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SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A witness tells jurors a man who died after being stopped by Georgia sheriff’s deputies hadn’t committed a crime and should have been allowed to keep walking. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent John Durden testified Monday that deputies Henry Lee Copeland, Michael Howell and Rhett Scott were not justified in stopping

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina has denied bond for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead in June. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman issued the decision Tuesday after hearing attorneys describe how Murdaugh used portions

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys have resumed questioning potential jurors in Georgia who may ultimately decide the fate of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man. Jury selection continued Tuesday with several pool members saying they know people close to the case. Two said they

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Foxx has written a book about his own experiences parenting two daughters, Corinne who is 27, and Anelise, who is 13. In “Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me,” out Tuesday, Foxx shares times when he’s gotten being a

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Two women from Georgia and Alabama who contracted COVID-19 during their pregnancies are urging other pregnant women to get vaccinated. Kyndal Nipper lost her baby in the final weeks of pregnancy after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19. Amanda Harrison had to be put on

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday as corporate earnings reporting gets into full swing. The benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.7%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%. Health care companies were making some of the biggest gains.

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court has thrown out a lawsuit against American treasure hunters that accused them of having destroyed an underwater archaeological site when they looted a sunken galleon for tons of precious coins. In 2007, the Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration scooped up over half a million silver and gold coins when it

By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska expects to be charged with lying to the FBI while federal agents were investigating campaign contributions funneled to him from a Nigerian billionaire. The nine-term Republican is proclaiming his innocence and promising to fight the charges. Fortenberry says in a

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — At least 22 people have died and others are missing in floods triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Indian Meteorological Department says heavy to very heavy rain will continue to fall in the state for the next two days. Several