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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses to his fake bombing, shooting and other threatening reports, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four crimes. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on additional importance since Russia’s invasion

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A prosecutor says an American founder of a Haitian orphanage forced four boys who lived in the institution to engage in sexual acts more than a decade ago. Jessica Urban is a prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. Appearing via video conference Friday,

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday. The airport said

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s Legislature are the only state lawmakers in the country who aren’t paid a salary. But voters could change that, as a referendum on giving legislators a steady paycheck is gaining traction. The Democratic-sponsored initiative to provide New Mexico legislators with regular

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of the two Wisconsin women accused of stabbing a classmate in 2014 to please internet horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a mental institution. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that 21-year-old Morgan Geyser petitioned a Waukesha County judge on Jan. 16 for conditional

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — An alleged carjacking suspect was fatally shot by police at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. Friday near an event center that often hosts weddings at Palisades Tahoe. That is according to California State Parks. The suspect’s identity was not immediately released. The

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is looking to follow in the footsteps of Kentucky in implementing a program that covers the costs of child care for child care workers. The idea, presented Friday by Omaha Sen. John Fredrickson to the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, is that the

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials have identified the last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Maui’s historic town of Lahaina in August. Maui police said Friday the victim was identified as 70-year-old Lydia Coloma. Identifying those who perished in the deadliest wildfire in the U.S.

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have awarded a prison medical care contract to the same company it’s been using for years, despite multimillion-dollar lawsuits and widespread accusations of substandard care. Pittsburgh-based Wexford Health Sources was one of two companies responding to a request for proposals from the Illinois

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was released of two people hauling the sculpture

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury in Los Angeles has found a Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket is guilty of being a stowaway on an aircraft. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 4 via a

LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn’t graduate from high school or get a GED, marking the second time in about a year that the service has opened the door to lower-performing recruits as it struggles to meet enlistment goals. The decision follows a

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.; Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. James

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get to the next season. Water washed away seeds planted in the summer at Bear Roots Farm in Middlesex, Vermont. Farmers and co-owners Jon Wagner and Karin

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles City Council member has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a pay-to-play bribery scandal involving real estate development projects. José Huizar also was ordered Friday to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the city and the IRS. Huizar pleaded guilty a year ago to

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found that celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D did not violate a photographer’s copyright when she gave a friend a tattoo based on a portrait of Miles Davis. The Los Angeles jury gave Von D a resounding victory in the case with

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A prominent defense attorney whose star clients have included Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty Friday to leaking grand jury information to reporters about a political conspiracy case against a rapper from the Fugees. David Kenner, a California-based attorney known for his representation of celebrities like