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FILE - Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa listens during a hearing in Boulder, Colo., Sept. 7, 2021. Alissa, charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year, is still incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled Friday, Oct. 21, 2022,, keeping his prosecution on hold. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool, File)

Man charged in Colorado supermarket attack still incompetent

A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still incompetent to stand trial. The finding revealed at a court hearing Friday means the prosecution of 23-year-old Ahmad … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 10/21/22

Director Santiago Mitre poses for portraits to promote the film "Argentina, 1985" during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 4, 2022. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Keeping history alive in legal thriller ‘Argentina, 1985’

The 1985 Trial of the Juntas was a seismic moment in Argentina’s history, helping to solidify the country’s democratic future after seven years of military dictatorship. But when filmmaker … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 10/21/22

FILE - Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Feb. 22, 2022. Crumbley, the teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., is expected to plead guilty next week, authorities said Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool, File)

Guilty plea due in Michigan school shooting that killed 4

Authorities say a teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at a Michigan high school is expected to plead guilty to murder next week. David Williams, chief assistant … more

By ED WHITE | 10/21/22

FILE - A syringe is placed into a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at a COVID-19 clinic in Augusta, Maine, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, Pfizer said it will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots, but the drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving doses for free. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose

Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots. But the drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving doses for … more

By TOM MURPHY | 10/21/22

FILE - People gather around the official countdown clock showing remaining time until the kick-off of the World Cup 2022, in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Qatar is a devoutly apolitical place, with speech and assembly heavily restricted and a large population of foreign workers who could lose their livelihoods if they cause a stir. But that could change next month, when an estimated 1.2 million soccer fans descend on the tiny Gulf Arab nation for the World Cup. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

World Cup fans could bring political tensions to quiet Qatar

Qatar is a devoutly apolitical place with speech and assembly heavily restricted and a large population of foreign workers who could lose their livelihoods if they cause a stir. But that could change … more

By JOSEPH KRAUSS | 10/21/22

This combo of images provided by the Connecticut State Police, show, from left, Bristol, Conn. Police Department Sgt. Dustin Demonte, Officer Alex Hamzy and Officer Alec Iurato. Authorities said Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, they believe that police officers Demonte and Hamzy, who were shot dead in Connecticut, had been drawn into an ambush by a 911 call about possible domestic violence. A third officer, Alec Iurato, was wounded but expected to recover. (Connecticut State Police via AP)

Thousands expected at funeral for 2 Connecticut officers

A joint funeral service for two Connecticut police officers shot to death in an apparent ambush is expected to draw scores of law enforcement officials from around the country. The service for … more

10/21/22

Catherine, 70, looks out the window while holding a candle for light inside her house during a power outage, in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Authorities in a region in southern Ukraine that has been annexed by Russia say that at least four civilians have been killed by Ukrainian shelling of a river crossing. Kirill Stremousov, deputy head … more

By The Associated Press | 10/21/22

FILE - Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, Commander of the Russian forces in Syria, speaks, with a map of Syria projected on the screen in the back, at a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, June 9, 2017. Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war

Gen. Sergei Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure. The 56-year-old general … more

By The Associated Press | 10/21/22

FILE - This undated portrait shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955 after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman working in a store. A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument will unveil a larger-than-life statue of Till on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager for whistling the white woman. (AP Photo/File)

Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till. Friday afternoon's dedication ceremony comes decades after white men kidnapped … more

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | 10/21/22

Princeton student Misrach Ewunetie found dead, officials say

Authorities say a Princeton University student from Ohio who went missing near campus roughly a week ago has been found dead. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said 20-year-old Misrach Ewunetie … more

10/20/22

Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León, right, speaks with City Council President Pro Tem Mitch O'Farrell before leaving a council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP)

LA councilman's future uncertain amid racism scandal

The troubled Los Angeles City Council appears headed into a long power struggle, as two disgraced councilmen resist widespread calls for their resignation amid a racism scandal and state … more

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | 10/20/22

Defendant Darrell Brooks takes a moment to compose himself after making his opening statement to the jury during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Brooks, who is representing himself during the trial, is charged with driving into a Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Wisconsin parade suspect gives tearful opening statement

A Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade last year is giving a tearful opening statement as he defends … more

By TODD RICHMOND | 10/20/22

A woman stands before a photo of Raleigh shooting victim Susan Karnatz at a makeshift memorial at the Hedingham neighborhood. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

Police: North Carolina rampage began when teen shot brother

Police say they believe the shooting rampage that left five dead in North Carolina’s capital city last week began when the 15-year-old suspect shot his older brother. Details about the shooting … more

By GARY D. ROBERTSON | 10/20/22

FILE - A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, July 19, 2022. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, a panel of U.S. vaccine experts said COVID-19 shots should be added to the lists of recommended vaccinations for kids and adults. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Panel votes to add COVID shots to recommended vaccinations

A panel of U.S. vaccine experts says COVID-19 shots should be added to the lists of recommended vaccinations for kids and adults. The panel’s unanimous decision Thursday has no immediate effect. … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 10/20/22

A pick-up truck rolls through downtown, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022, in Richmond, Vt. A town employee in Richmond is under fire for lowering the fluoride level in the drinking water below the state's recommended level for more than three years. A town commission has voted to return the water to full fluoridation after outrage from some residents. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Worker who quietly lowered town's fluoride for years resigns

A town employee who for years quietly lowered the fluoride level in a Vermont community’s drinking water has resigned. Richmond water superintendent Kendall Chamberlin submitted a letter of … more

By LISA RATHKE | 10/20/22

Rorie S. Woods, 55, of Hadley, Mass., center, wears a beekeeping suit while taken into custody by Hampden County Sheriff's Department officers, in Longmeadow, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Woods is facing multiple assault and battery charges for allegedly unleashing a swarm of bees on a group of sheriff's deputies trying to serve an eviction notice, some of whom are allergic to bee stings, authorities said. (Robert Rizzuto/Hampden County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction

A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges, accused of releasing a swarm of bees on sheriff’s deputies as they tried to serve an eviction notice. Masslive.com reported … more

10/20/22

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Oklahoma State Department of Corrections shows Benjamin Robert Cole Sr. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a last-minute appeal filed by Oklahoma death row inmate Benjamin Cole. The high court's decision on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 paves the way for the 57-year-old to be executed Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. (Oklahoma State Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughter

Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002. Fifty-seven-year-old Benjamin Cole is set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday at the Oklahoma State … more

By SEAN MURPHY | 10/20/22

Joanne Cacciatore brushes horse Chemakoh at the Selah Carefarm in Cornville, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2022. Everyone has their favorite here, but horses may be the stars. Cacciatore believes they may even be more powerful than the counselors on site. Many tell of moving moments with a horse pressed their head to a grieving heart or lowered their face to the earth beneath them as they cried. "There's a resonance. There's a symbiosis," Cacciatore says. "It's hard to put to words, but it happens. I witness it every day. It's incredible. It's magical." (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Arizona farm gives refuge from pain, for man and beast alike

An Arizona farm is drawing mourning parents from around the globe seeking solace after the loss of a child. Selah Carefarm, just outside the red rocks of Sedona, is a one-of-a-kind patch of land … more

By MATT SEDENSKY | 10/20/22

Arizona death row inmate seeks forensic tests in 1980 deaths

A judge is mulling an Arizona death row prisoner’s request to have fingerprint and DNA tests conducted on evidence from the two 1980 killings for which he’s scheduled to be executed next month. … more

By JACQUES BILEAUD | 10/19/22

Family members of Leroy Nelson, Bernell Juluke, and Kunta Gable smile as they stand outside Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans after the three men, convicted for a 1990s crime, were ordered freed on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in part because of the role former officer and convicted killer Len Davis played in the investigation. Prosecutors joined defense lawyers in seeking to have their convictions thrown out. The women said they were going straight from the courthouse to Angola Penitentiary for the men's release today. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

3 murder verdicts vacated in case investigated by killer cop

Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting have been ordered freed. Prosecutors joined defense lawyers in seeking to have their convictions thrown out. They cited … more

By KEVIN McGILL | 10/19/22