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This undated family photo, provided by Ellen Trawick, shows her son Kawaski Trawick. Now four years after Trawick, a Black man who was shot dead by a white New York City Police Department officer in his own apartment, the Civilian Complaint Review Board is pursuing a last-ditch attempt at holding the officers responsible. An administrative trial starts Monday, April 24, 2023 to determine whether either violated department rules during the encounter. (Courtesy of Ellen Trawick via AP)

4 years later, a disciplinary hearing in fatal NYPD shooting

A hearing is being held to determine whether two New York City Police officers should face disciplinary action for their involvement in the shooting death of a Black man in his apartment. Monday’s … more

By DEEPTI HAJELA | 4/24/23

U2 will soon hit the stage to create a new immersive concert experience inside a high-tech, globe-shaped venue in Las Vegas. The legendary band will host a special five-night run of shows starting in Sept. at The Venetian’s MSG Sphere with a state-of-the-art audio and visual system designed personally for each concertgoer. (April 24)

U2 creating new experience with Sphere Las Vegas concerts

U2 is familiar with rocking out in major sporting arenas and stadiums, but the legendary band will soon hit the stage to create a new immersive concert experience inside a high-tech, globe-shaped … more

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | 4/24/23

FILE - A worker, right, cleans an ATM as a customer uses another at a Chase branch in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. Banks are paying up for savers' deposits in a much bigger way than they have in more than a decade, based on the earnings reports from the nation's biggest banks out over the past week. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Banks are paying savers again after many years of low rates

Banks are paying up for savers’ deposits in a much bigger way than they have in a long time. After a decade of low interest rates, the Federal Reserve has unleashed a rapid series of rate hikes to … more

By KEN SWEET | 4/24/23

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, April 24, 2023. The Serbian president on Monday sharply criticized Western officials who are mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them "liars" and "fraudsters" and said the Serb minority in the former Serbian province won't tolerate foreign "occupation." (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian leader lashes out at the West over Kosovo vote

The Serbian president has sharply criticized Western officials who are mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them liars and fraudsters, and says the Serb minority in the former … more

4/24/23

A Black mom in Kansas City: Always watching, always worrying

Being Black in a predominantly white American neighborhood can present many challenges. Some are deeply dispiriting, while others can be outright dangerous. That's what happened earlier this month … more

By KIA BREAUX | 4/24/23

A Florida homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery. Nobody was hurt. A prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the confrontation. (April 24)

Probe ordered after Florida shooter fires at delivery driver

A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation into shots being fired at a couple who mistakenly turned onto the wrong property in a Fort Lauderdale suburb. A Broward County state attorney says he … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 4/24/23

Munduruku leader Alessandra Korap poses at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Korap, from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work fighting against illegal mining and large-scale projects aimed at facilitating soybean exports in the Tapajos River Basin. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize

Alessandra Korap, a Munduruku Indigenous woman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work fighting against illegal mining and large-scale … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 4/24/23

FILE - Morgan Wallen performs on the first night of the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival, on Sept. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. Thousands of country music fans were awaiting the singer when he suddenly canceled his performance Sunday night, April 23, 2023, at Vaught Hemingway Stadium. WTVA-TV reported that video boards inside the Ole Miss football stadium showed a message that said the singer had lost his voice and was unable to perform, adding that people would be refunded their money where they bought their tickets. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Morgan Wallen cancels Ole Miss show after losing his voice

Thousands of country music fans were awaiting singer Morgan Wallen when he suddenly canceled his performance Sunday night at Vaught Hemingway Stadium. WTVA-TV reports video boards inside the Ole Miss … more

4/24/23

The Tree of Life Synagogue, lower left, stands in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 19, 2023. The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin with jury selection beginning April 24, 2023, a federal judge has ruled. Bowers, a Baldwin resident who has pleaded not guilty, could be sentenced to death if convicted of the shootings. He faces more than 60 federal charges stemming from the Oct. 27, 2018, attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshippers in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trial to begin in 2018 killing of 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue

Jury selection is set to begin in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in … more

By PETER SMITH and MARK SCOLFORO | 4/24/23

FILE - An aircraft drops fire retardant to slow the spread of the Richard Spring fire, east of Lame Deer, Mont., on Aug. 11, 2021. A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires. Environmentalists have sued the U.S. Forest Service over waterways being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that’s dropped from aircraft. Forest Service officials have acknowledged more than 200 cases of retardant landing in water. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant

A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires. Environmentalists have sued the U.S. Forest Service over waterways being … more

