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Defense attorneys have tried to poke holes in Memphis police training practices during the trial of three former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of another apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

The former schools police chief in Uvalde, Texas, made his first court appearance for his role in the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.

Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta.

Ohio state police will help protect schools in a city that has endured dozens of violent threats in the wake of a national political furor over Haitian migrants.

In yet another reversal, votes in Georgia for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will count for now.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he’ll work with state election officials to address concerns about mail-in ballots after they warned of persistent problems during the primary season.

A massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston has been shooting a towering flame into the air for hours.

A probate court in Nevada is set to begin reviewing evidence this week in a behind-closed-doors dispute that could determine who will control Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after his death.

The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States.

The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump camped outside a Florida golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours.

When the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away, the next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — are poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy.

Warren Buffett’s adult children, Susie, Howard and Peter Buffett, have long track records as philanthropists.

The FBI says former President Donald was the target of what appeared to be “an attempted assassination” at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.

The FBI says former President Donald was the target of what appeared to be “an attempted assassination” at his West Palm Beach golf club in Florida.

Former President Donald Trump is blaming rhetoric from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the apparent assassination attempt on him in Florida despite his own history of going after rivals.

Midwest Lutheranism has entered the national political limelight since Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz became Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast.

A New Hampshire fire chief says rescuers freed an 11-year-old boy who slipped between two boulders near his school and was trapped for more than nine hours.

Washington state is in court to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger.

Some public figures achieve immortality with buildings or monuments named after them.

Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70.

Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, rare this deep into a presidential campaign.

Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states as part of their effort to protect their narrow Senate majority.

The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier.

The Emmys on Sunday had plenty of fun moments and two hosts who gently mocked themselves.

Former President Donald Trump wasn’t harmed by Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt as he golfed near his Florida club.

Police in Dallas say four people are dead after a vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic on an interstate and collided with two other vehicles.

The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students has been booked into jail in Boise after a court moved his trial.

The FBI says Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten against Kentucky.

For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole.

American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: That it’s cutting its key interest rate from a two-decade peak.

The Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award has gone to “The Life of Chuck.”.

Moviegoers are saying yes to more “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”.

The top legal adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned abruptly over the weekend, the latest sign of instability in the Democrat’s administration as it deals with multiple federal investigations.

Two decades ago, a Democratic nominee for president might not have dreamed of endorsing gay marriage.

A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth.

A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas.

“Shogun” won best drama series in a record-setting year, while “Hacks” was the surprise winner of best comedy series at the Emmy Awards.

A new abortion clinic has brought the debate over reproductive rights to a small college town in the southeast corner of Kansas.

A jury will soon decide whether a so-called Trump Train that circled a Biden-Harris campaign bus violently intimidated former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis and two others.

The family of Ahmaud Arbery is waiting for stalled court proceedings to resume in the case of a former Georgia prosecutor accused of interfering with the police investigation into the Black man's killing.

Huge celebrations across the U.S. are expected to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual tradition that showcases the awe-inspiring diversity and culture of Hispanic people.

Cooler weather is helping firefighters make progress against three Southern California wildfires.

Disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces mounting legal and health troubles some seven years after scores of women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him, helping launch the global #MeToo movement.

The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge into a ravine in January 2022.

Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, has died.

The Atlanta Falcons hosted the football team from Apalachee High School a week after a shooting left two students and two teachers dead.

Being a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley.

If it seems like the Emmys just happened, you’re not wrong.

Earlier in this turbulent week for the Miami Dolphins, coach Mike McDaniel joked that enough people had seen him cry.

Oregon officials have acknowledged the state mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters since 2021.

Time is running out for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds.

An ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages.

Three-term U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has made reproductive freedom for women a hallmark of his campaign.

A new report shows that more than 60% of the 102 people who died in last year's Lahaina wildfire had tried to flee the flames.

A teenage student and a math teacher are being remembered at funerals that took place 10 days after they were killed in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school.

The cuddles.

Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions is officially repealed.

Walgreens agreed to pay $106 million to settle lawsuits that alleged it submitted false payment claims with government health care programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed.

Records released Friday show a Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School.

The race is on to build out a convenient and fully functional network of electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. Entrepreneur Kameale Terry foresaw one issue this would create: keeping that charger network up and running.

Miami Beach residents and visitors can feel it coming in the air tonight — and the rest of the weekend— as “Miami Vice” cast and crew gather to celebrate the iconic television series’ 40th anniversary.

The Biden administration has asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. If successful, the move would put the predators under states’ oversight and would allow hunting in the Great Lakes region, which had been suspended by a court order.

A police lieutenant has testified that three former Memphis police officers broke department rules when they failed to say that they punched and kicked Tyre Nichols on required forms submitted after the January 2023 fatal beating.

Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried have filed an appeal claiming that the imprisoned FTX founder was the victim of a rush to judgment by a public that wrongly believed he was guilty before he was even arrested.

Flying back to Rome from a lengthy trip to Asia, Pope Francis criticized both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration.

A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020.

A strike by some 33,000 Boeing machinists is impacting production of the company's best-selling airplanes.

Hurricane Francine suddenly dropped an incredible amount of rain on New Orleans.

Pennsylvania voters could have their mail-in ballots thrown out if they do not write accurate dates on envelopes they use to return them under a state Supreme Court ruling.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. jumped Friday after former President Donald Trump said he won’t sell shares of the company, saying that he doesn't need the money and likes the social media platform to get out his voice.

The NCAA has given full approval for Gallaudet's football team to use a helmet designed for players who are deaf or hard of hearing this season.

Investigators reviewing the emergency response to last year’s devastating wildfire on Maui say in a new report they found no evidence Hawaii officials made preparations for it, despite days of warnings that “critical fire weather” was about to arrive.

President Joe Biden has voiced his opposition to Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel, but the federal government appears to be in no hurry to block the deal.

Florida State has asked a judge to decide key parts of its lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference without a trial, hoping for a quicker resolution and path to a possible exit from the league.

Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.

Nick Saban has a message for Tua Tagovailoa: Listen to experts, then decide what happens next.

Nevada is joining a list of states easing access to abortion for more lower-income women.

A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer has pleaded guilty to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago.

As demographics shift, advocates from Las Vegas to Alaska are fighting to make voting accessible for citizens who speak different languages.

Boar’s Head is closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak.

A new report says former University of Florida president Ben Sasse spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.

As authorities search for a highway shooter in Kentucky, a Friday night tradition of football, pep bands and grandstands of cheering fans has been sidelined for some towns.

A special Georgia state Senate committee that had subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis with plans to question her Friday about “alleged misconduct” related to her election case against former President Donald Trump was unable to do so because she didn’t show up.

A consulting firm run by the brother of two top New York City officials is facing federal scrutiny over his work on behalf of companies that were seeking city contracts.

A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks.

A federal bill has been proposed to ban in-game advertising and bets on college athletes.

Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients' immigration status in November.

Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to refinance.

Prosecutors say the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of.

Americans’ outlook on the economy improved for the second straight month in September, bolstered by lower prices for long-lasting goods such as cars and furniture.

The Miami Dolphins will bring in another quarterback while starter Tua Tagovailoa deals with his latest concussion, coach Mike McDaniel said Friday.

An Associated Press analysis has found that hospitals are rarely fined for violating a federal law that is supposed to guarantee that patients with medical emergencies get the treatment they need.

Tua Tagovailoa is now dealing with the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months.

Former President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Western states as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris fixes her attention on the battleground state of Pennsylvania in the East.

After Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, several nationally prominent Black religious leaders arrived, thinking they could help lead the protest movement that had surfaced.

When the Black religious establishment arrived on the scene in Ferguson, Missouri, after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown Jr., protest organizer Brittany Packnett quickly realized something.

Blue-collar workers from Boeing are walking picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years.