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FILE - In this Saturday, May 23, 2020 image from Louisiana State Police body camera video, Trooper Dakota DeMoss approaches motorist Antonio Harris lying on the ground on the side of a road after a high speed chase in Franklin Parish, La. In February 2024, Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating Harris and hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids before bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” (Dakota DeMoss/Louisiana State Police via AP)
Prosecutors dismiss charges against Louisiana troopers who bragged of beating a Black motorist
Louisiana prosecutors have quietly dismissed charges against state police troopers who were recorded beating a Black motorist. The violent 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris was among a series of beatings … more
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Patrick Crull tours the damage surrounding his home and farm on North Tolles Road with his family Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2024, after a confirmed tornado went through the area just northwest of Evansville, Wis., the evening before. The tornado was the first-ever reported in February in the state of Wisconsin, according to the National Weather Service. (Anthony Wahl//The Janesville Gazette via AP)
Summer-like conditions with record temperatures lead to first Wisconsin tornado in February
The first tornado ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February came on a day that broke records for warmth, the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and … more
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This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the southern Gaza town of Rafah on Oct 13, 2023. The town is normally home to 280,000 people. But its population has swelled to over 1.5 million – roughly three quarters of Gaza's population -- as people flee fighting elsewhere in Gaza. Sprawling tent camps now dot the city. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
From 200K to 1.5M people: Startling images show war's impact on a small area of Gaza
Israel has identified the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the next target in its military offensive against Hamas. Rafah is normally home to 280,000 people. But its population has swelled to over 1.5 … more
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FILE - Coach Eteri Tutberidze, second left, talks to Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, at a training session ahead of the women's short program during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 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)
ISU defends its decision to give Russians bronze medal from Beijing Olympics after doping case
The governing body that oversees figure skating has defended its decision to award the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics to the Russian squad. That decision comes despite the … more
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FILE - In this image from security camera video, Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom looks at her cellphone during a murder trial, June 12, 2023, at the Lincoln County District Court in Chandler, Okla. In a settlement agreement filed Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 with the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary, District Judge Traci Soderstrom agreed to resign on Friday and never again seek a judicial office in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice John Kane IV had recommended Soderstrom be removed from the bench following an investigation that found she mocked prosecutors, laughed at the bailiff’s comment about a prosecutor’s genitals, praised the defense attorney and called the prosecutor’s key witness a liar.(Lincoln County District Court/The Oklahoman via AP, File)
An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts during a murder trial resigns
An Oklahoma judge who sent more than 500 texts to her bailiff during a murder trial will resign. In a settlement agreement filed Thursday with the Oklahoma Court on the Judiciary, District Judge … more
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FILE - A sign for flu and covid vaccinations is displayed at a pharmacy store in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of apparent decline., according to data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Flu hangs on in US, fading in some areas and intensifying in others
Flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its flu data on Friday. It … more
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Women take a selfie with a giant dragon lantern decorated near the frozen Houhai Lake in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Chinese will celebrate Lunar New Year on Feb. 10 this year which marks the Year of the dragon on the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
Feb. 2-Feb. 8, 2024 People prepare to celebrate Lunar New Year in many Asian countries including China and Taiwan; senior high school students celebrate graduation in Seoul, South Korea; fans … more
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Members of the first group of Russian tourists walk after checking-in to board a plane to fly to North Korea at the international airport outside in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East region of Primorsky Krai, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The trip, advertised by a Vladivostok-based agency, was arranged when the governor of Russia's far eastern region of Primorsky Krai, which borders North Korea, visited Pyongyang. The four-day tour will depart on Feb. 9 and include stops in Pyongyang and a ski resort, according to an online itinerary. (AP Photo)
North Korea welcomes Russian tourists, the first to visit the isolated country since the pandemic
The first group of tourists to visit North Korea since the start of the pandemic left Vladivostok airport in Russia’s Far East Friday, as the isolated country offers tours to Russians who have … more
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Members of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party wait outside the Palace of Justice, background, as they await the Federal Court's decision on Kelantan state's sharia law criminal enactment, in Putrajaya, Malaysia Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Malaysia's top court Friday struck down over a dozen Shariah-based state laws, saying they encroached on federal authority, a decision denounced by Islamists who fear it could undermine religious courts across the country.(AP Photo)
Malaysia's top court invalidates Sharia state laws, provoking Islamist backlash
Malaysia’s top court has struck down over a dozen Sharia laws in an opposition-run state it said were unconstitutional and invalid. The decision was denounced by Islamists who fear it could … more
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Taylor Swift accepts the award for album of the year for "Midnights" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. "Midnights" earned Swift her fourth career Grammy for album of the year on Sunday, an achievement no one can match. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
