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Authorities knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe, video shows

Authorities knew Maine shooter was a threat but felt confronting him was unsafe, video shows

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state's deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to video releas
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UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.
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Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return

Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return

There were jitters, of course.
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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House said Friday, in his latest round of executive clemen
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Czechs are coming to grips with the worst mass shooting in the country's history in which 14 died

Czechs are coming to grips with the worst mass shooting in the country's history in which 14 died

PRAGUE (AP) — People in the Czech capital were trying to come to grips Friday with the worst mass shooting in the country's history that left 14 dead and dozens injured.
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More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The war in Gaza has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in the Hamas-run territory said Friday, a new reflection of the staggering cost of Israel’s military offensive as pressure grows to scale it back.
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Jury acquits 3 Washington state officers in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe

Jury acquits 3 Washington state officers in death of a Black man who told them he couldn’t breathe

SEATTLE (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath .
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Gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic's worst mass shooting

Gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic's worst mass shooting

PRAGUE (AP) — A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting.
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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giulian i has filed for bankruptcy , days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former election workers in Georgia who said his targeting of them led to death threats that made them fear f
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UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now 'starving' due to fallout from war

UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now 'starving' due to fallout from war

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving due to “woefully insufficient” quantities of food entering the territory ever since Israel's military responded to Hamas’ Oct.
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