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By The Associated Press The remnants of former Tropical Storm Philippe are bearing down on waterlogged New England with the promise of rain, wind and isolated power outages. Eastern Maine and Atlantic Canada were expected to experience the worst later Saturday, three weeks after being dealt a blow by Tropical Storm Lee. Philippe has become

By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — In fifth grade, Stella Gage’s class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors. That was the extent of her sex education in school. At no point was there any content

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Backed by a barrage of rockets, Hamas militants stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens and abducting others in an unprecedented surprise attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday. A stunned Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza, with its prime

PHOENIX (AP) — Guns N’ Roses is giving way to the Arizona Diamondbacks so the team can host Game 3 of the NL Division Series next week. The rock band said Friday it is moving its Oct. 11 show at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix to the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre to avoid a conflict

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials are seeking more than $27 million in damages over dam repairs they say killed more than half a million Pacific lamprey fish. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife filed the claim in Douglas County Circuit Court on Friday. According to the

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two teenagers have been indicted and charged as adults with several felonies, including murder and auto theft, after allegedly recording the moment they targeted and fatally struck a bicyclist in a hit-and-run in Las Vegas. Police say evidence shows the teens, who were 17

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Portland, Oregon, man of murdering three of his neighbors. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says 61-year-old Brett Pruett was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, burglary and assault. Police found three people dead at a residence in northeast Portland

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people. U.S. District Court Judge John Heil III in Tulsa issued his ruling late

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana grand jury has decided against indicting anyone in the deadly collapse four years ago of a Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction in New Orleans. The panel heard evidence in the case over several months and met once more Thursday. That was the last chance to file criminal

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Defense attorneys for rapper YNW Melly say South Florida prosecutors committed felony obstruction of justice by not revealing that the lead detective in the rapper’s double-murder case had been previously accused of being willing to lie as he gathered evidence. The Sun Sentinel reports that attorneys for Melly on Friday

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one person died and 22 others were injured. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said Friday that a 19-year-old Aurora man is charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man’s 2019 death lasted only seconds but has emerged as a focal point in the first criminal trial against officers and paramedics charged in his death. Defense attorneys for

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.; former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a Republican presidential candidate. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” —

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man who attacked the U.S. Capitol with a metal tomahawk — and is now the face of a website selling merchandise portraying jailed rioters as “political prisoners” — was sentenced Friday to seven years behind bars. Shane Jenkins, 46, tried to smash a Capitol window

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the Islamic Republic said in a report circulated Friday. The

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press The New Jersey attorney general’s office has opened an inquiry into how local law enforcement handled an investigation into a December 2018 car crash that involved Sen. Robert Menendez’s wife Nadine, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the situation. Nadine Menendez had been dating the New Jersey Democrat

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a Virginia school system after she was sexually assaulted in a women’s restroom by a male student. The family alleges Loudoun County Public Schools failed to immediately investigate the attack. The family also alleges that school officials tried to

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted 4-3 along partisan lines to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly elected liberal justice declined to recuse herself. Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s decision Friday to remain on the case increases the chance that Republicans, who control the

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorneys say a $7 million settlement has been reached with the California Highway Patrol in the fatal shooting of a driver and wounding of his girlfriend during a June 2020 traffic stop in Oakland. Officers fired after the stolen car driven by 23-year-old Erik Salgado struck CHP vehicles in front and