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SEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered. The Seattle Times reports Island County Emergency Management confirmed Thursday that multiple bodies were recovered, but officials weren’t yet able to confirm the number. National Transportation

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of international experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico says the country’s attorney general has created “obstacles” to justice, apparently in a rush to show results. The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts was created by the Inter-American Commission on Human

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is poised to have its first unionized Starbucks store. Rank-and-file staff at an Albuquerque location of the coffee giant voted in favor of unionizing Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board conducted the election at the store at I-40 and Rio Grande Boulevard. The store was the first in New

DETROIT (AP) — Two Detroit residents face charges in connection with the shooting of a Michigan State Police trooper while he and other members of a narcotics unit were conducting surveillance in Detroit. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Thursday that a 28-year-old man is charged with assault with intent to murder, possession with intent

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee is charged with trying to sell classified information to a foreign government. The Justice Department says 30-year-old Jareh Sebastian Dalke of Colorado Springs was arrested Wednesday after allegedly passing information to an undercover FBI agent he believed was a representative of

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — No one disputes that the Navy shares blame for the loss of the USS Bonhomme Richard, the $1.2 billion amphibious assault ship that was consumed by flames in San Diego in July 2020 as it was undergoing maintenence. But none of that would have ever happened,

WHITEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff was recorded calling Black employees by derogatory names and saying they should be fired, a television station reported. Several Black officers in leadership positions were later demoted or fired. Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene issued a statement arguing that the recording of the February 2019 phone call

By HAVEN DALEY and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advocates for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have released a list of more than 300 accused abusers associated with the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests delivered its list of 312 names Thursday along with

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say they are investigating how a convicted bombmaker was able to easily escape from a Nevada prison without anyone noticing for four days, before a tip led to his capture at a transit center in Las Vegas Wednesday night as he prepared to board a bus out of town. State

By GRAPH MASSARA and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Photos and videos of sharks and other marine life swimming in suburban floodwaters make for popular hoaxes during massive storms. But a cellphone video filmed during Hurricane Ian’s assault on southwest Florida isn’t just another fish story. The eye-popping video, which showed a large, dark fish with

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the road into Fort Myers Beach, cars are left abandoned in the roadway, where they stalled when Hurricane Ian’s storm surge flooded their engines and their drivers couldn’t continue. Broken trees, boat trailers and other debris litter the road. It’s even worse in

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons vows that “the buck stops” with her when it comes to fixing the crisis-plagued agency. Colette Peters appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and ticked off a list of top priorities, from

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and top legislative leaders announced Thursday that they will fast-track more money to hire 25 additional forensic lab positions to help speed up the processing of sexual assault kits. The news comes weeks after authorities confirmed that the man

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Royal Mint has unveiled the first coins to feature the portrait of King Charles III. Britons will begin to see Charles’ image in their change from around December, as 50-pence coins depicting him gradually enter circulation. The Royal Mint sid Friday the new monarch’s effigy was created by British sculptor Martin

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two brothers in Texas have been arrested after authorities say one of them opened fire on a group of migrants getting water near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one man and shooting a woman in the stomach. The shooting Tuesday was in rural Hudspeth County about

By AAMER MADHANI, MATTHEW LEE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday told visiting leaders from more than a dozen Pacific Island countries that the U.S. was committed to bolstering its presence in their region and becoming a more collaborative partner as they face the “existential threat” of climate

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier is set to embark on its first deployment following years of delays and problems with its new technology. The Navy said in a statement Thursday that the USS Gerald R. Ford is scheduled to cruise into the Atlantic Ocean

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, stood by the false claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent during an interview Thursday with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the panel’s chairman said. “It’s a work in progress,”