By BEN FINLEY, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and ALLEN G. BREED RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An avid runner and the mother of three boys. A woman who was the “rock” of her family and knew everyone in the neighborhood. A …
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US clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave. Tweaked boos…
Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives…
FACT FOCUS: Sorting papers and facts in an ex-bowling alley
By ALI SWENSON and GRAPH MASSARA Associated Press At a rally for Nevada Republicans on Saturday, former President Donald Trump argued against the federal probe into the storage of classified documents…
Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache …
6 tips you can use to help improve your credit score
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Credit scores are complicated and because rating agencies consider many factors, the process of improving them can look different for everyone. When W…
Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed 17 people was…
Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in ann…
‘Nothing’s left’: Hurricane Ian leaves emotional toll behind
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — With her home gone and all her belongings trashed by Hurricane Ian, Alice Pujols wept as she picked through soggy clothe…
United Methodists are breaking up in a slow-motion schism
By PETER SMITH Associated Press United Methodists have for generations been a mainstay of the American religious landscape — one of the most geographically widespread of the major Protestant denominat…