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By SOPHIA TAREEN and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown says that 21 officers have been placed on “no pay status” for refusing to comply with the city’s order to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status and that the refusals have not affected staffing at the department. The officers’ union

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has deemed eight jury pool members qualified to serve on the jury that will decide the fate of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. Dozens more will be needed before a final jury of 12 jurors and four alternates can be

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Entertainer Flavor Flav’s attorneys say he will fight a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from a scuffle with his girlfriend at home in suburban Las Vegas. Police and court documents say the 62-year-old former hip-hop and reality TV star whose legal name is William Drayton Jr.,

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants to countersue a former “Apprentice” contestant who accused him of defaming her when he denied her sexual assault allegations. Trump lawyer Alina Habba asked a court’s permission Monday to pursue a counterclaim against Summer Zervos. Habba writes that Trump is being

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in its first such underwater test-launch in two years. The test Tuesday was the fifth round of missile launches since September and came as North Korea steps up

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says a Maryland couple arrested earlier this month on charges of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country have been indicted. Federal prosecutors say Jonathan and Diana Toebbe are each charged with one count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data and two counts of communication

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 30-year-old coach in an AAU girl’s basketball program founded by a former WNBA player has been charged with child enticement for the alleged sexual abuse of three players. Danny Lawhorn, of Hartford, was already in custody on state charges of second-degree sexual assault. He appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be the third state to carry out a death sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic and is the only one to limit the number of witnesses to a single reporter. The Alabama Department of Corrections says that because of COVID-19 precautions only one reporter will

BROOKSHIRE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a plane taking passengers from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston burst into flames after it ran off a runway during takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration says the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 21 people when it rolled through a fence and caught fire at the

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, accusing him of lying to the FBI and concealing information from federal agents who were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire. The U.S. attorney’s office announced that the federal grand

By The Associated Press A vast majority of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Holdouts remain in all four leagues and in the college ranks. Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich on Monday for refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate for government employees.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports. The NHL suspended San Jose’s Evander Kane 21 games for submitting a fake vaccination card a week after proudly announcing that only four players on opening-night rosters

By WILL WEISSERT and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe has tried to use GOP threats to abortion rights to energize the Democratic base ahead of Virginia’s Nov. 2 governor’s election. He argues that a Texas law banning most abortions and a Supreme Court that could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist messages, including a lynching threat, after writing a newspaper op-ed criticizing former President Donald Trump and the state Republican officials who stood with him at a recent rally in Des

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida college student who detectives say was killed by a handyman at an apartment complex where she lived has sued the owners, saying they didn’t properly vet the employee and failed to provide adequate security. The family of Miya Marcano filed the negligence lawsuit Monday

A Montana man has been charged with with killing his girlfriend by running over her in his pickup truck during an alcohol-fueled argument. Missoula County prosecutors charged Bradley Don Nagel with deliberate homicide and driving under the influence in the death of Lucille Synek. Prosecutors say Nagel and Synek were arguing Saturday night in a

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Steven Cliff as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He has been deputy administrator since February. If confirmed by

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s John King revealed that he has multiple sclerosis on Tuesday, during a discussion of vaccine mandates on his “Inside Politics” show. He said to panel members who surrounded him on the television set that he’s grateful that they are all vaccinated against COVID-19 since he’s immunocompromised. CNN mandates that all

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judicial official says the judge leading Lebanon’s probe into last year’s massive port explosion has renewed his summonses of two former ministers for questioning. Judge Tarek Bitar’s decision Tuesday comes despite intense criticism from the country’s powerful Hezbollah group of the direction of the long-running

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first Republican candidate to challenge Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he’s leaving the party and will run as an independent. Former state Sen. Ervin Yen, an Oklahoma City physician, is the second GOP elected official to leave the party, in part over Stitt’s response