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FILE - This is a poster on the stage during a news conference following the funeral service for Jayland Walker at the Akron Civic Center in Akron, Ohio, July 13, 2022. A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests in Akron last summer. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Ohio officers won’t be charged in shooting of Jayland Walker

A grand jury has voted not to indict eight Ohio police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker after a car and foot chase that ended in the 25-year-old Black man being shot to death … more

4/17/23

FILE - E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York, March 4, 2020. A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his rape trial, saying the former president cannot make public statements to promote pretrial publicity and then claim its prejudicial to him and reason to delay his trial. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled Monday, April 17, 2023 that the civil trial on claims against Trump by a longtime columnist will begin as scheduled on April 25. Trump denies the rape happened. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Judge: If news taints rape-trial jurors, Trump shares blame

A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his rape trial, saying the former president cannot make public statements to promote pretrial publicity and then claim its … more

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | 4/17/23

Palm Springs City Councilmember Christy Holstege speaks during the Section 14 Survivors Group news conference in Los Angeles, on Nov. 29, 2022. Black and Latino residents in a Southern California neighborhood were displaced from their homes in a series of attacks in the 1950s and 1960s some have compared to the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now, as broader reparations proposals are being formulated in other parts of the state, survivors of this tragedy and their descendants are asking the City of Palm Springs to pay them for the harm caused to their families. (Taya Gray/The Desert Sun via AP )

Families displaced from California neighborhood seek $2B

Black and Latino Californians who were displaced from a neighborhood in Palm Springs are seeking $2.3 billion in compensation from the city. They allege the city pushed them out by hiring contractors … more

By SOPHIE AUSTIN and DAMIAN DOVARGANES | 4/17/23

This photo provided by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department shows Darrell Goodlow. An Indiana judge has sentenced the convicted serial rapist to more than 150 years in prison, a television station reported Monday, April 17, 2023. (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department/WXIN via AP)

Report: Serial rapist sentenced to more than 150 years

A television station is reporting that a convicted serial rapist has been sentenced to more than 150 years in prison. Prosecutors charged Darrell Goodlow in 2021 with 57 counts, including rape, … more

4/17/23

FILE In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, April 17, 2023 upheld his second-degree murder conviction for the killing of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing

Minnesota’s Court of Appeals has upheld Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction for the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. The decision was handed down Monday. … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI | 4/17/23

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. More than half of North America's bat species are likely to diminish significantly as climate change, disease and habitat loss take their toll, scientists warned Monday, April 17, 2023. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)

Report: Climate change, disease imperil North American bats

Scientists say many North American bats are in trouble. A report by experts from the U.S., Canada and Mexico released Monday says more than half of the continent's 154 bat species are at risk of … more

By JOHN FLESHER | 4/17/23

FILE - Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian opposition activist arrives to lay flowers near the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 27, 2021. The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday April 17, 2023 was a particularly severe show of authorities' intensifying intolerance of criticism of the war in Ukraine and other dissenting opinions. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Opposition figure's sentence underlines Russian intolerance

The 25-year treason sentence imposed on prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza on Monday was a particularly severe show of authorities’ intensifying intolerance of criticism of the … more

The Associated Press | 4/17/23

FILE - Malala Yousafzai arrives at HISTORYTalks on Sept. 24, 2022, at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. Yousafzai, a Nobel laureate, is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, file)

Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination … more

4/17/23

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been evacuated unharmed after someone threw an explosive device at a campaign event in a western port city. (April 15)

Explosive targeting Japan PM renews worry of homemade arms

Japanese police have confiscated metal tubes, tools and possible gunpowder from the home of a suspect who threw what was believed to be a homemade pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 4/17/23

FILE - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge crosses the line to win the Berlin Marathon in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 25, 2022. A 38-year-old who has been collecting marathon victories since 2013, Kipchoge will make his Boston Marathon debut on Monday, April 17, 2023, in the 127th edition of the world’s longest-running long run. A victory would give him wins in an unprecedented five of the six major marathons. (AP Photo/Christoph Soeder, File)

