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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that escaped from a trailer east of Seattle last weekend remained on the lam Friday, as authorities closed off trailheads at a nature area in hopes of keeping people away and easing her capture. The zebra was one of four that escaped from a trailer

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A school bus aide shown on surveillance video hitting a nonverbal autistic boy has been charged with 10 more counts of abuse involving two children, prosecutors said Friday. Kiarra Jones, 29, was arrested last month and initially charged with one felony count of third-degree assault on an

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970. Dean Kahler was at that protest against the Vietnam War, and was left paralyzed by a soldier’s

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state’s conservative governor, as The Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The band had finished “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” during Thursday evening’s set when Jagger began talking about inclusion, according

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The families of four Americans charged in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition continued to claim on Thursday that their loved ones were “unjustly detained” on the island awaiting legal proceedings. The four American men pled guilty to collectively carrying 33 rounds of ammunition on vacation. Carrying firearms and

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire jury has found the state liable for abuse at its youth detention center and has awarded $38 million to a former resident who says he was beaten and raped as a teen. But the state says its law requires reducing the amount to

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Attacks at two displacement camps in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province have killed at least 12 people, including children. An army spokesman blamed the attacks on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda. The rebel group denied the accusations, blaming the government. M23 has seized

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officials are defending their decision to initially keep quiet about a potentially dangerous accident that happened as officers cleared pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University this week when a sergeant accidentally fired his gun into a dark office. The bullet crashed through a

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has told Iowa’s top officials it plans to sue the state over a new law making it a crime for a person to be in Iowa if they’ve previously been denied admission to the U.S. The statute interferes with the

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An endangered sawfish rescued last month in the Florida Keys after it was spotted acting erratically and swimming in circles has died as wildlife officials continue to search for what is causing fish to become distressed. The Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota said in a statement that the 11-foot

The Associated Press KENT, Ohio (AP) — On May 4, 1970, The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. The demonstration opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. The confrontation, sometimes referred to as the May

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The trial of a woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend has started with a focus on the crime scene. Karen Read has been charged with second-degree murder and other charges in the 2022 death of Officer John O’Keefe. Several first responders testified

By ERIK VERDUZCO and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Friends, colleagues and the wife of fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer are remembering him as a hard-charging outwardly stern cop who also peppered friends with “how’s things” texts and showered love on his wife and young son. Thousands packed the sanctuary at

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered 41-year-old David Lee Nelson to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy rains have killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing. The record-breaking floods have devastated cities and forced more than 24,000 people to leave their homes. Brazil’s Geological Service

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has ruled that lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client. Rebecca Adelman and Leslie Ballin had filed a

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a fraud case. Yvette Wang entered the plea in Manhattan federal court on Friday three

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the fantasy genre, LaDarrion Williams posted a question on Twitter in 2020. “What if Harry Potter went to an HBCU in the South?” The proposal went viral and after a long road of trial and error and numerous rejections by people who thought

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. That may be starting to change. They have had fervent debates over whether and how to respond