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FILE - Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler after being booted off of Twitter and Instagram. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler shortly after being booted off Twitter and Instagram for antisemitic posts. West, who is legally … more

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN | 10/17/22

FILE - Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, her mother, Noel Holmes, left, and father, Christian Holmes IV, arrive at federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Sept. 1, 2022. On Monday, Oct. 17, disgraced Theranos CEO Holmes will play one of her last cards to avoid a prison sentence when a federal judge questions a key prosecution witness who expressed post-trial regrets about testimony that helped convince a jury to convict her for investor fraud.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Next step for Elizabeth Holmes: Bid for a new trial

A federal judge on Monday will question a key witness in the high-profile trial of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes about why he showed up at her Silicon Valley home in August and expressed … more

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | 10/17/22

FILE - Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., July 21, 2021. Brandt, a teenager, is among several transgender youth and families who are plaintiffs challenging a state law banning gender confirming care for trans minors. The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, the latest fight over restrictions on transgender youth championed by Republican leaders and widely condemned by medical experts. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

Landmark trial begins over Arkansas' ban on trans youth care

The nation's first trial over a state's ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week. U.S. District Judge Jay Moody will hear testimony and evidence starting Monday over … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 10/17/22

FILE - Police investigate the scene where two police officers were killed the night before in Bristol, Conn., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. A segment of footage from a police body camera worn by Officer Alec Iurato was released Sunday, Oct. 16, as part of a preliminary report by the state's Office of the Inspector General in connection with the shooting (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Bodycam shows wounded Connecticut cop shoot ambush suspect

Connecticut’s Office of the Inspector General has released body camera footage in connection with last week’s shooting in the town of Bristol. Two officers and the suspected gunman were killed. … more

10/16/22

FILE - Asian Doll arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. Two people were shot and others were injured as they fled gunfire that broke out at a North Carolina college homecoming concert featuring rapper Asian Doll, late Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, officials said. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

2 shot, others hurt at Asian Doll college homecoming concert

Officials in North Carolina say two people were shot and others were injured as they fled gunfire that broke out at a college homecoming concert featuring rapper Asian Doll. City officials say police … more

10/16/22

FILE - Visitors walk to the entrance of the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb., on April 7, 2015. The zoo has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Bird flu case prompts Omaha zoo to close several exhibits

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu. The zoo said one of its pink-backed pelicans that died … more

10/16/22

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows Coast Guard law enforcement crews aiding people from an unsafe and overloaded 40-foot cabin cruiser about 20 miles off Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 12, 2022. The people were transferred to Bahamian authorities, Oct 16, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

98 migrants rescued from boat off Florida coast lacked food

Almost 100 people mostly from Haiti who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days. The U.S. Coast Guard says the 96 Haitians, as well as a … more

10/16/22

Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden speaks during a press conference at the Stockton Police Department headquarters in Stockton, Calif., on the arrest of suspect Wesley Brownlee in the Stockton serial killings on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Behind McFadden is a booking photo of Brownlee. (Clifford Oto/The Record via AP)

California city rests easier after serial killings arrest

The mayor of Stockton, California, says his city is resting easier following the weekend arrest of a man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings. Mayor Kevin … more

10/16/22

This image released by Universal Pictures shows horror character Michael Myers in a scene from "Halloween Ends." (Ryan Green/Universal Pictures via AP)

'Halloween Ends' wins box office but renews streaming debate

No matter how you look at the numbers, “Halloween Ends” had a good opening weekend. Touted as the final showdown between Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, the slasher pic earned $41.3 million in … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 10/16/22

FILE - People hold signs and shout slogans before the starting the Los Angeles City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022 in Los Angeles. Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the racially and ethnically diverse second largest city in America. But the year old recording of racist comments by the city's City Council president has laid bare the tensions over political power that have long quietly simmered between the Latino and Black communities. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

LA's Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal

Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the huge racially and ethnically diverse city. But a … more

By ANITA SNOW | 10/16/22

A boat cruises through a marina in rebuilt Mexico Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Destroyed by Hurricane Michael, the Florida Panhandle community is still rebuilding four years later. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery

Southwest Florida is getting some advice from the Florida Panhandle as it moves ahead after Hurricane Ian. Four years before Ian, the Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, … more

