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Trans girl misses Mississippi graduation after being told to dress like boy

A transgender girl in Mississippi is not participating in her high school graduation because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials’ decision. … more

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | 5/20/23

Seven people were killed and others hurt in a crash involving multiple vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 near Albany, Oregon, police said. (May 19)

Victims of deadly Oregon highway crash were farmworkers, union says

An Oregon union says the victims of one of the state's deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically commute home after toiling in the … more

5/20/23

FILE - Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. U.S. authorities say an 8-year-old girl died Wednesday, May 17, in Border Patrol custody, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding. The Border Patrol had 28,717 people in custody on May 10, the day before pandemic-related asylum restrictions expired, which was double from two weeks earlier, according to a court filing. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Mother of 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says pleas for hospital care were denied

The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody says agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to … more

By VALERIE GONZALEZ | 5/20/23

Truck driver arrested in multi-vehicle freeway crash that killed 7 in Oregon

Police say the driver of a semitruck that slammed into a passenger van on Interstate 5 in western Oregon has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DUI and other charges. Oregon State Police say … more

5/19/23

Marine First Sgt. Timothy La Sage, left, salutes as the remains of retired Marine Capt. Grady Kurpasi are transferred from a Turkish airlines plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Friday, May 19, 2023, in New York. The remains of a U.S. Marine veteran who had been missing in Ukraine for more than a year will be returned to his family in eastern North Carolina later Friday, according to the group bringing the remains back to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Remains of Marine veteran killed in Ukraine flown home to US

The remains of a U.S. Marine veteran who was missing in Ukraine for more than a year have returned to the United States and are headed to his hometown in eastern North Carolina. A Turkish Airlines … more

5/19/23

FILE - A Town of Newburgh police vehicle sits parked outside The Crossroads Hotel, where two busloads of migrants arrived hours earlier, on May 11, 2023, in Newburgh, N.Y. The founder of a nonprofit group has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from the hotel to make room for international migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Group accused of making up story about homeless vets being evicted to make room for migrants

The founder of a nonprofit group has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from a New York hotel to make room for migrants, a tale that stoked days of … more

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN | 5/19/23

This image from U.S. Capitol Police security video and contained in the government's sentencing memorandum for Donald Hazard, circled in red by source, shows him in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Donald Hazard was sentenced Friday, May 19, 2023, to nearly five years in prison for attacking police officers at the U.S. Capitol, seriously injuring one of them during a mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021. (Department of Justice via AP)

Texas militia member sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot

A Texas militia member has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for attacking police officers at the U.S. Capitol, seriously injuring one of them during a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021. … more

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | 5/19/23

This undated photo shows prominent pastor and author Timothy Keller at one of his many speaking engagements. Keller died Friday, May 19, at the age of 72. (Redeemer City to City via AP)

Prominent NYC-based pastor and best-selling author Timothy Keller dies at 72

Timothy Keller, a pastor and best-selling author who founded the influential Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, has died at home after three-year bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 72. … more

By TIFFANY STANLEY | 5/19/23

This image provided by Blue Origin shows the Blue Moon lander. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday, May 19, 2023, to develop a lunar lander named Blue Moon. It will be used to transport astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2029. (Blue Origin via AP)

NASA picks Bezos' Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX. Blue Origin received a $3.4 billion contract Friday to develop a lunar lander. … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 5/19/23

Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission Executive Secretary William Rain, left, asks a question as commissioner Chad Partin presides during a meeting of board Thursday, May 18, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. A Tennessee commission that enforces standards for police recommended Thursday that proceedings to bar an officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols from serving in state law enforcement be suspended until his legal case is resolved. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Judge blocks release of video, records in Tyre Nichols beating death investigation

A Tennessee judge has continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and records in the Tyre Nichols investigation. But during a court hearing Friday, he said he does want to make … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 5/19/23

Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham (R), is photographed Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C., before the North Carolina House members debated whether to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that would change the state's ban on nearly all abortions from those after 20 weeks of pregnancy to those after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Both the Senate and House had to complete successful override votes for the measure to be enacted into law. The Senate voted to override the veto earlier and the House also voted to override. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham’s recent switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP opened the door for Republicans to enact new abortion restrictions over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's … more

