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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A special master will be appointed to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, a judge ordered Friday, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of

DENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in Denver that killed five members of a Senegalese family has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Denver Post reports 19-year-old Gavin Seymour on Friday received the maximum term he faced after pleading guilty in January to one count of

By CLAIRE RUSH and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A post-flight inspection revealed a missing panel on a Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, officials said, the latest in a series of recent incidents involving aircraft manufactured by the

By PATRICK WHITTLE, STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in Maine issued an interim report that has found that a sheriff’s office had cause to take the killer into protective custody and take his guns from him beforehand. The

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been returned to Japan after a family from Massachusetts discovered them in their late father’s personal items. The FBI said Friday that the artifacts date back to the 18th and 19th

By JESSIE WARDARSKI and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The criminal homicide case against a truck driver accused of killing a pregnant Amish woman is headed to county court for trial. During testimony at a preliminary hearing on Friday, Andy Byler said his two young children told him that his wife Rebekah

By AMY BETH HANSON and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an overnight ordeal when their bus got stuck in a snowstorm behind jackknifed semi tractor-trailers on their way back from Vail. One woman called it a test of perseverance

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities. The Friday vote came after an impassioned debate. A Republican lawmaker dismissed DEI efforts as a failure. Democrats defended them as pillars of support for students from underrepresented groups. The overhauled

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday appointed a special master to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, marking the first time the Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of abuse and cover-ups

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee in the first of three trials stemming from allegations that he gunned down three Muslim men over the course of several days in 2022. The weeklong trial of Muhammad Syed focused on the first killing

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Navajo state senator said Friday she’s hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Arizona Medicaid dollars and scammed hundreds of Native Americans seeking help for addictions. Senate Bill 1655, sponsored