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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has announced it has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state’s first execution in over 12 years. South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City day care operator and a man who rented a room from her are facing federal charges after the death of a 1-year-old exposed to fentanyl inside the day care. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that the woman, Grei Mendez, took steps to cover

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Democrats took their legal fight to the state’s highest court on Tuesday in challenging Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts. The hearing before Kentucky’s Supreme Court at times revolved around a lower court ruling that the new maps did not violate the state

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Adnan Syed is talking about his protracted legal case, a year after he was released from prison after a judge vacated his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Syed emphasized his innocence again on Tuesday, as he faces yet another stage in his long and

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Organizations representing minority journalists say they’re worried that a recently-announced $500 million initiative designed to boost local news would leave them behind. The groups, representing Black, Hispanic, Asian and Indigenous journalists want the group of 20 funders, led by the Knight and MacArthur foundations, to

By The Associated Press Tensions between Canada and India have escalated over the assassination of a Sikh independence advocate in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country was investigating credible allegations that Indian government agents were connected to the assassination, but India has rejected the allegations as absurd. Canada was home to about

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has halted implementation of a California law intended to restrict companies’ use of information gathered from young internet users in order to protect the privacy of minors. Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Monday granted a preliminary injunction, saying the legislation interferes with firms’ use of the internet

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University says acting president JoAnne A. Epps has died after collapsing at a memorial service at the university. The university says Epps was transported to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday. She was 72. Board chairman Mitchell Morgan says he has no words to “describe

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say a blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific’s massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental. But it’s not yet clear what caused it. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal’s office is working with the railroad and experts from the Federal Railroad

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press An investigation into a Minnesota trooper fatally shooting a Black man has wrapped up and now it is up to prosecutors to decide if charges are warranted. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that the Minnesota Public Safety Department’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had submitted the findings of its

Associated Press TikTok said on Tuesday it will begin launching a new tool that will help creators label their AI-generated content. TikTok said in a news release that the tool will help creators easily comply with the company’s existing AI policy, which requires all manipulated content that shows realistic scenes to be labeled in a

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Deion Sanders stood up for Henry Blackburn on Tuesday after the Colorado State safety received death threats for a late hit that sent Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter to the hospital with a lacerated liver. “That’s absurd for people to be threatened,” the Colorado coach

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that broke out after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau is asking the Biden administration for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country. The statistical agency publicized the request in a Federal Register notice on Tuesday.

By LORNE COOK and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging Serbia and Kosovo to respect an agreement meant to end tensions between them and set their relations on a more normal path. The call Tuesday came after talks between their leaders last week ended in acrimony last week. At

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police have briefly detained an opposition Polish lawmaker in violation of her parliamentary immunity after she interrupted a campaign speech by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Critics of Morawiecki’s right-wing government denounced the behavior of police, calling it an example of the deterioration of rule of law. The lawmaker, Kinga Gajewska,

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer charged in the shooting death of a driver last month is back in custody following the revocation of his bail. Officer Mark Dial was taken into custody in the courtroom Tuesday after the ruling. He had surrendered Sept. 8 and posted 10 percent of $500,000 bail. But prosecutors

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate the priest publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are giving the world the first look at their second child together, a boy they’ve named Riot Rose. The 35-year-old pop star and the 34-year-old rap star dropped photos Tuesday of their family of four, including their second son, who was born Aug. 1, according to People