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM | 5/19/23

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran seized two oil tankers. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

US and allied naval commanders in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz, in show of force against Iran

The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and French navies have transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard an American warship. They say it is a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 5/19/23

FILE - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner sits behind her attorneys in a courtroom on April 18, 2023, in St. Louis, in the first hearing of a lawsuit by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey seeking to remove Gardner from office. Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday, May 16, 2023, that she is leaving office immediately, and that the St. Louis County prosecutor will take over until the governor appoints her replacement. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File)

Missouri governor to announce his pick as new St. Louis prosecutor after Kim Gardner resignation

Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday will announce his pick to serve out the remainder of Kim Gardner’s term as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, following her sudden departure earlier … more

By JIM SALTER | 5/19/23

Oregon State Police troopers and firefighters work near the site of a wrecked tractor-trailer Thursday, May 18, 2023,calong Interstate 5 in Albany, Ore. Mulitple people were killed and others hurt in a crash involving multiple vehicles Thursday on Interstate 5 near Albany, Oregon, police said. (Alex Powers/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP)

7 dead in vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Oregon

Oregon State Police say seven people are dead and others have been hurt in a crash involving two semi trucks and a passenger vehicle on Interstate 5 in an agricultural area between Salem and Eugene. … more

5/19/23

This photo provided by KPCW.org shows Kouri Richins at the KPCW studio in Park City, Utah, April 12, 2023. Richins was arrested on Monday, May 8, in Utah and is accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas, a small mountain town near Park City. (KPCW.org via AP)

Utah kids' book author accused in husband's death changed life insurance policies, prosecutors say

Updated charging documents say a Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later arrested for killing him had made changes to her husband’s life … more

By BRADY McCOMBS and SAM METZ | 5/18/23

Harrison Ford poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

CANNES PHOTOS: Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones fever sweep Cannes on festival's 3rd day

Indiana Jones fever — and fervent love for its star, Harrison Ford — have swept through the Cannes Film Festival. Ford and his last film as the whip-cracking explorer held the spotlight … more

5/18/23

New Mexico Attorney General Rual Torrez talks about the defendants and co-defendants in the State of New Mexxico vs. Angelita Chacon case during a press conference at The Clyde Hotel in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday, May 18, 2023. New Mexico's top prosecutor says caregivers tortured a 38-year-old developmentally disabled woman before her death. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico authorities describe caregivers' torture of disabled woman who died

New Mexico's top prosecutor says caregivers tortured a 38-year-old developmentally disabled woman before her death. Attorney General Raúl Torrez detailed the woman's injuries during a news … more

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | 5/18/23

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune Feb. 24, 2023, in North Wildwood, N.J. On May 17, 2023, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection allowed North Wildwood to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront after both sides have fought for years over how to protect the narrowing beaches. Litigation over the best way to protect the beach remains active. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey blinks in dune repairs standoff, allows emergency erosion fixes in defiant town

New Jersey environmental officials will allow a shore town to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront, even as the two sides continue a years-long fight over how best to protect … more

By WAYNE PARRY | 5/18/23

FILE—This is a Pittsburgh Transit Authority bus that was on the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh when it collapsed in this file photo from Jan. 28, 2022. Investigators looking into the collapse of the Pittsburgh bridge last year want transportation officials nationwide to closely examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to make sure they don't have the same kind of corrosion that was found on the bridge that collapsed. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge last year want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar steel construction. The … more

By JOSH FUNK | 5/18/23

FILE - In this July 15, 2017, file photo, Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, addresses a plenary session on the third day of the National Governors Association's meeting in Providence, R.I. A new grantmaking effort funded by Ballmer and his wife Connie’s philanthropic arm will provide $42.5 million over the next five years to support more than 100 Black-led nonprofits focused on improving economic mobility. The effort, announced Thursday, May 18, 2023 aims to help close the funding gap for early- and mid-stage Black-led nonprofits, whose unrestricted assets are 76% smaller than their white counterparts’ assets. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Ballmer Group awards $42.5 million to help more than 100 Black-led groups expand

A new grantmaking effort funded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie’s philanthropic arm will provide $42.5 million over the next five years to support more than 100 Black-led … more

By SARA HERSCHANDER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy | 5/18/23