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DENVER (AP) — A 71-year-old Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the cold case slayings of two women whose bodies were found near the mountain resort town of Breckenridge in 1982. Alan Lee Phillips was arrested last year in the mountain hamlet of Dumont, west of Denver, after local,

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers face felony charges for allegedly shooting and seriously wounding an unarmed man during a July shootout on the city’s southwest side that also wounded a second man. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said Friday that Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos and Officer Ruben Reynoso have been charged with one

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) — Three northeastern Oklahoma high school students were killed when the vehicle they were in crashed into a tree Thursday, police said. Ethan Gibson, 17; Cyra Saner, 16; and Kylee Weaver, 16; died in the crash in Sand Springs, police Capt. Jody Fogelman said in a statement Friday. Two 16-year-olds who

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional. Four parents challenged the program, raising concerns about how leftover samples are used long after screening for rare diseases has taken place. The lawsuit is not a class action. But the decision this week is

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will press on with its offensive in Ukraine despite a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Speaking to reporters Friday after attending a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Putin said the “liberation” of the entire territory of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas has

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she plans to make a weekend visit to Armenia, where a cease-fire was holding for a second day after an outburst of fighting with neighboring Azerbaijan. More than 200 troops from both sides have died since the hostilities broke out

By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Carey Wooten spent nearly seven weeks hunting for safe drinking water for herself, her two children and three dogs after clocking out each day as a Taco Bell manager, so Gov. Tate Reeves’ announcement that the water is clean again in Mississippi’s capital came as

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy has cited evidence of atrocities in a mass burial site that has been found in an area recently freed of Russian occupation. In an unusual special video, Zelenskyy said hundreds of people had been found “tortured, shot, killed by shelling” at the

MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan has accused neighboring Tajikistan of firing at its border guards hours after the security chiefs of the two countries agreed on a cease-fire. Kyrgyzstan’s Health Ministry reported that clashes on the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border that started early Friday killed two people, including a 15-year-old girl, and wounded 55 others. It wasn’t immediately

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A leading international rights group has released a harrowing report about six members of an extended minority Shiite family in Afghanistan who were killed by the Taliban earlier this summer. The slain Hazaras included a 12-year-old child in what Amnesty International says was a deliberate attack on

By FANUEL MORELLI and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press CANTIANO, Italy (AP) — Flash floods swept through several towns Friday in hilly central Italy after hours of exceptionally heavy rain, leaving 10 people dead and at least four missing. Dozens of survivors scrambled onto rooftops or up into trees to await rescue. Floods invaded garages and

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks fell broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, putting the market on track for another week of sizable losses. The latest discouraging news for traders came from corporate giants FedEx and General Electric, which warned about worsening trends in the economy hurting business. The S&P 500

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court has issued a summons ordering an ex-president to appear in a case alleging he failed to prevent suicide bomb attacks in 2019 that killed nearly 270 people. The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to appear on Oct. 14 in a complaint

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Newmark twists a “Batman” quote to jokingly refer to himself as “not the nerd you want, but maybe, now and then, I’m the nerd you need.” Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, has since retired from the pioneering website that made him a billionaire, according

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities began unearthing bodies Friday from a mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces — a find that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was an example of “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The site, which police said contained 445 graves, was

JERUSALEM (AP) — A bloc of Arab parties has split ahead of Israel’s fifth elections in less than four years, a move that could dilute the minority’s political influence and aid former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to power. Israeli media reported late on Thursday that the nationalist Balad party will run separately from the

By LINDSAY WHITEHRSUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Justice Department official has announced new incentives for companies that cooperate with corporate criminal investigations and a $250 million Congressional budget request to expand its work. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Thursday there has been a decline in the number of corporate criminal prosecutions