Boston Marathon poses new challenge for Kipchoge: slow down

World record-holder Eliud Kipchoge has the speed to outclass the rest of the field when he makes his Boston Marathon debut. To win, he may have to slow things down. The two-time Olympic gold medalist … more

By JIMMY GOLEN | 4/16/23

Firefighters pour water on an industrial fire in Richmond, Ind., Thursday, April 13, 2023. Multiple fires that began burning Tuesday afternoon were still burning within about 14 acres of various types of plastics stored inside and outside buildings at the former factory site. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Evacuation order lifted in area near Indiana plastics fire

Authorities in eastern Indiana lifted a dayslong evacuation order Sunday for an area near a plastics fire after they said it was determined air quality and other environmental concerns were safe. … more

4/16/23

The patrol car of a Joshua Owen, a western Minnesota sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed, sits on display in front of the Pope County Courthouse, in Glenwood, Minn., Sunday, April 16, 2023. One officer from the Starbuck Police Department and two deputies from the Pope County Sheriff's Office were struck by gunfire about 7:30 p.m. Saturday while answering a domestic call at a Cyrus apartment building in the 400 block of N. Stromen Street. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Sheriff's deputy and suspect killed in Minnesota shootout

One sheriff's deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota on Saturday night that also killed the suspect in a … more

By JOSH FUNK | 4/16/23

This image released by Nintendo and Universal Studios shows Mario, voiced by Chris Pratt, left, and Princess Peach, voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy, in Nintendo's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie." (Nintendo and Universal Studios via AP)

‘Mario’ tops charts again; ‘Beau is Afraid’ wins in limited

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 4/16/23

Australian Noelle Martin poses for a photo Thursday, March 9, 2023, in New York. The 28-year-old found deepfake porn of herself 10 years ago when out of curiosity one day she used Google to search an image of herself. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race

Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms or help design advertising campaigns. But experts fear the darker side of the easily-accessible … more

By HALELUYA HADERO | 4/16/23

Amin Aaser prays before going live on his nightly "Ramadan Camp" livestream, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Aaser has worked nearly every night of Ramadan to present a free online interactive program called Noor Kids Ramadan Camp for Muslim children ages 5-12 from countries around the world. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

'Ramadan Camp' reaches Muslim children across the globe

A Minnesota man dedicated to giving Muslim children a sense of belonging and pride is reaching children across the globe with a special “Ramadan Camp.” Amin Aaser is executive director of Noor … more

By MARGARET STAFFORD | 4/16/23

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia, state media reported Wednesday, as Syria's top diplomat visited Saudi Arabia seeking to restore ties that have been severed for more than a decade. (SANA via AP)

Syria's FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties

Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab world. The move comes more than a decade after Syria was globally … more

4/16/23

In this photo posted to social media by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew stands by ready to assist as emergency personnel respond to the Walla Walla passenger ferry, background right, which ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle, Saturday, April 15, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Ferry runs aground near Seattle; no injuries reported

Authorities in Washington state say a passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people has run aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or … more

4/15/23

Chief: Indiana plastics fire reduced to a single hot spot

A fire chief says crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order … more

4/15/23

Strikers march in front of Rutgers' buildings in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, April 10, 2023. Thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey's flagship university have gone on strike — the first such job action in the school's 257-year history. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Rutgers, unions announce agreement, classes to resume

Rutgers University and union representatives have announced an agreement on a framework for new contracts with several faculty unions, allowing a halt to a five-day strike that was the first such job … more

4/15/23

A man cleans a carpet inside the Great Hall of the People prior to the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron, in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

AP PHOTOS: Behind the scenes as Macron visits China

Between the highly choreographed handshakes and scripted meetings, an Associated Press photojournalist who covered French President Emmanuel's trip to China wanted to capture the moments surrounding … more

By THIBAULT CAMUS | 4/15/23