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KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska police chief is back to work after a felony assault charge was dropped and he was cleared in an internal investigation. Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls returned to work last week. He was charged by a grand jury in December for assault stemming from an incident in which an

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s defense ministry says three soldiers have been killed in firing from Azerbaijan as tensions between the two countries persist. The ministry initially reported four soldiers were killed and one wounded, but later said one of those believed to have died was resuscitated. The ministry said Armenian positions were hit near

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a woman who fatally shot her lover during a confrontation in her bedroom. The majority agreed on Friday to overturn a unanimous appellate decision that had ordered a new trial for Wendy Dawn Lamb Hicks.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a person was shot and wounded Friday inside a shopping mall in northeastern Indiana following an altercation and officers were searching for the shooting suspect. Fort Wayne police spokesman Officer Daniel Nerzig says officers were called about noon to Glenbrook Square Mall, where they found a male who

By SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Drugs and medical devices rarely come from the nonprofit world. There are more than 2,600 for-profit pharmaceutical companies in the United States, but only three nonprofits have products on the American market. One of them is Medicines360, which in 2015 became the first nonprofit to introduce

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov. Tate Reeves’ brother suggested the state official investigating the case praise the retired NFL quarterback. Screen shots of text messages released Thursday by Reeves’ re-election campaign show

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs, some waving flags with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have staged protests in support of their separatist leader who seeks union with neighboring Serbia. The protests were held at the unmarked internal border in Bosnia that separates the country into two entities _ the Bosnian

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent, continuing the country’s moves to suppress critics and independent reporting. Muratov is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Russian law allows for individuals and organizations receiving funding from abroad to be declared foreign agents, a pejorative term that potentially undermines

ATLANTA (AP) — Five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute among men being held at an overcrowded jail in Atlanta that is already the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, authorities said Friday. Dayvion Blake, 23, was pronounced dead around 3:30 p.m. Thursday after the stabbings at the Fulton County Jail, the

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man who said troopers violated his constitutional rights by preventing him from warning motorists about a speed trap. A judgment in favor of Jonathan Guessford was entered Friday in his

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, tying the record for the longest sentence in the attack. Ethan Nordean was one of five members

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Olivia Rodrigo’s much-anticipated sophomore album, LaKeith Stanfield starring in the eight-part horror fantasy series “The Changeling” and Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey. The video game NBA 2K24 pays tribute to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant with “Mamba Moments,” which

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly worn by Muslims. He says authorities will be “intractable” in enforcing a new ban on the garments when classes resume next week. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced four days

By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief Luis Rubiales. Miquel Iceta, acting minister of culture and sport, announced the move. Rubiales has come in for a storm of criticism and calls for his resignation for kissing a player

SAO PAULO (AP) — Officials in Brazil say an explosion at a metal factory in country’s most populous state has killed four people and seriously injured at least 30 others. Sao Paulo Gov. Tarcisio de Freitas says dozens of firefighters and rescue teams have been sent to the site of the explosion in the countryside

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was a teenager when he was sent to prison for life in a high-profile murder case — then released 18 years later when his sentence was commuted — has been charged with gun and drug felonies after police said they found a handgun