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FILE - This undated photo released by the Florida Department of Corrections shows Darryl Barwick, who was convicted for breaking into a woman's Florida Panhandle apartment and fatally stabbing her 37 times in 1986. Barwick, 56, is set to be executed Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Florida State Prison. (Florida Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Florida to execute prisoner for 1986 fatal stabbing of woman
Florida is scheduled to execute a man for breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986. Darryl B. Barwick is set to be executed Wednesday at Florida State Prison. The 56-year-old … more
Today in History: May 3, Margaret Thatcher elected
Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2023. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader … more
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FILE - Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announces a study, April 7, 2023, in Faifax, Va., in conjunction with George Mason University that will seek over the next 20 years to shed light on police recruitment and retention. A police officer remarkably escaped injury Monday when a car careened across a highway at 120 mph while he conducted a traffic stop. Davis complimented the officer's professionalism at a news conference Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)
Close call at high speed: video shows officer evade crash
A police officer remarkably escaped injury when a car careened across a highway at 120 mph while he conducted a traffic stop. Dashcam video of the crash released Tuesday by Fairfax County Police … more
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FILE - Tents are pitched on Camp 2, as climbers rest on their way to summit the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) Mount Everest on May 16, 2013. University of Washington officials say a retired Seattle doctor died on Monday, May 1, 2023, while climbing Mount Everest. Dr. Jonathan Sugarman was climbing the mountain as part of an expedition arranged by Washington state-based International Mountain Guides. The company said on their website that one of their team members died on the mountain but that the death wasn't an accident. (AP Photo/ Pasang Geljen Sherpa,File)
Seattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest
University of Washington officials say a retired Seattle doctor has died while climbing Mount Everest. University officials said on Twitter Tuesday that Dr. Jonathan Sugarman died Monday on the … more
This undated photo provided by Samantha Miller shows Miller and her groom-to-be Aric Hutchinson. Authorities say Miller, a bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, Friday, April 28, 2023. (Family of Samantha Miller via AP)
Family of bride killed in wreck warns about drunken driving
The beach community where officials say a DUI driver killed a bride on her wedding night is rallying around the victim's family. Lisa Miller says people have bought her family food and offered … more
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Recovery work is shown at the scene of a train derailment along Hwy 35 Thursday, April 27, 2023 in Crawford County just south of DeSoto, Wis. A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
BNSF tracks back in service after Wisconsin dedrailment
Officials say railroad tracks damaged after a BNSF Railway freight train derailed last week in southwestern Wisconsin have been repaired and returned to service. BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent says … more
FILE - Manatees float in a canal at Port Everglades, Jan. 18, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Several conservation groups announced Tuesday, May 2, 2023, that they're planning to sue federal wildlife officials, citing a failure to protect the West Indian manatee following record death rates in recent years. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Groups to sue federal officials over manatee protection
Several conservation groups have announced that they’re planning to sue federal wildlife officials, citing a failure to protect the West Indian manatee following record death rates in recent years. … more
FILE - Students at a nearby school pay respects at a memorial for the people who were killed, at an entry to Covenant School, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Six people were killed at the private school and church yesterday by a shooter. The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror in a deadly loop roughly once a week so far this year. The bloodshed overall represents just a fraction of the deadly violence that occurs in the U.S. annually. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace
The U.S. remains on a torrid pace for mass killings this year. The shooting deaths of four people in an RV in California over the weekend represented the 19th mass killing of the year. That is … more
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A widening manhunt for a Texas gunman who fatally shot five neighbors continued coming up empty Sunday as officers knocked on doors, the governor put up $50,000 in reward money and the FBI appeared no closer to catching the killer after nearly two days of searching with a team that has grown to hundreds of people. (May 1)
Manhunt for suspect in Texas mass shooting: What to know
Authorities have been stymied in their search for a man accused of opening fire at his Texas neighbors' home and killing five people. The hunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began Friday after he … more
In this image from video provided by Nicholas County Schools, Zela Elementary School Principal James Marsh reacts after a black bear jumps out of a trash dumpster outside the school in Summersville, W. Va., on Monday, May 1, 2023. Marsh said the school had installed a lock to keep the bear out but over the weekend the bear was able to get back inside when Marsh came across it. (Nicholas County Schools via AP)
Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call
A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the roaring wake-up call when it emerged from a dumpster outside an elementary school. Zela Elementary School principal James Marsh was surprised to … more
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FILE -In this illustration photographed in La Habra, Calif., the AirTag tracking device is introduced during a virtual event held to announce new Apple products, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Apple and Google on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, disclosed they are teaming up in an effort to thwart unwanted tracking on smartphones through Bluetooth devices designed to help people find their keys, keep tabs on their luggage and locate other things they don’t want to line. The two companies behind the iPhone and the software that powers Android phones said they submitted a proposal to set standards for combatting secret surveillance on Apple’s AirTag trackers and similar gadgets to Internet Engineering Task Force. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Apple, Google partner to combat creepy tracking tactics
