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By The Associated Press COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man sought in connection with a fatal shooting and an armed carjacking in Nebraska was shot and killed by police officers in Iowa following a chase. Police in Omaha, Nebraska, responded to a domestic assault call before 6 a.m. Saturday and learned that 41-year-old Matthew

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s armed forces are taking control of the capital’s main airport, and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president takes aim at corruption and mismanagement. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been setting the

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Indiana Jones’ reign atop the box office was short-lived. In its second weekend in theaters, the Disney release was usurped by another franchise fifth – “ Insidious: The Red Door.” The horror film starring and directed by Patrick Wilson scared up $32.7 million in ticket sales from 3,188 theaters,

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department says a U.S. drone strike has killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria. The military says the strike on Friday came hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of Syria. A U.S.

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC said Sunday that it has suspended a leading presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. As senior British politicians urged a rapid investigation, the broadcaster said it was working to establish the facts of “a complex and fast-moving set

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say a burglary suspect who led police on a high-speed chase and crashed his truck into two police cruisers, killing a 19-year-old officer and injuring two others, will be arraigned Monday on charges related to the crash. Nineteen-year-old Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen was killed on Friday

CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say an early morning shooting in a nightclub area of downtown Cleveland sent nine people to the hospital, but no fatalities were reported. Police said preliminary information indicates that someone opened fire toward a group of people at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the Warehouse District at about the time the

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has announced he has chosen 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong, places where Catholics are a small minority. The pope announced his picks during his customary Sunday appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, saying the ceremony to formally

BERLIN (AP) — The leader of the conservative bloc in the European Parliament says his party will not cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany but is willing to work with Italy’s far-right premier to curb migration. In an interview published Sunday, Manfred Weber, who heads the European People’s Party, has dismissed suggestions that his

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say nine people were wounded by gunshots early Sunday morning in a mass shooting in Cleveland. The Cleveland Division of Police said no deaths were reported, and victims were taken to the hospital. Police were reviewing video evidence as part of their investigation. No arrests have yet been made. According to

By The Associated Press Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean peninsula on Sunday reported shooting down a cruise missile near the city of Kerch and briefly suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge that links the annexed territory to Russia. The Moscow-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said the interception of the missile by Russian air defenses

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, LORNE COOK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO’s much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania. The world’s biggest security alliance is struggling to reach an agreement

BERLIN (AP) — The German government is considering whether it can make former Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer foot at least part of the quarter-billion euro compensation it has to pay a private company over a failed plan to introduce highway tolls. Scheuer, who was in office from 2018 until 2021, had insisted on the total

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles have arrested a suspect following what appears to be a series of random shootings that wounded one victim. KTLA-TV reports the suspect allegedly fired randomly at people in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights on Saturday between 6:20 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. Police say a man was