By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearings can continue despite opposition from the Los Angeles County district attorney, a judge ruled Friday. They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents, Jose
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By AUDREY McAVOY and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt.
Continue Reading By AUDREY McAVOY and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt.
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi gave no final statement and did not look to his
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line. Now comes the hard part. The resolution adopted this week was only a first step that allows Republicans to draft legislation that they can push through Congress without Democratic support. Next, they begin crafting a final bill
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By CLAUDIA LAUER and SALLY HO Associated Press All sense of survivors’ guilt was fleeting for those residents whose homes remained standing after wildfires ripped through the Los Angeles area three months ago. Many worried that smoke from the Eaton wildfire that destroyed more than 9,000 structures and killed 18 people may have carried toxins,
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine officials said Friday the state will not comply with a ban on transgender athletes in high school sports in the wake of a Trump administration finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing the students to participate. The U.S. Education Department said in March
Continue Reading By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The deadline arrived Friday for Maine officials to reach a resolution with the U.S. Education Department over a finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports. The Education Department said in March that an investigation concluded the Maine
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had an annual physical Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend. The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 6, 6 (two, six, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested at Stanford University last year after they occupied and allegedly caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a campus building are now facing charges. The twelve people, current and former Stanford students, have been charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 0, 1, 7 (zero, one, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, months after a rebel coalition ousted President Bashar Assad, who had maintained close ties with North Korea. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul traveled to Damascus on Thursday to
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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government now wants a former FBI informant who fabricated a story about former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes to be released from prison while he appeals his conviction, it was revealed Thursday in court records. Alexander Smirnov, 44, was sentenced
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By WILL WEISSERT and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead, canceling their Social Security numbers and effectively wiping out their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country, according to two people
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf y-Boston 59 21 .738 — 8-2 L-1 26-13 33-8 37-13 x-New York 50 30 .625 9 6-4 L-2 27-13 23-17 33-17 Toronto 30 50 .375 29 6-4 W-2 18-23 12-27 21-31 Brooklyn 26 53 .329 32½ 3-7 W-1 12-27
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Continue ReadingAll Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf z-Cleveland 63 17 .788 — 7-3 L-1 34-6 29-11 40-10 y-Boston 59 21 .738 4 8-2 L-1 26-13 33-8 37-13 x-New York 50 30 .625 13 6-4 L-2 27-13 23-17 33-17 x-Indiana 49 31 .613 14 8-2 W-6 29-10 19-20 28-21
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By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democratic district attorney in the eye of New Mexico’s tempest over crime and accountability launched his candidacy for governor Thursday as the National Guard prepares to deploy to the state’s largest city to shore up public safety. Albuquerque-based District Attorney Sam Bregman — the
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By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s story begins in his native El Salvador, but it’s become increasingly unclear where it will end. The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the U.S. from a notorious Salvadoran prison, rejecting the White House’s claim that it couldn’t retrieve Abrego
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s story appeared as if it would begin and end in his native El Salvador. But the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the U.S. from a notorious prison, rejecting the White House’s claim that it couldn’t retrieve the Salvadoran
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Public officials in 16 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Thursday to restore access to pandemic relief aid for schools, saying the Education Department’s abrupt halt of hundreds of millions of dollars of promised funding will force cuts to vital services. The lawsuit was filed in
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal. The court acted in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an
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