By MATTHEW BROWN | 4/23/23

Georgene White stands for a portrait with a photo of her mother, Teri Sheridan, in Belvidere, N.J., Thursday, April 20, 2023. At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey's law that allows medically assisted suicide - but she was bedbound, too sick to travel. So on Nov. 17, 2022, surrounded by three of her children, Sheridan drank a lethal dose of drugs prescribed by a doctor she had never met in person, only online. She died within minutes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown

A proposed Drug Enforcement Agency rule aimed at cracking down on prescriptions for dangerous drugs has spurred a backlash from dying patients and those who care for them. The new rules would … more

By JONEL ALECCIA | 4/23/23

Fox's settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M

Fox Corp.’s hefty $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower. Fox has … more

By MAE ANDERSON | 4/23/23

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson arrives for a rally where he announced his candidacy for governor, Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Ace Speedway in Elon, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

Conservative Robinson joins race for N. Carolina governor

North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has formally entered next year's race for governor. He unveiled his plans at a rally Saturday. Robinson is a favorite of the GOP's conservative base … more

By GARY D. ROBERTSON | 4/22/23

In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, former U.S. Navy coxswain Howard "Ken" Potts attends the Freedom Bell Opening Ceremony and Bell Ringing at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2016. Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Friday, April 21, 2023, in Provo, Utah. Howard Kenton Potts was 102. (Lance Cpl. Robert Sweet/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102

One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. Ken Potts was 102. Randy Stratton, whose late father, … more

By AUDREY McAVOY | 4/22/23

FILE - A man walks out of a flooded neighborhood Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Saturday, April 22, 2023, is asking the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall. The declaration would make Broward … more

4/22/23

Bartender June Davis pours drinks inside the Hochatown Distilling Co. bar in Broken Bow, Okla. on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The growing optimism of McCurtain County's tourism boom over the last two decades took a gut punch last week when the local newspaper identified several county officials, including the sheriff and a county commissioner, who were caught on tape discussing killing journalists and lynching Black people. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

Oklahoma county worried about fallout from racist recording

McCurtain County in far southeast Oklahoma has become a tourism hotbed over the last several decades. So many tourists from north Texas come to the area each week, the area has earned the nickname of … more

By SEAN MURPHY | 4/22/23

This handout photo released by Telegram Channel of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov shows the site of the crater after an explosion in Belgorod, Russia, Friday, April 21, 2023. A large explosion hit Belgorod late Thursday, and the Defense Ministry said one of its Su-34 warplanes accidentally discharged ammunition over the city about 25 km (15 miles) from the Ukrainian border. Belgorod Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast injured at least two people, damaged homes and left a crater about 20 meters (65 feet) across. (Telegram Channel of Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov via AP)

After Russia bombs own city, explosive found at same site

Authorities say 17 apartment buildings were evacuated in a Russian city near the Ukrainian border after an explosive device was found at the site where a bomb accidentally dropped by a Russian … more

By The Associated Press | 4/22/23

FILE - A student from the Thomazia Montoro public school lights a candle during a vigil asking for peace the day after a student stabbed a teacher to death at the school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 28, 2023. Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools. The government has sought input from independent researchers and convened a meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, of ministers, mayors and Supreme Court justices to discuss possible solutions. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

School violence in Brazil mirrors US. Its reaction doesn't

Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks. As the country scrambles for solutions, the U.S. has become its reference — both for what should be … more

By LAÍS MARTINS and COLLIN BINKLEY | 4/22/23

Co-presidents of New Light Congregation, Stephen Cohen and Barbara Caplan, visit a memorial in the New Light Cemetery on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Shaler Township, Pa., honoring the congregants they lost during the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre over four years ago. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 24, for the suspect accused of invading the Tree of Life synagogue building on that Sabbath morning and murdering 11 worshippers from three congregations. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Pittsburgh Jews keep defying hate as synagogue trial nears

Three Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh are still waiting for justice four and a half years after the massacre that changed everything. On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman invaded the Tree of Life synagogue … more

By PETER SMITH | 4/22/23

FILE - Shoppers, visitors and employees exit the Mall of America on March 17, 2020 as the mall in Bloomington, Minn. An area near the Mall of America was closed Friday evening April 21, 2023 as authorities were negotiating with a man who is believed to have a gun. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Police take man with gun into custody near Mall of America

Police in Minnesota have negotiated the surrender of an armed man after shutting down roads near the Mall of America Friday evening. The Bloomington Police Department says the man was taken into … more

4/21/23