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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators. It’s a practice wildlife advocates have tried to outlaw for decades due to safety concerns. The M-44 ejector devices that critics call

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen’s drummer is suing a Florida car restoration company that he claims stole $125,000 from him. Max Weinberg filed a lawsuit Sunday against Investment Auto Group and its owners. He claims the owners promised him a 1957 Mercedes-Benz roadster that would be restored to

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Unidentified assailants wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexico city of Chilpancingo. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say whether their wounds were serious. The shootings occurred Tuesday, and all the journalists appeared to work

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school district was on trial Tuesday after parents sued it for allegedly violating public meetings law. Parents in 2021 filed the lawsuit against the Newberg School District and four school board members. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that the parents have accused the school board members of meeting in secret

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died at a California hospital. He was 99. Berkshire Hathaway said in a statement that Munger’s family told the company that he died Tuesday morning at the hospital just over a

NEW YORK (AP) — A pop singer’s use of a Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn for parts of a music video has led to its pastor being penalized. The pastor had been stripped of his administrative duties after Sabrina Carpenter’s video release and officials are holding a Mass to restore the church’s “sanctity.” Carpenter released

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor and a defense attorney presented competing pictures of rapper Young Thug as his trial got underway in Atlanta. Prosecutor Adriane Love painted him as the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods. Defense attorney Brian Steel said his client is an

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has unveiled a new strategy that she says will help the state’s 78 coastal communities better cope with challenges brought on by climate change. One element of the “ResilientCoasts” initiative announced Tuesday is grouping geographic regions that share similar landscape characteristics and face

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is backing a plan to expand beyond a three-county school voucher program for low-income children by offering public money for private schooling statewide, regardless of family income. The GOP-led Statehouse narrowly approved the so-called education savings accounts initiative in

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former guard at a federal prison in Virginia has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to help an inmate who suffered a medical emergency and later died. Michael Anderson was a lieutenant at a medium-security prison in Petersburg. The Justice Department announced his sentence on Tuesday. Prosecutors

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The parents of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot while sitting in his patrol car plan to file a lawsuit accusing the sheriff’s department and county leaders of putting officers at risk by making them work excessive overtime. Investigators said Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer was

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — The pilot of a small airplane and a car’s driver have escaped with minor injuries Tuesday after the plane crashed into the car in suburban Minneapolis. The accident happened just after 10:30 a.m. on a county road in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Police say it appeared the plane was approaching Crystal

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former California tech executive has announced she is ending her longshot campaign for the U.S. Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Democrat Lexi Reese announced Tuesday that she has been unable to raise the many millions of dollars the

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions fuel flew Tuesday from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters called “jet zero.” The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight was powered without using fossil fuels, relying on so-called sustainable

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether the state’s abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications. The all-Republican court on Tuesday scrutinized efforts to clarify exceptions to the ban, which a growing number of women say forced them to continue pregnancies despite

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has temporarily stepped down as chairman of his cable television network Revolt amid multiple sexual abuse allegations against the music mogul. Revolt announced Combs’ decision on social media Tuesday. It’s not clear when he will return to his media company —

In a story published November 28, 2023, about a federal lawsuit seeking to throw out an Iowa law that bans some books and outlaws discussion gender identity in schools, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an organization helping bring the lawsuit as Lambda. The organization’s name is Lambda Legal.

CLEVELAND (AP) — An early blast of cold and snow shut down schools in Cleveland on Tuesday and made driving on heavily traveled Interstate 90 in northern Ohio treacherous. A lake-effect snow warning was issued by the National Weather Service for areas from Cleveland eastward into Erie, Pennsylvania. Just before 11 a.m. Tuesday, the weather

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Missouri are investigating the circumstances that led to a child’s death in a fall from a downtown Kansas City apartment building. Police have not confirmed the child’s name but say it was a boy under age 12. Capt. Corey Carlisle said Tuesday that police are still working to

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The governor of Kansas is bowing to criticism of a new state license plate and halting production of a design that many people consider ugly and dull. Gov. Laura Kelly’s announcement Tuesday came only six days after her office unveiled the navy blue and deep