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BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy fatally shot an armed man who had wounded two people and set a barn on fire before barricading himself inside a house. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office identified the gunman as 64-year-old Steve John Roosa. Deputies responded to initial reports of a fire in a barn near

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and JOHN HANNA Associated Press ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — A gunman authorities say killed six people in Mississippi busted into his ex-wife’s home and smashed her boyfriend in the head with the butt of a gun before shooting her in the head, her boyfriend told The Associated Press on Saturday. The fatal

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are marching in several cities against judicial overhaul plans proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The min demonstration took place in the central city of Tel Aviv Saturday, part of a weekly protest campaign that has kicked off since justice minister announced the proposed

HOUSTON (AP) — A man has been fatally shot after Houston police say he stabbed and injured two officers. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference that officers responded Saturday to a family’s report that a relative was having a mental health crisis at a home in southwest Houston. Finner says police

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twitter has given users an ultimatum. If they don’t subscribe to a new premium service, they’ll lose a popular account security feature. As of March 19, users won’t be able to secure their accounts via text message two-factor authentication unless they pay $8 a month

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in Georgia confirmed Saturday that nine people under the age of 18, including a 5 year old, were wounded after shots rang out at a gas station. Officers from the Columbus Police Department responded at about 10 p.m. Friday and found multiple gunshot victims amid a large group of people.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president says he thinks a two-day visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have global significance. Biden is set to arrive in Warsaw on Tuesday. During the trip, he plans to hold talks with the leaders of NATO’s nine eastern flank

NEW YORK (AP) — Work crews have fixed a power outage at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport that forced some flights to be canceled or diverted. Airport officials said Saturday that repairs were made overnight and full power was restored in Terminal 1, which handles some of the airport’s international flights. The outage

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For two weeks, an owl that escaped from New York’s Central Park Zoo has flown from treetop to treetop, eluding capture and amassing legions of fans worried about its ability to survive alone in the big city. Would Flaco, a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl, go hungry

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says the European Union is partly to blame for prolonging Russia’s war in Ukraine. Speaking at an annual state-of-the-nation address in Budapest on Saturday, Viktor Orban doubled down on his government’s insistence that supporting Kyiv was a mistaken strategy for European countries. He

MUNICH (AP) — China’s top diplomat has renewed Beijing’s criticism of the United States for shooting down what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon, arguing that the move doesn’t point to U.S. strength. Beijing insists the white orb shot down off the Carolina coast was just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says “a number” of Russian diplomats will have to leave the Netherlands. The government accused Moscow of trying to smuggle spies into the country that is home to institutions including the International Criminal Court and the global chemical weapons watchdog. Saturday’s announcement is the latest development in

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Rio de Janeiro kicks off its Carnival, about 100 dogs are barking and wagging their tails to the tune of samba music as they parade in front of pet lovers in a canine costume competition. The “Blocao” — a mixture of “bloco” which refers

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state media say a couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria. A foreign search team from Kyrgyzstan rescued Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his wife, Ragda, 40, and their 12-year-old son

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) — The first funerals are being held for students who were killed in this week’s mass shooting at Michigan State University. Mourners in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms filed into St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church on Saturday to remember sophomore Brian Fraser, who was one of

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say two Houston police officers have been hospitalized after being stabbed. Houston police say on Twitter that two officers were responding to a call Saturday morning in the southwest part of the city when an unidentified person stabbed them. Police say at least one of the officers fired his weapon, hitting

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sought to dampen optimism that a settlement is imminent in the dispute over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland. Sunak said during a question-and-answer session following his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that a recent flurry of diplomatic

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities in Bulgaria have detained seven people in connection with an abandoned truck in which 18 people believed to be migrants were found dead. The bodies were discovered Friday in a secret compartment below a load of lumber in the truck, which was left on a

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of one police officer and the wounding of another in western Pennsylvania earlier this month. Thirty-one-year-old Johnathan Jermia Morris of McKeesport is charged in Allegheny County with criminal homicide, attempted homicide and assault of a law enforcement officer and firearms

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old woman in a multivehicle accident while responding to an emergency call. Police say the crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Officials say the police SUV had its emergency lights on when it