By ADAM SCHRECK and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile hit a train station in eastern Ukraine where thousands had gathered Friday, killing at least 52 and wounding dozens more i…
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The 6 lives lost in the Sacramento mass shooting
By ADAM BEAM and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A father of four. A best friend with a positive personality. A vivacious partygoer. The six people who were killed during a m…
Darwin notebooks missing for 20 years returned to Cambridge
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two of naturalist Charles Darwin’s notebooks that were reported stolen from Cambridge University’s library have been returned, two decades after th…
With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his seventh-grade social studies classes, he is on alert for signs of inner turmoil. And there is so much of it t…
Study finds higher homicide risk in homes with handguns
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published Monday suggests people who l…
Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv re…
Mixed results for Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery …
Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv …
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
Man who parked weapons near Capitol on 1/6 gets prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press An Alabama man who parked a pickup truck filled with weapons and Molotov cocktail components near the U.S. Capitol on the day of last year’s riot was senten…