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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by police in New Mexico after they responded to the wrong address is suing the city and three officers. The lawsuit was filed Friday in U.S. District Court on behalf of Robert Dotson and his family. The

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $267 million to combat smash-and-grab robberies that have plagued businesses and luxury stores in the state. The grants will be distributed to 55 local law enforcement agencies and district attorney’s offices. The money will help create investigative units, increase police foot patrols, purchase

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Defense lawyers say three former Memphis police officers accused of fatally beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop should have separate trials because they have different levels of responsibility than two other former colleagues who also are charged with murder in the highly publicized case. Lawyers

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C.; Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Taped interview with former President Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.;

By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023. The Legislature sent hundreds of bills to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has the next month to decide which to sign into law. Labor unions have had a string of big victories this year. Lawmakers

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado’s Indigenous people. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted overwhelmingly Friday to change Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky at the request of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. The Arapaho were known as the

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A resort island town on the Louisiana coast has agreed to repeal an anti-obscenity ordinance and let a contractor fly a flag from his truck that carries an obscenity aimed at President Joe Biden. The agreement was spelled out in a settlement filed Friday. The settlement

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong standoff with police in 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation Friday after a year in jail. Floyd Ray Roseberry of Grover, North Carolina, drove a black pickup truck onto a

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A U.S. judge ruled that Argentina must pay $16.1 billion to minority shareholders of state-controlled oil company YPF due to the government’s 2012 nationalization of a majority stake in the firm. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in New York issued final judgment Friday detailing the dollar amount that the South

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a busy foreign policy agenda next week. Biden will deliver his address on Tuesday to the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly and meet with leaders of the Central Asian grouping known as the C5. On Wednesday, Biden’s set to hold meetings

By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities. The decision from the state Department of Health and Environment

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm. These monster storms are still a rarity in the region but studies have found that climate change could mean hurricanes

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.03 million to a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two hunters. Jeff Titus’ convictions were thrown out in February. Titus qualified for compensation under the state’s wrongful conviction law. Titus had long

BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian court has sentenced five men to sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison on charges of terrorist murder linked to suicide bombings that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds at Brussels airport and a subway station. Chief suspect Salah Abdeslam was previously sentenced to 20 years for involvement

By MANUEL VALDES and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Outrage grew Friday over a Seattle police officer’s remark that the life of a young woman killed by a speeding patrol car had “limited value.” Diplomats from India are asking for an investigation following the death of the Indian graduate student as people in

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is calling for nations to build a world that is more fair for developing countries, as he kicks off a summit in Cuba of the G77 group of emerging economies plus China. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that while many of the countries of the G77 have helped

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six Democratic governors are warning the Biden administration that offshore wind projects need more federal funding and planning assistance. Offshore wind is cornerstone of strategies to fight climate change by moving away from burning fossil fuels. The governors wrote to Biden on Wednesday asking him

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO pledged to continue working to improve safety after the consultant the railroad hired after the fiery Ohio derailment in February recommended making sure that safety is truly a priority at all levels and continuing many of the efforts it has already begun.

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking an order that would prevent Donald Trump from making “inflammatory” and “intimidating” comments about witnesses, lawyers and other people involved in the criminal case charging the former president with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Special counsel Jack Smith’s team said in

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was charged with murder and taken to trial after sheriff’s deputies fatally shot his cousin in a violent drug raid. But a jury on Thursday concluded her death wasn’t his fault. Gunfire erupted inside Varshan Brown’s home in May 2021 when Camden County