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CHICAGO (AP) — The death of an Illinois State Police trooper on a Chicago expressway has been ruled a suicide. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said Saturday that an autopsy found 35-year-old District Chicago Trooper Gerald Mason died of a gunshot wound to the head a day earlier. The 11-year state police veteran died

By NATHAN HOWARD and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press STEVENS VILLAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two salmon species have all but disappeared from Alaska’s Yukon River this year, prompting the state to shut down fishing in an effort to save them. The ban on salmon harvests has created desperation in tribal communities that stockpile the migratory fish

Associated Press YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s iconic hotel has been restored and turned into a visitor’s attraction. The Chinese Laundry Building was unveiled Friday, recognizing Chinese Americans’ contributions to the early history of the national park. New exhibits inside tell

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump wants a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account, which the company suspended in January following the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol.  Trump’s attorneys on Friday filed a motion in Miami federal court for a preliminary injunction against Twitter and its CEO

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer who was shot in the line of duty earlier this week has died at a hospital. Sheffield Police Sgt. Nick Risner succumbed to his injuries Saturday at Huntsville Hospital. Sheffield Police Chief Ricky Terry says Risner and Lt. Max Dotson were shot Friday during an exchange

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say clashes between separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates and a rival splinter group in the southern port city of Aden killed at least 10 people including four civilians. The fighting has taken place in Aden’s residential neighborhood of Crater, where the presidential

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A third Alaska hospital has instituted crisis protocols that would allow it to ration care if needed as the state recorded the worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates in the U.S. in recent days. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering,

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several thousand people have rallied in Bosnia against the government in the Serb-dominated part of the Balkan nation. The protesters on Saturday accused the ruling party of nationalist leader Milorad Dodik of crime and corruption and called for its ouster. No incidents were reported at the rally that was held

By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say they’ve found the body of a missing Florida college student who disappeared a week ago. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Saturday that authorities found Miya Marcano’s body near an apartment building. Marcano vanished on the same day a maintenance man improperly used a master