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OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a shooting occurred Thursday night at a shopping mall in suburban Chicago. Oak Brook police say one person is in custody at Oakbrook Center mall. News organizations reported that four people were injured, but no official details were immediately released. 

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he will pardon his chief conservative rival and predecessor, Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for bribery and other crimes. Moon’s government says the pardon is meant to promote national unity in the face of difficulties

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has died after being removed from life support one week after she was shot while sitting in her patrol car. Baltimore police said Thursday that Officer Keona Holley’s health had been deteriorating in recent days and the family made the difficult decision to end life support. She died

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier. Police also killed the male suspect on Thursday. The woman who had been assaulted was taken to

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is meeting to consider an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an opioid epidemic in its troubled Tenderloin district. The emergency order is part of Mayor London Breed’s plan to crack down on drug use and drug dealing in

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan are striking back against the parents of a boy charged with a school shooting that killed four students. James and Jennifer Crumbley are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case. They want a judge to lower their $500,000 bond so they can get out

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have fatally shot a 14-year-old girl who was inside a clothing store dressing room as they fired at a suspect who had assaulted a woman earlier. The suspect was also killed in the police shooting on Thursday. The woman who had been assaulted

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for a Taser was led away in handcuffs Thursday after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the death of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter’s case is among the rare instances in which police have

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the courtroom Thursday to listen to a replay of audio recordings that captured her brash promises about a vaunted blood-testing technology the propelled her meteoric rise and scandalous downfall.  In those

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, FELICIA FONSECA and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — The massive infrastructure bill signed earlier this year promises to bring change to Native American tribes that lack clean water or indoor plumbing through the largest single infusion of money into Indian Country. It includes $3.5 billion for the federal

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials are loosening rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive for COVID-19. Those workers will be allowed to come back to work after seven days if they test negative and don’t have

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers are suing a right-wing cable news channel and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani over false claims the workers engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 election. Fulton County election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss accuse Giuliani and One America

By MARK SHERMAN and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has turned to the Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. A federal appeals court ruled against Trump two weeks ago, but the court prohibited

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed in a shooting at a Los Angeles clothing store Thursday. At least one of them was fatally shot by police. Los Angeles police Detective Meghan Aguilar says the shooting occurred around 11:45 a.m. at a Burlington Coat Factory store in

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for an oil and gas company are asking a federal judge to reinstate a drilling lease on federal land considered sacred to Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada. The energy lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador says vaccination against the coronavirus will be mandatory for most citizens. Only Ecuadorians with a medical condition that could be complicated by vaccination will be exempt from the new rule, according to the government. It said Thursday that those people must have documentation to prove it. The government said it

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say two people have died in a shooting at a Los Angeles clothing store Thursday. Los Angeles police Detective Meghan Aguilar says the shooting occurred around 11:45 a.m. at a Burlington Coat Factory store in the North Hollywood area of the San Fernando Valley. Los

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The jurors assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes asked Thursday to review audio recordings of Holmes boasting to investors about her startup’s progress toward a potentially revolutionary blood-testing technology. In those recordings, Holmes said talked up partnerships