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Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police say a man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump does not believe in Trump’s policies and hoped to hang a banner in protest. Johnstown’s police chief said Tuesday investigators don’t know what the banner made from a bed sheet said because arena

Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Police have released a man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting and killing a neighbor who opened fire at a Hawaii gathering. Three people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a home stemming from a dispute between neighbors Saturday night in Waianae, a

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for the South Carolina inmate scheduled to be put to death later this month say state prison officials didn’t provide enough information about the drug to decide whether he wants to die by lethal injection. Freddie Owens’ attorneys want prison administrators to provide the actual report from state

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Maryland resident has been sentenced to more than one year behind bars for making thousands of threatening and harassing telephone calls to dozens of congressional offices across the country. Prosecutors say Ade Salim Lilly’s telephone harassment campaign included approximately 12,000 telephone calls over the span of 19 months to more

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose on Wednesday a tenfold increase in federal tax incentives for small business startup expenses, from $5,000 to $50,000, hoping to help spur a record 25 million new small business applications over her four-year term should she win the presidency in November. She’s set

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor wants the city to spend an additional $60 million to house homeless residents. If the City Council approves it, officials plan to use a combination of public and private funding to build permanent affordable housing and rapid rehousing units with supportive services. The lodgings would be

ALAMO, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a woman who appeared on the reality TV show “1,000-Lb. Sisters” was arrested on drug and child endangerment charges at a Tennessee zoo. The Crockett County Sheriff’s Department says Amy Slaton Halterman was arrested Monday at the Tennessee Safari Park along with Brian Scott Lovvorn after deputies found mushrooms

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce turns 35 next month, an age that few playing his position reach before retirement. Yet Kelce is still among the best in the game. And off the field, his life has never been better or busier. He spent the summer

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024’s endless summer has been especially hot in Phoenix. On Tuesday, the city hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. According to data from the National Weather Service, that’s long since shattered the record of

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the presidential ballot, rejecting a request from the ex-third party candidate to remove his name. Since he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August, Kennedy has sought to withdraw his name in

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a former staffer at a youth detention center charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Tuesday’s ruling came after the jury said it was deadlocked in the first criminal trial linked to a sprawling child abuse scandal.

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s governor has set a mid-October execution date for a man who admitted killing five people with an axe and gun. Derrick Dearman is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Oct. 17. Dearman pleaded guilty to killing five members of his then-girlfriend’s family during an August 2016 rampage

AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer has returned to the U.S. Open as a spectator. Earlier in the day, Federer said he thinks Jannik Sinner’s doping case raises questions about whether the current No. 1-ranked tennis player should have been allowed to continue competing until he was absolved of intentionally using an

Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians have been forced to walk to work as truckers in major cities blocked highways to protest a recent increase in the price of diesel fuel. Truckers unions in the country have said that plans by the government to eliminate diesel fuel subsidies would put their businesses

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorney John Deaton has won a three-way Republican primary in Massachusetts to face off against incumbent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren ran unopposed in Tuesday’s primary. Deaton, a former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney who was born in Detroit, announced earlier this year that he would vie for the chance