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Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who fatally shot a Black man holding what turned out to be a cellphone as police tried to arrest him will not be prosecuted. District Attorney John Kellner announced the decision Friday in the May shooting of Kilyn Lewis in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Kellner

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence that overshadow this year’s event. The weeklong celebration that ends in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh on Sunday with immersions of the Hindu Goddess

Associated Press LAKE KARIBA, Zambia (AP) — Tindor Sikunyongana is trying to run a welding business which these days means buying a diesel generator with costly fuel he can’t always afford. Like everyone in Zambia, Sikunyongana is facing a daily struggle to find and afford electricity during a climate-induced energy crisis that’s robbed the southern

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by one Native American tribe over another’s construction of a casino on what they said is sacred land. The Oklahoma-based Muscogee Nation sued Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians and others over the casino. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men have been arrested on manslaughter charges in the beating death of a homeless man who was accosted while sleeping in a supermarket parking lot in Brooklyn. Police say 38-year-old victim Cos Jervis Jonas Ajpuac and another man were attacked with metal pipes and a baseball bat Sept. 18, police

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a portion of a new Alabama law limiting help with absentee ballot applications will remain blocked. The decision on Friday sides with voting rights groups who argued that it discriminated against voters who are blind, disabled or cannot read. A three-judge panel on the

AP Business Writer TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective. That’s according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky. The details are among redacted portions

Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The disputed Western Sahara remains the driving force behind Morocco’s foreign policy, King Mohammed VI said in a rare speech on Friday. The decades-long conflict over the northwest African territory has long been a key priority for Morocco and influenced its relations with its potential and existing allies. In

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of three suspects jailed in Las Vegas following a deadly two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020, including the killing of a man at a convenience store in southern Nevada and a shootout with authorities in northwestern Arizona, has pleaded guilty. Christopher McDonnell, 32, entered his pleas Thursday to

Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit alleging that Virginia officials are violating federal election law by striking names from voter rolls within 90 days of the Nov. 5 election. It is the second lawsuit to be filed against Virginia over the state’s systematic program.

The NFL and its players association say the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game. The league and the NFL Players Association said Friday they reviewed reports from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant and booth spotters and

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of the Arkansas governor’s travel and security records that were shielded from public view has found no violations in how the money was spent. The report by Legislative Audit released Friday was the second part of an audit that initially focused on a $19,000 lectern purchased

Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A lawyer for news organizations has urged the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay to unseal the plea deal struck with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others. Attorney David Schulz told the military commission judge Friday that the public has a constitutional right to follow

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Minnesota man accused of causing a 2023 car crash that killed five young women of federal firearm and drug offenses. Derrick John Thompson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was found guilty on Friday of illegal possession of a firearm and fentanyl following a five-day trial. He still

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Johnson; Homeland Security Secretary

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Witnesses could bear-ly believe the surprise visitor that appeared at the Connecticut governor’s estate. A black bear scaled the fence Saturday as human passers-by did a double-take. Joanna M. Kornafel says she and her family wondered at first whether what they were seeing was real. But it was, and she photographed