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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Andrew’s lawyer has asked a New York judge to keep sealed a 2009 legal agreement that he says can protect Andrew against a lawsuit’s claims that he sexually assaulted an American woman when she was under 18. The request was made in court papers late

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California police officer has been convicted of assault with a firearm in the 2018 fatal shooting of an unarmed mentally ill man in a wealthy San Francisco suburb. A jury in Contra Costa County agreed Tuesday that Officer Andrew Hall was guilty of the charge

By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — After three days of walking along a scorching highway in southern Mexico, a couple thousand migrants decided to rest here, receive medical attention for badly blistered feet, wash clothing in the river and doze in any shade they could find. Nitza Maldonado and Omar Rodríguez

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Another group of workers is suing Los Alamos National Laboratory over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The complaint argues the mandate discriminates against employees who seek religious or medical exemptions. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by a Chicago-based law firm on behalf of eight

By The Associated Press The full, 107-page report from the independent investigation of the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault allegations from 2010 was made public. It describes in great detail the encounters between video coach Brad Aldrich and a player who sued the team earlier this year alleging Aldrich sexually assaulted him. The report also reveals

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A former top executive in a North Carolina-based health care system who claimed in a lawsuit that he lost his job because he is a white male has been awarded $10 million by a federal jury. In his 2019 lawsuit, David Duvall said he lost his job as senior vice president

By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/ Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Voting rights advocates have filed a new lawsuit in federal court over Texas’ newly redrawn congressional district maps. The lawsuit, filed by Texas voters and voting advocacy organization Voto Latino, claims the maps dilute the vote of communities of color. The GOP-drawn map

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been charged with assault and battery on a family or household member. Prosecutors allege the 34-year-old Chung pushed a woman to the ground and slapped her outside her home in Massachusetts on Monday. The Patriot Ledger reports that Chung was released Tuesday without

By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is now half its original size and being pulled apart and reconfigured as Democrats edge closer to satisfying their most reluctant lawmakers. They’re trying to wrap up talks on what’s now about a $1.75 trillion

DALLAS (AP) — The last firefighter injured in a Dallas apartment blast last month is out of the hospital. A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman says Capt. Christopher Gadomski was transferred to a rehabilitation center Monday, a month after the natural gas leak at an apartment complex broke both of his legs and burned his face and

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is canceling two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protections for imperiled plants and wildlife. The proposal to drop the two Trump-era rules was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.

By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the U.S men’s hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics after an investigation into sexual assault allegations in 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks revealed he knew about the situation and did not report it to

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration. Senators on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona to serve as the ambassador to Turkey and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, to serve as the ambassador to the United

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy was interviewed by The Associated Press on efforts to make the Grammys more inclusive. He also talked about other happenings in the music industry and cancel culture. Mason addresses the rumors about R. Kelly’s Grammys being

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob Bergquist. Police say Bergquist died at a hospital late Tuesday morning. Police say he is believed to have killed two people and injured four others in the Monday afternoon shooting. The Ada

CHICAGO (AP) — In an Oct. 25 story about the remains of one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims being identified, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, erroneously reported that the family of Francis Wayne Alexander lived in North Carolina at the time Gacy was arrested in 1978.

By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Siblings of the man identified as a victim of the notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy say their family is shocked but grateful to police who used DNA to confirm his fate. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office on Monday confirmed that Francis Wayne Alexander was among

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police say the suspect in a Boise, Idaho, mall shooting that killed two people and injured four others has died. The Boise Police Department did not release the name of the suspect nor the names of the slain and injured victims. Family members have identified one

BOSTON (AP) — Forecasters are warning that a nor’easter barreling up the U.S. coast could bring flooding, hurricane-force wind gusts and widespread power outages to New England. The worst of the storm is expected to lash the region late Tuesday through Wednesday morning. Wind gusts as high as 75 mph are forecast on Cape Cod

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police says 36-year-old Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins died after being taken to a hospital. He was shot around 8 a.m.