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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and KEN RITTER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is being asked to issue a stop-work order on a $10 billion electricity transmission line slated to run through a remote southeastern Arizona valley. A filing in U.S. District Court in Arizona aims to block Pattern Energy’s SunZia Transmission

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky gun shop that sold an AR-15 to a man who used it to kill five co-workers and wrote in his journal the gun was “so easy” to buy is facing a lawsuit filed Monday from survivors and families of the victims. The civil suit

By KATHLEEN FOODY and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials in Texas, police said. Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that at about 8:30 p.m. Monday 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature has vowed to use his discretion to avoid a repeat of the non-stop filibusters that disrupted the last legislative session. Speaker of the Legislature Sen. John Arch said Monday that if a filibuster is obstructive, he will end the

By ERIC OLSON and PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writers The visual of one of the nation’s most popular athletes knocked to the floor after a fan who was staring at her phone collided with her while storming the court was a stark reminder of the dangers athletes face when crowds get out of control. Iowa

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the bankruptcy case of FTX . The ruling comes amid concerns about widespread fraud preceding the collapse of the multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange. A three-judge panel in Philadelphia issued the ruling Friday in

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have advanced a bill that would activate a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors. Some Georgia Republicans want the new commission to discipline Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for winning indictments of former President

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Legislators in Jackson County, Missouri, voted Monday to override the veto of Jackson County Executive Frank White and place the renewal of a sales tax on the April ballot to help fund a new ballpark for the Kansas City Royals. The tax of three-eighth

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal in the Senate on border policies is being finalized as senators return to Washington for what will be a pivotal week in a painstakingly negotiated compromise that could unlock Republican support to replenish U.S. wartime aid for Ukraine. A core group of negotiators have been

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Serie A club Udinese has identified a fan who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and banned him for life as it vowed to do the same for the other “evil people.” That comes amid calls for tougher sanctions from authorities following another weekend when

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling on Jan. 22, 1973, the time around the anniversary has always been marked by rallies, protests and political pledges. This time, after the 2022 ruling that overturned the nationwide right to abortion that Roe provided, there’s a flurry of activity as

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a man who died after being held in a California jail alleges in a lawsuit that he contracted a preventable viral infection there when its medical staff denied him critical HIV medication for two months. The court filing says that when Nicholas Overfield was arrested in February 2022,

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and British militaries bombed multiple targets in eight locations used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels’ missile-launching capabilities. According to officials,

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney to represent him ahead of his murder trial. Documents posted Thursday show that Duane “Keffe D” Davis dismissed court-appointed lawyers and hired Carl Arnold.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police say a man who fled the country after he was charged with the slaying of his wife more than 30 years ago in northern Virginia has been returned to the U.S. to face murder charges. Fairfax County Police say Jose Lazaro Cruz was charged with the fatal stabbing of his

CAGLIARI, Sardinia (AP) — Gigi Riva, the all-time leading goalscorer for Italy men’s national team who was known as the “Rombo di Tuono” (Rumble of Thunder), has died. He was 79. The Italian soccer federation confirmed Riva died on Monday as tributes started flooding in for the player, who earned his nickname because of the

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county elections board in Ohio has refused to reconsider the disqualification of a transgender state House candidate. The Stark County Board of Elections disqualified Vanessa Joy of Massillon because she omitted her former name, also known as a “deadname,” from circulating petitions. On

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and “Moonstruck” to such social dramas as the Oscar-winning “In the Heat of the Night,” has died at age 97. Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — June Squibb is perhaps the busiest 94-year-old in Hollywood. This year alone she’ll voice a role in “Inside Out 2,” head to New York star in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut and film a television series that she can’t quite talk about just yet.  And

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Alabama execution this week would be the first in the nation to use nitrogen gas. It follows a long history of problems with lethal injection since Texas first used the method in 1982. Numerous other states that use lethal injection have encountered various problems. These