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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Urban Meyer’s tumultuous NFL tenure ended after just 13 games — and two victories — when the Jacksonville Jaguars fired him early Thursday because of an accumulation of missteps. Owner Shad Khan made the move hours after ex-Jaguars player Josh Lambo told a Florida

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year. That’s the fewest since 1988. Pandemic-related disruptions partly accounted for the low number of executions this year, but 2021 marked the seventh consecutive year when there were fewer than 30 executions and fewer than

By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pipeline operator has been indicted for a leak that spilled up to 25,000 gallons of crude oil off the Southern California coast. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury charged Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. and two subsidiaries with a misdemeanor for discharging oil

By JAMES LAPORTA and JASON DEAREN Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has shown how U.S. troops have stolen guns and explosives from the military — and the weapons of war ended up on America’s streets. One insider theft case involves two men who’d forged a deep bond on the battlefields of Afghanistan. Several years

By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say pets and another animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the risk of them spreading it to people is low. Dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, otters, hyenas and white-tailed deer are among the animals that have tested positive, in most cases

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Addressing a group of visiting French lawmakers, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is calling for greater unity among democratic nations in the face of rising authoritarianism. Tsai on Thursday also said the self-governing island republic would take on greater responsibilities to contribute to regional and global peace and stability. The visit by

By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case Thursday against the Minnesota police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death. That will set the stage for a defense that at some point will have Kim Potter directly addressing the jury. Potter has said she meant

By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — The Rev. Wes Fowler rode out the violent tornado that devastated Mayfield, Kentucky, in a tunnel under their church. Emerging afterward, they found devastation stretching for blocks: Crackling power lines, piles of rubble and calls for help they couldn’t pinpoint in the darkness. Later, safe back