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Bruhat Soma rides an unbeaten streak to the Scripps National Spelling Bee title, winning tiebreaker

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Bruhat Soma was unbeatable before he arrived at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and neither the dictionary, nor his competitors, nor a lightning-round tiebreaker challenged hi...

May 30, 2024

Police: 3 killed, including suspected gunman, in Minneapolis shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Three people, including the suspected gunman, are dead after a shooting Thursday at a Minneapolis apartment complex, police said. Two police officers were injured in the shooting in...

May 30, 2024

Months after nation's 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man received a lethal injection Thursday for the killing of an elderly couple in 2004, the first inmate put to death by the state since it became the first in the nation...

May 30, 2024

Jury finds Trump guilty on all charges in hush money trial

NEW YORK (AP) - The jury in Donald Trump 's criminal hush money trial has found the former president guilty of all 34 felony counts against him. They delivered their verdict late Thursday afternoon af...

Greg Fry May 30, 2024

US and Britain strike Houthi rebel targets in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red ...

May 30, 2024

Doomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts Chad Daybell of killing wife and girlfriend's 2 children

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho jury has convicted Chad Daybell of murder in the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend's two youngest children. The verdict marks the end of a years-long investigation tha...

May 30, 2024

Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russian territory, US officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to two U.S. officials fami...

May 30, 2024

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside hom...

May 30, 2024

Charges against world's top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisv...

May 30, 2024

Jury in Trump hush money trial resumes deliberations after rehearing instructions, testimony

NEW YORK (AP) - The jury in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial resumed deliberations Thursday after revisiting portions of the judge's instructions and rehearing testimony from multiple ...

May 30, 2024