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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press A judge at a hearing Tuesday is scheduled to consider a Maui doctor’s request to be released on bail while he fights an attempted murder charge on allegations that he tried to kill his wife on a Honolulu hiking trail. Gerhardt Konig previously pleaded not guilty. His wife wrote

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Campus activism has flared as the academic year winds down, with pro-Palestinian demonstrations leading to arrests at several colleges. Compared with last spring, when more than 2,100 people were arrested in campus protests nationwide, the demonstrations have been smaller and more scattered. But the stakes are

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press The motto of one newly elected American world leader: ” Fight! ” The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “ Peace.” The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or in their world

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A budget airline that serves mostly small U.S. cities began federal deportation flights Monday out of Arizona, a move that’s inspired an online boycott petition and sharp criticism from the union representing the carrier’s flight attendants. Avelo Airlines announced in April it had signed an agreement with

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents. This week in Los Angeles, a judge is set to consider whether they should be resentenced. The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling from Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life in prison without parole to

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testified Tuesday that the mercurial music mogul — powerful, abusive and controlling — beat her mercilessly and ordered her to have “disgusting” sex with strangers during drug-fueled, multi-day marathons he called