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Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Footage from Memphis police cameras show a starkly different scene of the January 2023 beating that ended Tyre Nichols’ life than the reports from the officers who delivered the blows. Nichols screamed for his mother while five officers beat him about a block from where he lived with his

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Potential jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights are being asked whether heavy media coverage and video of him being beaten to death could influence their ability to be fair. Jury selection began Monday in Memphis for the

Associated Press MASYAF, Syria (AP) — Syria’s health minister says the number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes has risen to 18, with dozens more wounded. It’s the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza 11 months ago. Israel regularly targets military sites in Syria linked

Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported. Nine people

AP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November. Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets she’d taken from the Microtel

Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he indirectly acknowledged an abuse scandal involving its Nobel Peace Prize-winning hero. Timorese jammed Francis’ motorcade route into town from the airport,

Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal trial has begun in Texas in a lawsuit against six supporters of former President Donald Trump. Their so-called “Trump Train” surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus four years ago. The Democrats say they feared for their lives as a convoy of trucks and cars nearly caused

AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology. The Justice Department, joined by a coalition of states, and Google each made opening statements Monday

Associated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Interstate 75, authorities said in an arrest warrant. “I’m going to kill a lot of

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Monday to claw back some of the losses from their worst week in nearly a year and a half. The S&P 500 rallied 1.2%, though it didn’t recoup all of its drop from Friday, let alone from the rest of the four-day losing streak that

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger loves celebrating New York City and its landmarks. He also loves a nautical theme — and some good music. So for his New York Fashion Week show on Sunday night, the designer brought all those elements together in his typically splashy way, inviting guests aboard a decommissioned

Associated Press OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation have long grappled with contaminants embedded in the land and water. For decades, the tribes suspected that widespread illness and deaths from cancer are tied to two buildings owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fuel, herbicides

Associated Press OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — How to curb and counter China’s influence and power will dominate the U.S. House’s first week back from summer break. Lawmakers are taking up a series of measures targeting Beijing through its biotech companies, drones and electric vehicles. Washington views Beijing as its biggest geopolitical rival, and the legislation is

Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Arms raised high. Banners denouncing the war in Gaza. Crowds united in song and wrapped in keffiyehs, the black-and-white checkered scarves that have become a badge of Palestinian identity. It could have been any other pro-Palestinian rally erupting over the Israel-Hamas war if it weren’t for the fact that

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed she would raise viewers’ taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that had allowed an influx of unvetted and dangerous migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed she would raise viewers’ taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that had allowed an influx of unvetted and dangerous migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years

BEIJING (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez discussed trade and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials during his second trip to China in a year and a half, the Spanish government says. The trip comes during a spat over the import of