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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state said Wednesday they will not file felony charges against a Seattle police officer who struck and killed a graduate student from India while responding to an overdose call — a case that attracted widespread attention after another officer was recorded making callous remarks

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An American founder of a Haitian orphanage who is accused of sexually abusing four boys there more than a decade ago has been ordered to be sent from Colorado to Florida to face prosecution. Michael Geilenfeld was arrested in Colorado last month after being indicted in Florida.

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Smartwatches and smart rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels without piercing the skin could be dangerous and should be avoided. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning Wednesday that applies to all such devices, regardless of brand. The warning does not apply to smartwatch apps

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden.

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is seeking to put a second inmate to death using nitrogen gas. The move comes a month after the state carried out the first execution using the controversial new method. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office is asking the state Supreme Court to set an

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name. The 99-year-old is the first of the U.S. presidents to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament while still living. The ornament was unveiled Wednesday and is the latest in an annual series that the

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican prosecutor of Arizona’s most populous county says she opposes the extradition of a suspect in the death of a woman who was fatally bludgeoned in a New York City hotel room. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said Wednesday that Raad Almansoori is being held without

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An old Earth-observing satellite has fallen out of orbit and harmlessly burned up. The European Space Agency says its satellite broke apart over the Pacific on Wednesday, halfway between Hawaii and Alaska. No damage or injuries were reported. Launched in 1995, the spacecraft was

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A study of older adults in China offers a closer look at the dominolike sequence of brain changes that lead to Alzheimer’s. Scientists don’t know exactly how Alzheimer’s forms but it quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms appear. Compared with people who remained healthy, researchers

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch has resolved a Las Vegas drunken driving case without a trial or DUI conviction. A city judge accepted an agreement Wednesday requiring the 37-year-old to attend DUI traffic school, pay a $1,140 fine, complete 200 hours of community service and remain out of trouble for

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado state lawmakers have voted to introduce a bill to better regulate the funeral home industry. The vote comes on the heels of nearly 200 decomposing bodies found in a funeral home in southern Colorado. The proposal, which will be formally introduced in the coming

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The transcripts of a 2006 grand jury that investigated Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual assaults of underage girls would be released to the public under a bill heading to Florida’s governor after it was unanimously passed by the Legislature. The bill passed the Senate on Wednesday after earlier passing the House. It would

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates has voted to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools. Republican Del. Dave Foggin of Wood County, a physics teacher, said during Wednesday’s debate on the bill that he can’t think

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s mythic ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new reality. Campaign finance reports released Tuesday showed two key committees in his political operation raised an anemic $13.8 million in January and collectively spent more than they

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé made history once again: The superstar singer has become the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart. The Grammy winner achieved the feat after her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reached No. 1 on the country airplay chart this week. She dropped the song on Feb. 11 —

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A foot-tapping FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made a brief appearance in a New York courtroom to switch lawyers before his sentencing next month. His appearance in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday came before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who will decide how long he must remain behind

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Justice Department says a suspect in a plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist has been extradited from the Czech Republic to face charges. Polad Omarov was arrested by Czech officials in January 2023, when charges were announced against him and two other men

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. Prosecutors said in court documents Wednesday that informant Alexander Smirnov is “actively peddling

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, a former romantic partner of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, says she’s ready to serve on the state’s highest court. Wolohojian testified Wednesday before the Governor’s Council on her nomination to the court. Healey has said her past relationship with Wolohojian

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First, there were trackers on Taylor Swift and other celebrities’ private jet usage. Now, there will be more scrutiny on executives’ personal use of business aircraft who write it off as a tax expense. IRS leadership said Wednesday that the agency will start up dozens of audits