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Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill?

Mar. 28, 2024 11:23 AM EDT

Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and...

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

Mar. 28, 2024 06:24 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by...

Cargo ship had engine maintenance in port before it collided with Baltimore bridge, officials say

Mar. 28, 2024 01:47 AM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed. The others...

Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

Mar. 28, 2024 13:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. ...

Biden's fundraiser with Obama and Clinton nets a record high $25 million, his campaign says

Mar. 28, 2024 13:07 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said. The eye-popping amount was a major...

Trump attends wake of a slain New York police officer as he goes after Biden over crime

Mar. 28, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made crime a focus of his third White House campaign and accused President Joe Biden of lacking toughness. ...

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years

Mar. 28, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. ...

Schools in the path of April's total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment

Mar. 28, 2024 09:37 AM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt. Henry and other classmates at...

It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits

Mar. 28, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa. About three-quarters of the...

Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them

Mar. 28, 2024 11:22 AM EDT

LONDON, Ohio (AP) — Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip. Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough,” searched ahead of time for convenient charging...

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NYC will try gun scanners in subway system in effort to deter violence underground

Mar. 28, 2024 14:47 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and to make the system feel safer. The scanners will be introduced in certain stations after a legally...

Trump attends wake of a slain New York police officer as he goes after Biden over crime

Mar. 28, 2024 14:41 PM EDT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump attended Thursday's wake of a New York City police officer gunned down in the line of duty, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made crime a focus of his third White House campaign and accused President Joe Biden of lacking toughness. ...

Harmony Montgomery case spurs bill to require defendants' appearance in court

Mar. 28, 2024 14:40 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Spurred to act by a recent murder case, the New Hampshire House voted Thursday to require those charged with serious crimes to be present when they learn their fate. Under the federal rules of criminal procedure, defendants are allowed to be absent from the...

Judge rejects officers' bid to erase charges in the case of a man paralyzed after police van ride

Mar. 28, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Four former Connecticut police officers arrested for allegedly mistreating a man who wound up paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and possibly let them avoid trial....

As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth

Mar. 28, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state's largest university to declare itself a haven for trans youth. The GOP-controlled...

Last coal-burning power plant in New England set to close in a win for environmentalists

Mar. 28, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists. Granite Shore Power said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to close the...

Maryland seeks $60M in federal help to start recovery plan for collapsed Baltimore bridge

Mar. 28, 2024 14:32 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Massive barges carrying cranes streamed toward Baltimore on Thursday to begin the challenging work of removing twisted metal and concrete in an attempt to open a key shipping route blocked by the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore...

UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 14:31 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International...

Civil rights icon Malcolm X gets a day of recognition in Nebraska, where he was born in 1925

Mar. 28, 2024 14:29 PM EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Malcolm X has garnered the recognition many have sought for his contributions to the civil rights movement in the conservative Midwest state where he was born, after years of being rejected as too controversial to be honored. The Nebraska Legislature on...

'Murder in progress': Police tried to spare attacker's life as they saved woman from assault

Mar. 28, 2024 14:25 PM EDT

COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — Detective Lt. Gregory Lennon glimpsed at the modest duplex from his patrol car while waiting for backup that was seconds behind. This was a wellbeing check, among the most common calls in this quiet seaside town near Boston, but Lennon knew better than to go in alone. ...