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FILE - People attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 15, 2018. A jury on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, has recommended a sentence of life without parole for Nikolas Cruz, attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at the Florida high school. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school massacre

A jury has recommended a sentence of life without parole for the attacker in the 2018 shooting massacre that left 17 people dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Among his victims were caring … more

By The Associated Press | 10/13/22

This image released by Pretty Swede Records shows "Dirt Femme" by Tove Lo. (Pretty Swede Records via AP)

Review: Enter Tove Lo's messy femininity in 'Dirt Femme'

Femininity is all-encompassing, it’s malleable and flesh deep. In Tove Lo’s fifth studio album, “Dirt Femme,” and the first under her own independent label, The Associated Press' Nardos Haile … more

By NARDOS HAILE | 10/13/22

This undated photo provided by Las Vegas police shows Officer Truong Thai, 49. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that Thai was fatally wounded early Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in an exchange of gunfire with a man in a vehicle while answering a domestic violence call east of the Las Vegas Strip. Police say Tyson Hampton, 24, of Las Vegas was arrested as the suspect in the shooting. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Sheriff: Vegas officer killed in shooting, suspect arrested

Las Vegas police say a veteran patrol officer is dead after being shot during an exchange of gunfire with a man who was later arrested. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that Officer … more

By KEN RITTER | 10/13/22

This image released by Disney shows Reese Witherspoon, left, and Storm Reid in a scene from the film "A Wrinkle In Time." The classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, several plays and a graphic novel. Now a stage musical is planned with music and lyrics by composer Heather Christian, a story by Lauren Yee and direction by Lee Sunday Evans. Dates for future productions, as well as additional creative team members and cast, will be announced in 2023. (Atsushi Nishijima/Disney via AP)

Team picked to make 'A Wrinkle in Time' into stage musical

“A Wrinkle in Time,” the classic sci-fi coming-of-age tale, has been adapted into a film, a TV movie, opera, several plays and a graphic novel. Now as it celebrates its 60th anniversary, The … more

By MARK KENNEDY | 10/13/22

Police: Missing Georgia toddler believed dead, mom a suspect

Police say a Georgia toddler reported missing by his mother last week is believed to be dead and his mother has been named a suspect in the boy’s death. In a tweet late Wednesday, the Chatham … more

10/13/22

FILE - A woman shows a pack with iodine tablets before distributing them to residents at a local school in case of a radiation leak in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

EXPLAINER: How iodine tablets block some nuclear radiation

The war in Ukraine has heightened fears about nuclear exposure — and interest in iodine pills that can help protect the body from some radiation. These pills contain potassium iodide, which helps … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 10/13/22

From left; Abby Hoyer, Tom and Gena Hoyer, and Michael Schulman react during the reading of jury instructions in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The Hoyer's son, Luke, and Schulman's son, Scott Beigel, were killed in the 2018 shootings. Abby Hoyer is Luke Hoyer's sister. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter

A jury says it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz be executed for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people. The jury’s recommendation Thursday … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 10/13/22

Karen Nix sits in her home before leaving for her evening work shift in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Nix tells her story of surviving hurricanes Katrina and Ida while living with cerebral palsy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A Katrina survivor with a disability tells her story

Karen Nix tells her story of surviving hurricanes Katrina and Ida while living with cerebral palsy. She was working at Tulane Medical Center in New Olreans in 2005 when Katrina slammed the city. She … more

BY DREW COSTLEY | 10/13/22

India Scott sits in the living room of her home in New Orleans, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Activists, advocates, researchers and people living with disabilities say not enough is being done to include disabled people in climate action planning and policy, or disaster relief and recovery efforts. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

People with disabilities left out of climate planning

Over a billion people in the world are living with a disability, according to the World Health Organization. Despite this, advocates and researchers, some living with disabilities, say not enough is … more

BY DREW COSTLEY | 10/13/22

Planned Parenthood in Springfield, Mo, is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Free vasectomies will be available in November at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A doctor who is helping with that effort also plans to take his mobile clinic on the road in Iowa. (Andrew Jansen/The Springfield News-Leader via AP)

Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand

Free vasectomies will be available next month at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. A … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | 10/13/22

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. A new poll says Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about three-quarters of adult Americans believe misinformation is leading to more extreme political views as well as violence based on race, gender or religion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Poll: Most in US say misinformation spurs extremism, hate

A new poll finds that Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated … more

By DAVID KLEPPER | 10/13/22

Jean McGuire, then executive director of METCO, speak at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, in Boston. McGuire, a 91-year-old civil rights activist, was stabbed multiple times while walking her dog in a Boston park on Tuesday night Oct. 11, 2022, according to the Suffolk District Attorney's office. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie, File)

91-year-old civil rights activist stabbed in Boston park

A 91-year-old civil rights activist was stabbed multiple times while walking her dog in a Boston park. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Wednesday identified the victim of Tuesday's attack as … more

10/12/22

FILE - Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson speaks during a special session at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City, on April 18, 2018. In a Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 filing, three children who were sexually abused by their father, the late Paul Adams, are accusing Nelson and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm, Kirton McConkie, of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cover up their abuse, allowing it to go on for years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Lawsuit: Utah firm and lawmaker helped Mormons hide abuse

Three children who were sexually abused by their father are accusing a Utah state legislator and a prominent Salt Lake City law firm of conspiring with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints … more

By MICHAEL REZENDES and JASON DEAREN | 10/12/22

Park Chan-wook, co-writer and director of the film "Decision to Leave," poses for a portrait during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at the InterContinental Toronto Centre in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'

Long before Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” triumphed at the Oscars and “Squid Game” circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, … more

By JAKE COYLE | 10/12/22

FILE -The Archdiocese of Santa Fe offices are shown Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. One of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million. A federal bankruptcy judge in the District of New Mexico will hear the Archdiocese of Santa Fe's plan in a hearing Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Santa Fe Archdiocese files plan for $121M abuse settlement

In New Mexico, one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million. The … more

10/12/22

This undated photo provided by Miami Valley Jails shows Tres Genco, of Hilliard, Ohio, who entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, to a federal charge of attempting a hate crime. (Miami Valley Jails via AP)

Man accused of plotting to kill women in Ohio pleads guilty

A 22-year-old man who authorities say identified as an involuntary celibate and plotted to kill women at an unnamed Ohio university has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of attempting a hate crime. … more

10/12/22

Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot including police officers when a SWAT team attempted to serve a homicide warrant in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The shooting occurred around 6:30 a.m., soon after officers tried to serve the warrant in North Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

3 officers injured, suspect killed in Philadelphia shooting

Three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded at a home and a suspect was killed when a SWAT team tried to arrest a man wanted on a homicide charge. Police say the 19-year-old man who was … more

10/12/22

FILE - Columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court, Feb. 22, 2022, in New York. A federal appeals court asked a Washington D.C. appeals court Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, to help it decide whether the United States should be substituted for former President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll, who says he raped her over a quarter century ago.(AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)

Judge: Trump must sit for deposition in defamation lawsuit

A judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump will have to sit for a deposition next week in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 10/12/22

This provided by Pfizer in October 2022 shows manufacturing of the company's COVID-19 bivalent vaccine for ages 5-11. The U.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave.(Pfizer via AP)

FDA clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5

The U.S. is about to offer updated COVID-19 booster shots to kids as young as 5. The tweaked boosters rolled out last month for Americans 12 and older — shots designed to target the currently … more

By LAURAN NEERGAARD | 10/12/22

This photo provided by SpaceX photo shows Dennis Tito and his wife, Akiko, at the company’s Starship rocket base near Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The couple has booked a flight to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship. (SpaceX via AP)

World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon

The world’s first space tourist has signed up to spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship. For Dennis Tito, it’s a chance to relive the joy of his trip 21 years ago to the International … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 10/12/22