AP Pictures of the Week
Feb. 2-8, 2024 Taylor Swift received album of the year for “Midnights” at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, an unmatched achievement earning her a fourth career Grammy for album of the year. … more
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This image, contained in the report from special counsel Robert Hur, shows the box where classified Afghanistan documents were found in the garage of President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., during a search by the FBI on Dec. 21, 2022. (Justice Department via AP)
Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings
The special counsel who concluded that criminal charges were not warranted against President Joe Biden over his handling of classified information says there are “clear” differences from Donald … more
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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his election campaign activists in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2024. Putin used an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, released Thursday, Feb. 8, to urge Washington to recognize Moscow's interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks. Putin also said that Russia stands ready to negotiate a potential prisoner exchange that would free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained last March on espionage charges he denies, and hinted that Moscow wants the release of its agent imprisoned in Germany. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)
Putin urges US to push Ukraine to talks, hints at possible swap of imprisoned WSJ reporter
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to urge Washington to recognize Moscow’s interests and persuade Ukraine to sit down for talks. Putin … more
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US conducts new airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels
The U.S. military has conducted new airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The U.S. Central Command said Friday that American forces destroyed four explosive-loaded drone boats and seven … more
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In this image provided by the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, a kangaroo is loose at a an apartment complex Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. The wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff's deputies and reunited with its owner after checking for proper registration. (Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Sheriff's deputies corral wayward kangaroo near pool at Florida apartment complex
Sheriff's deputies corralled a wayward kangaroo after it was spotted hopping around in the pool area at a Florida apartment complex. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released video and … more
Democratic state Rep. Derrick Lente of Sandia Pueblo in New Mexico presents a bill on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M., to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, include efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages. The initiative from Democratic legislators with ties to tribal communities won unanimous House approval Thursday on a 68-0 vote, advancing to the state Senate for consideration. Bill sponsors say the endowment would help reverse the vestiges of forced assimilation and fulfill the state's commitment to Native American students in the wake of a landmark state court ruling. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programs
New Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and … more
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African penguin chick Lazola, foreground, and his brother, Ignatz, both born in February 2023, stand on rocks in the penguin exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The science museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park has a bounty of African penguin chicks after 10 hatched in just over a year as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
A baby boom of African penguin chicks hatches at a San Francisco science museum
A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum. The California Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that the penguins hatched from November … more
FILE - In this image taken from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the city of Memphis, Tenn., Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, in Memphis. A judge on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, pushed back for four months the federal court trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Nichols. (City of Memphis via AP, File)
Federal trial of former Memphis officers in Tyre Nichols beating death pushed back 4 months
A judge has pushed back for four months the federal court trial in the case of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. During a … more
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Chrystina Page, right, hold back Heather De Wolf, as she yells at Jon Hallford, left, the owner of Back to Nature Funeral Home, as he leaves with his lawyers following a preliminary hearing, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, outside the El Paso County Judicial Building in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, are each charged with 190 counts of abuse of a corpse, five counts of theft, four counts of money laundering and over 50 counts of forgery. De Wolf and Hallford are mothers of sons believed to be among the bodies found at the funeral home. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
Couple accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies spent cremation money on vehicles, $1,500 dinner
An FBI agent has testified that two Colorado funeral home owners accused of abandoning nearly 200 bodies used payments from families to purchase vehicles, cryptocurrency, a $1,500 dinner in Las Vegas … more
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FILE - A police officer points a hand cannon at protesters who have been detained pending arrest on South Washington Street in Minneapolis, May 31, 2020, as protests continued following the death of George Floyd. The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of Floyd. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Minneapolis settles lawsuit alleging journalists were harassed, hurt covering Floyd protests
The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of … more
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A memorial is displayed in an alley on L Street, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., after two police officers, who were working off duty in Nebraska's largest city, shot and killed two men in an SUV. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
No charges for off-duty officers in fatal shooting of 2 men outside Nebraska bar
A prosecutor says he won't charge two off-duty police officers who shot and killed two men while working weekend security at a bar in Nebraska's largest city. Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine … more
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