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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama death row inmate has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of nitrogen gas execution. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Alabama alleges the January execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith by nitrogen gas was “a human experiment that officials botched miserably.” The lawsuit

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec (AP) — Police say a stabbing attack in a condominium tower west of Montreal has left two women dead and another seriously injured. A provincial police spokeswoman says a 44-year-old man was arrested at the scene in Vaudreuil-Dorion in Quebec province and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect was known to police

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police say a 13-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man on a Denver bus opened fire in the middle of an argument after the man approached the teen and his friends at the back of the bus. Police had previously said last month’s shooting happened after a

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he will retire when his current term ends in January 2029. Speaking at a spring training news conference, Manfred noted he will be 70 years old and been commissioner for 14 years when his term ends on Jan. 25, 2029. The

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A Nebraska lawmaker is pushing a bill to forbid out-of-state hedge funds and other corporate entities from buying up single-family properties. Sen. Justin Wayne’s bill echoes legislative efforts in other states and in Congress to curtail corporate amassing of single-family homes. Critics say the practice has helped send the

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed a man to run for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the state GOP doesn’t back his candidacy. The stay issued Thursday puts an earlier ruling on hold and allows members of

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI informant has been charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company, a claim that is central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress. Alexander Smirnov falsely reported to the FBI in

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Oscar-nominated documentary “The Last Repair Shop” is coming to broadcast television this weekend. The short film will air Saturday on ABC owned television stations and select affiliates, the studios announced Thursday. It’s also available to stream on Hulu and Disney+. The 40-minute film is about a unique service

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found dead off the coast of Georgia, marking the rare species’ second fatality in the past month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the dead whale was first spotted Tuesday floating offshore of

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Workers from Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida have released 11 cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles back into the Atlantic Ocean. Officials said Thursday that the turtles were released earlier this week near Cape Canaveral after two months of rehabilitation. They were part of a group of 16 turtles that arrived

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival consoles. That’s according an announcement Thursday by the video gaming brand and its parent company, Microsoft. In a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that four

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law to live rent-free in an iconic hotel has been charged with fraud after he claimed to own it. Manhattan prosecutors charged Mickey Barreto with fraud and contempt, including filing false property records. They say

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kansas City’s mayor and security experts say it could be time to rethink the way teams celebrate their championships. Mayor Quinton Lucas said if the Chiefs win another Super Bowl it might be better for a smaller party at their home stadium, where security can be

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The suburban Philadelphia man charged with decapitating his father and posting a video online in which he holds up the severed head had a device with photos of federal buildings and apparent instructions for making explosives when he was arrested. The Bucks County District Attorney on Thursday charged Justin Mohn

BY BABACAR DIONE AND CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional. A judgement approved by seven members of Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Another attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the New Hampshire Constitution has failed. This time it it happened in the Senate. State law prohibits abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy except when the mother’s health or life is in danger or there is a fatal fetal

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truckers are staging protests on busy highways outside of Mexico City to protest the wave of killings of drivers during highway robberies. Trucks either drove very slowly or blocked some lanes of traffic Thursday. The protest was organized by the Mexican Alliance of Drivers’ Organizations which is demanding the government step

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bradley Cooper hopes his film “Maestro” will increase awareness about Leonard Bernstein. Cooper and actress Carey Mulligan spoke to a Lincoln Center audience after a performance of the movie’s music with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who made his New York Philharmonic debut. Cooper directed and starred in

By STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Both Japan and the United Kingdom said Thursday their economies weakened during the final three months of 2023. For each, it was the second straight quarter that’s happened, which fits one lay definition for a recession. Yet in the United States, the

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The families of two Palestinian-American teenagers killed in separate but eerily similar incidents in the West Bank say investigators from the American Embassy have visited their homes to look into the shootings. Launching American probes into the killings of Mohammad Khdour and Tawfic Abdel Jabbar reflects what