By JAY REEVES | 10/16/22

Zafar Siddiqui, right, and other members of the “India Coalition” group gather at the Minneapolis home of Dipankar Mukherjee, second right, and Meena Natarajan on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. The group – representing believers in different faiths as well as atheists – meets monthly to discuss how to prevent religious tensions in India from spreading to the Indian diaspora in the United States. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell’Orto)

Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora

Clashes in India between Hindu nationalists and minority religious groups, particularly Muslims, have sparked tensions online and in person in the Indian American diaspora. Many say communal … more

By DEEPA BHARATH and MARIAM FAM | 10/16/22

FILE - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk's tone and wording also raised the possibility that the irascible Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Musk: SpaceX might keep funding satellite service in Ukraine

Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a Saturday tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk’s tone and wording also … more

The Associated Press | 10/15/22

The North Carolina flag, American flag and Hedingham flag all fly at half-staff at the entrance to the Hedingham Golf Club in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, after a shooting in the community left five dead Thursday night, including one off-duty police officer. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Raleigh shooting rampage shatters quiet neighborhood's peace

Police say a 15-year-old boy turned the gently curving streets of a Raleigh neighborhood and nearby greenway into a killing zone. When the shooting was over Thursday, five people were dead. Neighbors … more

By ALLEN G. BREED and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM | 10/15/22

Achut Deng, a refugee from South Sudan, poses in her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Sept. 17, 2022, before the release of her memoir, “Don’t Look Back.” Deng shared her experience of being sickened with COVID-19 alongside hundreds of her coworkers at a pork processing plant. She shares her story of fleeing massacres and surviving a refugee story in her book. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)

'Don't Look Back': Refugee, plant worker writes of survival

When hundreds of Achut Deng's colleagues at a South Dakota meatpacking plant were sickened by COVID-19, Deng spoke out to tell of the fear gripping the Sioux Falls workforce. Now, Deng is telling her … more

By STEPHEN GROVES | 10/15/22

Police gather at the Aldi on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. A gunman opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina's capital city on Thursday, killing five people before leading police on an hours-long manhunt that forced residents across multiple neighborhoods to take shelter in their homes. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

Frantic 911 callers describe bodies during Raleigh shooting

Callers who dialed 911 during a fatal North Carolina shooting rampage described encountering bodies on the streets of their North Carolina neighborhood and along a trail popular with runners and … more

By JONATHAN DREW | 10/15/22

FILE - Police officers from Bristol, Conn. gather with other towns at the scene where two police officers killed, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Bristol, Conn. The deaths of two Connecticut police officers and the wounding of a third during an especially violent week for police across the U.S. fit into a grim pattern, law enforcement experts say. Even as the number of officers has dropped in the past two years, the number being targeted and killed has risen. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Violent week a grim sign as targeted killings of police rise

It's been an especially violent week for police across the U.S., including the deaths of two Connecticut police officers and the wounding of a third. Even as the number of officers has dropped in the … more

By GENE JOHNSON | 10/15/22

A man crosses a footbridge during the dusk in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ukraine: Russia hits power site by Kyiv, guards seized land

A missile strike has seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine’s capital region, The governor of the Kyiv region said Saturday’s strike didn’t kill or wound anyone. The country’s … more

KYIV | 10/15/22

Tetyana Lazunko stands in her apartment that was damaged after a Russian attack at a residential area in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

OCTOBER 8 - 14, 2022 From the Russian-Ukranian conflict, to flooding in Venezuela, to the Hunter's moon in Kansas, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the … more

10/15/22

ADDS ISLAMIC JIHAD FLAG DESCRIPTION - Mourners carry the body of Matin Dababa, draped in the flag of the Islamic Jihad militant group, at his funeral in the Jenin refugee camp, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The Palestinian Health Ministry says the Israeli military shot and killed two Palestinians, including Dababa, during a raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed)

3 Palestinians killed by Israeli troops in separate clashes

Israel’s military has carried out an arrest raid in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and killed two Palestinians in gun battles. The fighting erupted Friday in the Jenin refugee camp in the … more

By MAJDI MOHAMMED | 10/14/22