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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that a slain Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter’s personal devices and other records are protected even after death. The state’s highest court ruled Thursday that Nevada’s shield law, which protects journalists from disclosing sources, precludes Las Vegas police and prosecutors from going through Jeff German’s things.

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An attorney representing the family of a Black man fatally shot at his home by police in Alabama says officers did not give the man time to respond before they opened fire. Steve Perkins was shot and killed by police Sept. 29 in Decatur in what police said began in a

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee city that passed an anti-drag show ordinance. The ordinance is designed to ban drag performances from taking place on public property. The legal challenge is the latest development in the ongoing

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An Oregon man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy in southwest Washington has been sentenced to life in prison. The Columbian reports 28-year-old Guillermo Raya Leon of Salem was sentenced Thursday in the 2021 death of Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeremy Brown. A jury found him guilty last week of aggravated

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former U.S. Army intelligence officer has been charged with attempting to provide classified information to China’s security services. Authorities say some of that information was listed on a Microsoft Word document titled “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government.” The Justice Department says authorities on Friday

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they say gave them ivermectin without their consent to treat COVID-19. A federal judge last week dismissed the 2022 lawsuit against Dr. Robert Karas, who was the doctor for

By HANNA ARHIROVA and LORI HINNANT Associated Press HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — The cafe had been closed throughout the war but reopened especially for a dead soldier’s wake, and almost every household in the village sent someone to mourn the native son. When the gathering to honor Andrii Kozyr was struck by a precision missile

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago’s lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday morning he found something horrible: Hundreds of dead songbirds, so thick they looked like a carpet. Nearly 1,000 songbirds perished during the night after crashing into the McCormick Place Lakeside

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Nearly three months after severe flooding inundated Vermont’s capital city, Montpelier is celebrating how much progress has been made with a two-day reopening event. Organizers of the activities taking place on Friday and Saturday are hoping to bring visitors downtown and give shops a chance to

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus authorities have arrested a Russian journalist for “security reasons,” prompting the Russian Foreign Ministry to demand a formal apology from the Cypriot government over the “provocation.” Cyprus state broadcaster CyBC quoted diplomatic sources Friday as saying that the Russian journalist would be deported. Cypriot authorities dismissed Russian allegations that police

By MARK THIESSEN and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska fishermen will be able to harvest red king crab for the first time in two years. The news offers a slight reprieve to the beleaguered fishery beset by low numbers likely exacerbated by climate change. There was no such rebound for snow

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A second suspect has been arraigned on murder charges after a pregnant woman who was hit by gunfire on a bus in Holyoke, Massachusetts, delivered a baby that later died. Thirty-year-old Johnluis Sanchez of Holyoke appeared in court via Zoom on Friday for his alleged involvement in

By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gazan perfume vendor has developed a line of fragrances packaged in rocket-shaped bottles to mimic the projectiles launched by Palestinian militant groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel. He says he was inspired to design the bottles after the devastating 2021 war between

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi’s absence from Inter Miami’s lineup may be over. The team used social media on Friday to post “Nos vemos mañana” with a photo of the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner. Inter Miami plays host to Cincinnati on Saturday night. The translation of that

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — New clashes have broken out in northern Mali between military soldiers and separatist rebels. Both sides claimed late Friday to control the town of Anefis which is located south of the town of Kidal. The rebels who want to establish an independent state called Azawad claimed

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Simone Biles has won the individual all-around title at the world championships for the sixth time to become the most decorated gymnast in history. Ten years after she won her first in the same Belgian city as a 16-year-old, Biles scored 58.399 points across the

By KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers’ funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange’s earliest days, FTX’s co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, as prosecutors pressed their case

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man and his three adult sons were sentenced Friday for selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church. Court records show that a federal judge in Miami sentenced 37-year-old Jonathan Grenon and 29-year-old Jordan Grenon to 12 years and seven months in prison on

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic say a caretaker at a cemetery in Santo Domingo wanted for questioning about the bodies of six newborns that were found discarded nearby has turned himself in. The man has been identified as Hilario Pascual. He has alleged in a video posted online that

By JUAN ZAMORANO and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama (AP) — Some migrants say the U.S. government’s plan to restart deportation flights to Venezuela in the coming days won’t stop them from continuing their journeys. The U.S. government hopes the threat of deportation will be enough to make Venezuelans reconsider trying to enter