Apple and Google are teaming up to thwart unwanted tracking through Bluetooth devices that were created to help people find lost keys, keep tabs on luggage or to locate other things that have a … more
This image taken from Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor meeting via Zoom shows Sen. Calvin Bahr shirtless during a vote on Monday, May 1, 2023. In a video streamed on YouTube, Bahr, of East Bethel, can briefly be seen voting — with a School House Rock “I’m Just a Bill” character on the wall behind him — during a Zoom call on Monday with the Legislative Audit Commission. A GOP Senate spokeswoman said Bahr, a truck driver, worked until 4:45 a.m. and then went to bed before Monday's meeting. She said he would not comment on the vote or the video. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. ( Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor via AP)
State senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting
A Minnesota state senator is getting social media attention after casting what should have been a routine vote at a legislative commission hearing. Republican Sen. Calvin Bahr, of East Bethel, can be … more
The body of a bodyguard is put into an ambulance by Ugandan medical staff in Kyanja village, Kampala, Tuesday May 2, 2023. A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media. The attacker, who has not been publicly identified, then turned the gun on himself, according to state broadcaster UBC and others. (AP Photo/Ajar Nalwadda)
Media: Ugandan minister shot and killed by bodyguard
The Ugandan army says a bodyguard and shot and killed a government minister in an apparent private dispute. The victim, Charles Engola, served in the government of President Yoweri Museveni as the … more
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FILE - This photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff's Office on June 3, 2020, shows Tou Thao, a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd. Thao was found guilty on Monday, May 1, 2023 of aiding and abetting manslaughter. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing
A judge has found a former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd guilty of aiding and abetting manslaughter. Tou Thao was last of … more
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Colleen Briggs holds her 8-month-old poodle named Bondi, during a walk a park near their home, Thursday April 6, 2023, in New York. When Bondi recently became sick, a quick diagnosis found he was likely poisoned after nibbling unfinished marijuana joints. Veterinarians are growing alarmed by an apparent rise in marijuana poisonings among dogs that ingest discarded joints and edibles on city sidewalks. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Scooby doobie don't: Discarded joints pose hazards for dogs
Veterinarians are growing alarmed by an apparent rise in marijuana poisonings among dogs that ingest discarded joints and edibles on city sidewalks. Canines are eating unfinished joints while … more
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Transgender and non-binary Missourians are turning to do-it-yourself treatments as Republicans across the nation move to restrict gender-affirming health care. Missouri resident Erin Stille says she bought hormones online from a Taiwan-based supplier over concerns that she might lose what she describes as life-saving medicine. As she waited for her package to arrive, the state's Republican attorney general rolled out a rule with strict regulations on puberty blockers, hormones and other gender-affirming treatments for both minors and adults. Physicians say DIY treatments are risky. But Stille and others say the risks are worth it.
Judge blocks Missouri rule that would limit transgender care
A Missouri judge has blocked a unique rule that would restrict access to gender-affirming health care to children and adults. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen Ribaudo issued a temporary … more
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FILE - A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., May 24, 2022. A powerful Southern Baptist committee was looking to appoint a new leader Monday, May 1, 2023, who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with women serving as pastors. Instead, the Executive Committee found itself tangled in yet another dispute, voting down a recommendation to make its own former chairman its president in what had become a racially fraught decision. (AP Photo/Holly Meyer, File)
Southern Baptist leader selection process fails amid dispute
A powerful Southern Baptist committee was planning to appoint a new president on Monday who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with … more
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National Transportation Safety Board investigators inspect a downed plane on a steep hill above a home on Beverly Glen Circle in Los Angeles, Sunday, April 30, 2023. Fire department officials said a person was found dead following an intensive search for the single-engine airplane that crashed in a foggy area Saturday night. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
3 killed in Southern California small plane crash
Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed near Big Bear City Airport in the California mountains, killing all three people aboard. It happened about 2 p.m. Monday. Officials say the … more
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, left, speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, May 1, 2023. Bonta announced a lawsuit against the city of Elk Grove for not approving an apartment complex for people experiencing homelessness. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)
California sues Elk Grove over housing project for homeless
California officials are suing a local government for not approving an apartment complex for people experiencing homelessness. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom's … more
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FILE - A dentist works on polishing and contouring the teeth of a patient at his dental office in Virginia Beach. Va. For millions of low-income New Yorkers, access to routine dental care has long hinged on whether or not they have eight crucial teeth. Under a new legal settlement reached Monday, May 1, 2023, the New York Department of Health must lift some of its most restrictive rules for Medicaid recipients, including the long-standing "eight points of contact" policy. The change will expand dental coverage for an estimated 5 million people. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)
Low-income New Yorkers win the right to a root canal
For millions of low-income New Yorkers, access to routine dental care has long hinged on whether or not they still have eight crucial teeth. State Department of Health rules for Medicaid recipients … more
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