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Report for America/The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The family of a man who was killed by a police dog in Alabama six years ago has agreed to settle its lawsuit against the dog’s handler. But the family of Joseph Pettaway still plans to appeal a ruling clearing the city of Montgomery and its

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 30 prisoners convicted for taking part in protests. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader-in-exile, has welcomed the move but vowed to keep fighting until each of nearly 1,400 political prisoners in the country is set free. Lukashenko’s office said Friday that he

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease physician. “What’s different about these cases this summer vs. prior

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The recent collapse of a popular rock arch at Lake Powell known as the “Toilet Bowl” is a sad reminder that the spectacular geological arches that dot southern Utah’s landscape aren’t guaranteed to be there forever. Arch experts say erosion and human activity mean that arches are susceptible

Associated Press A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York, three months after U.S. immigration authorities arrested and then released him after he illegally entered the country at the Texas-Mexico border. The arrests Wednesday of Gianfranco Torres-Navarro and his girlfriend,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have issued subpoenas to Mayor Eric Adams, his campaign arm and City Hall in a probe into the Democrat’s 2021 run. Adams said Friday that he’d done nothing wrong, and he reiterated that his team is cooperating with the inquiry. A person familiar with the subpoenas tells

Associated Press Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After the death of her grandmother, Reed moved with her father from the city to a St. Louis County town located within one mile

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a South Florida school psychologist has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images and videos. Miami-Dade police say 62-year-old Robert Lee Turner was arrested at his home Monday after officers conducted a search. Miami-Dade school officials said they’ve already fired Turner and barred him from

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies. Reporting by The Independent Florida Alligator shows that spending by the president’s office tripled under Sasse

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a Missouri rule requiring disclosure of “social objectives” in investment decisions. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had described the rule as a way to expose financial institutions that “put woke politics ahead of investment returns.” But a federal judge said it