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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be the third state to carry out a death sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic and is the only one to limit the number of witnesses to a single reporter. The Alabama Department of Corrections says that because of COVID-19 precautions only one reporter will

BROOKSHIRE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a plane taking passengers from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston burst into flames after it ran off a runway during takeoff. The Federal Aviation Administration says the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 21 people when it rolled through a fence and caught fire at the

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, accusing him of lying to the FBI and concealing information from federal agents who were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire. The U.S. attorney’s office announced that the federal grand

By The Associated Press A vast majority of players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Holdouts remain in all four leagues and in the college ranks. Washington State fired football coach Nick Rolovich on Monday for refusing to comply with a vaccine mandate for government employees.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Several months after COVID-19 vaccinations were made widely available in the United States, vaccination status continues to disrupt professional and college sports. The NHL suspended San Jose’s Evander Kane 21 games for submitting a fake vaccination card a week after proudly announcing that only four players on opening-night rosters

By WILL WEISSERT and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press HENRICO, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe has tried to use GOP threats to abortion rights to energize the Democratic base ahead of Virginia’s Nov. 2 governor’s election. He argues that a Texas law banning most abortions and a Supreme Court that could overturn the landmark 1973 Roe

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first Black chair of Iowa’s Democratic Party says he received a series of racist messages, including a lynching threat, after writing a newspaper op-ed criticizing former President Donald Trump and the state Republican officials who stood with him at a recent rally in Des

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida college student who detectives say was killed by a handyman at an apartment complex where she lived has sued the owners, saying they didn’t properly vet the employee and failed to provide adequate security. The family of Miya Marcano filed the negligence lawsuit Monday

A Montana man has been charged with with killing his girlfriend by running over her in his pickup truck during an alcohol-fueled argument. Missoula County prosecutors charged Bradley Don Nagel with deliberate homicide and driving under the influence in the death of Lucille Synek. Prosecutors say Nagel and Synek were arguing Saturday night in a

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A former California pollution regulator is being nominated to run the nation’s highway safety agency. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Steven Cliff as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He has been deputy administrator since February. If confirmed by

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s John King revealed that he has multiple sclerosis on Tuesday, during a discussion of vaccine mandates on his “Inside Politics” show. He said to panel members who surrounded him on the television set that he’s grateful that they are all vaccinated against COVID-19 since he’s immunocompromised. CNN mandates that all

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judicial official says the judge leading Lebanon’s probe into last year’s massive port explosion has renewed his summonses of two former ministers for questioning. Judge Tarek Bitar’s decision Tuesday comes despite intense criticism from the country’s powerful Hezbollah group of the direction of the long-running

By SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first Republican candidate to challenge Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he’s leaving the party and will run as an independent. Former state Sen. Ervin Yen, an Oklahoma City physician, is the second GOP elected official to leave the party, in part over Stitt’s response

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have been carrying out “law enforcement activity” at a Washington mansion and New York City townhouse tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Officials wouldn’t provide any additional information about the circumstances surrounding their presence or