24

A Russian Orthodox Church priest makes the sign of the cross during an Orthodox Christmas service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, late Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Orthodox mark Christmas, but the celebration is overshadowed for many by conflict

Orthodox Christians packed churches on Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Patriarch Kirill is the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, … more

By The Associated Press | 1/6/24

Duke Divinity School celebrate its 90th Baccalaureate service, May 14, 2016, in Duke Chapel with Eboni Marshall Turman, then a professor at Duke and now a professor at Yale Divinity School, preaching. Marshall Turman filed a lawsuit in December 2023 accusing Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York of sex discrimination for rejecting her application to become Abyssinian's senior pastor. (Duke Divinity School via AP)

Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor

A Yale professor has filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against a prominent Harlem church after it did not hire her for its senior pastor job. The suit brought by Eboni Marshall Turman … more

By DARREN SANDS | 1/6/24