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Karen Read now faces civil suit as well as murder charge in police officer boyfriend's death

Aug. 27, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The family of the police officer boyfriend Karen Read is accused of killing by hitting him with her vehicle and leaving him to die in the snow has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her and two bars where they had been drinking that night. The lawsuit...

Visit by Vietnam's new leader to China reflects key relationship, even as it builds ties with US

Aug. 18, 2024 09:03 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Vietnam's new leader To Lam is making China the destination for his first overseas visit, signaling the continuing importance the Southeast Asian country places on its giant neighbor even as it strengthens ties with the United States and others. Lam stepped off a...

Ukraine's foreign minister seeking 'common ground' with China in talks on ending war with Russia

Jul. 25, 2024 00:53 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he is seeking “common ground” in talks this week with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country's war with Russia. Kuleba met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Guangzhou, a major commercial and...

Corpus Christi Calallen pitcher earns top honor on Texas 4A all-state softball team

Jul. 10, 2024 18:44 PM EDT

LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A all-state softball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Jordyn Thibodeaux, Corpus Christi Calallen, soph.; Carson Fall, Bridge City, sr.; Brookelyn Taylor,...

Karen Read, a 'convenient outsider' accused of killing her Boston police boyfriend

Jun. 28, 2024 13:55 PM EDT

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — The woman accused of ramming her luxury SUV into her boyfriend and callously leaving him on the ground before a snowstorm had dated the future Boston police officer briefly in her 20s. They reconnected during the pandemic. Her father described her as a...