By Omar Jimenez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Body camera footage of a deadly police-involved shooting is expected to be released Tuesday, an attorney for the slain man’s family and a source from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability told CNN. The deadly encounter happened March 21, when Dexter Reed, 26, was shot and
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A shooting Monday inside a law office in the affluent Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas left three people dead, including the shooter, police said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that investigators believe the shooter killed himself. “I want to make sure our community understands
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump still says he’s proud that the Supreme Court justices he nominated overturned Roe v. Wade. Yet he spent much of the last year avoiding tough questions about abortion, including whether he would support a national abortion ban should he return to the
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that college graduates would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease debt burdens for more than 30 million borrowers, the latest attempt by the Democratic president to make good on a campaign promise that could buoy
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with relatives of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. The audience Monday marked the six-month anniversary of the attack in southern Israel. The Vatican released photos of the encounter, showing the relatives of several of the hostages sitting in a semicircle in front of Francis in
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the country. The NAIA Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote at its annual convention in Kansas City,
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Transgender Catholics — as well as a priest who welcomes them to his parish — expressed disappointment Monday with a new Vatican document rejecting the fundamental concept of changing one’s biological sex. In essence, it was a restatement of longstanding Catholic teaching, but the dismay was heightened because recent
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse began its race across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell’s only job uncertainty hinged on whether he’d serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election. With his days as Republican leader now numbered, the Kentuckian is talking more freely about his priorities once he’s no longer calling
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A lucky ticket-buyer in Oregon has won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, which was the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Should the winner who matched all six numbers forgo the rarely claimed option of a payout over 30 years, the lump-sum before taxes would be $621 million. Federal and
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer It’s midseason and, well, Tennessee’s offense is in midseason form. The Volunteers hit 14 home runs in a weekend series win at Auburn, with six in the second game and six more in the third. “It’s a saying I’ve heard since I was little: hitting is contagious,” said Cal
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a lawsuit against Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway over the lung cancer deaths of two people who lived in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice says it won’t provide Congress with the audio tapes from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interviews with President Joe Biden despite threats from House Republicans to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in criminal contempt. In a new letter obtained by CNN, DOJ said it would not
Continue ReadingCHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — Protesters in southern Mexico have set the state government building afire and torched vehicles in the parking lot. The protests Monday occurred in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The protesters are demanding answers in the case of 43 students at a rural teachers
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to reverse his gag order and move his hush-money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start. A judge
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