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This photo provided by Rebecca Thompson shows Rebecca Thompson, in her office at her parent’s house, plans to buy a home with help from her employer, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity. (Rebecca Thompson via AP)
Dallas Habitat for Humanity helps staff purchase homes
The Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity is using part of the $9 million gift it received from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in March to provide its staff members a new employee benefit — $13,500 in … more
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the second day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Ukraine welcomes arms offers, no word on Patriot missiles
Ukraine’s foreign minister says top NATO diplomats have given him a “number of new commitments” on arming his nation, but has declined to say whether that includes promises of badly wanted … more
Lauren Gilbert, a senior manager at the Center for Jewish History (CJH), participate in a global online conference to launch genealogy testing for Holocaust survivors, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in New York. CJH is offering Ancestry/DNA testing kits for free to Holocaust survivors and their children to help increase the possibly of finding family connections torn apart in World War II. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Holocaust survivors offered DNA tests to help find family
The New York-based Center for Jewish History is launching a project offering DNA testing kits for free to Holocaust survivors and their children. It's an effort to help possibly find family … more
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis kneels in front of a memorial set up outside Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States, paid tribute to the victims who were killed in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub on Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Colorado governor visits gay club shooting memorial
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has visited the memorial outside a gay club where five people were killed in a shooting attack last week. He solemnly walked on Tuesday past flowers, crosses and photos of … more
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Linda Gamble, center, mother of Lorenzo Gamble, 43, of Chesapeake, Va., is comforted during a prayer vigil held by the Chesapeake Coalition of Black Pastors at The Mount (Mount Lebanon Baptist Church) in Chesapeake, Va., Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, for the six people killed at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., including Lorenzo Gamble, when a manager opened fire with a handgun before an employee meeting Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Walmart shooting claims teen, young woman, father, mother
Six families are mourning loved ones who were killed in the mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. The victims include Randy Blevins, a longtime Walmart employee who liked working the … more
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FILE - A collection of illegal guns is displayed during a gun buyback event, Saturday May 22, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Individuals received pre-paid card payments of $25 up to $250 for firearms - with a bonus iPad for certain handguns or assault rifles, at the no-questions-asked event, co-sponsored by state and county attorney generals and the NYPD. According to a study published by JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the U.S. gun death rate in 2021 hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
A new study says the U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades. And the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men. The paper was published Tuesday by … more
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FILE - Remnants and old vehicles can be seen through the barbed wire at 4077 Union Hill Road, Aug. 31, 2022, in Piketon, Ohio, at the site where Christopher Rhoden Sr. and Gary Rhoden were killed in 2016. A prosecutor said Monday, Nov. 28, that the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted regardless of whether he was a triggerman. (Ty Wright/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
Defense: Man had no reason to help family in killings of 8
A defense attorney for an Ohio man accused of helping his family kill eight members of another family says he had no reason to take part. George Wagner IV's attorney said Tuesday during closing … more
FILE - Moscow's Mikhail Grigorenko, left, fights for the puck against Dinamo's Mathew Maione during the KHL World Games 2018 between Dinamo Riga and CSKA Moscow at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland, on Nov. 28, 2018. In a ruling whose details were released Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, New Jersey gambling regulators fined Caesars Sportsbook $500 for wrongly refusing to pay out $27,000 in winnings to a gambler who wagered on a Dec. 22, 2021, game involving Dinamo Riga. The dispute involved whether goals scored in overtime should count toward the bet; the regulators ruled that they should. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP, File)
Caesars Sportsbook fined for wrongly denying hockey payout
New Jersey gambling regulators have fined Caesars Sportsbook for wrongly refusing to pay out over $27,000 to a gambler who made winning bets on an international hockey game last year. The dispute … more
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FILE - Signs advertise deals and low prices at a Walmart in Secaucus, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On Tuesday the Conference Board reports on U.S. consumer confidence for November. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
US consumer confidence falls in November for 2nd month
U.S. consumer confidence fell for the second straight month in November amid ongoing high inflation, rising interest rates, and layoff announcements by several large tech companies. The Conference … more
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FILE - This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a northern long-eared bat. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, the Biden administration declared the northern long-eared bat endangered, a last-ditch effort to save a species driven to the brink of extinction by a deadly fungus. This is the third species of bat recommended for the designation this year due to white-nose syndrome. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP, File)
US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered
The Biden administration is designating the northern long-eared bat as an endangered species. Officials say that the bat's situation has worsened since it was classified as threatened in 2015. The … more
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FILE - This photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Kevin Johnson. A federal judge has denied a request from a 19-year-old woman to allow her to watch Johnson, her father’s death by injection. The decision upholds a Missouri law that bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution. Kevin Johnson is set to be executed Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)
Missouri prepares to execute man for killing officer in 2005
A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, though his lawyers are seeking … more
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FILE - Mourners visit a makeshift memorial on Aug. 12, 2019, near the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where people were killed in a mass shooting. On Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, a Texas prosecutor, facing mounting criticism over the handling of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting in El Paso, resigned after the county took the extraordinary step of moving to remove her from elected office. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)
Texas prosecutor resigns amid 2019 Walmart attack criticism
A Texas prosecutor facing mounting criticism over the handling of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting in El Paso that killed 23 people has resigned. The decision by El Paso County District Attorney Yvonne … more
FILE - In this photo released by the National Park Service a wolf from the Wapiti Lake pack is silhouetted by a nearby hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Jan. 24, 2018. A lawsuit from environmentalists is challenging Montana rules that made it easier to kill wolves in the state, including those that wander out of Yellowstone. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP, File)
Montana judge to decide on wolf hunting limits
A Montana judge said he would decide Tuesday whether to continue temporary limits on wolf hunting in the state or to restore quotas and hunting methods before a trial over whether the public was … more
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Wanda Farris, the mother of slain teenager Leesa Gray, second from right, is surrounded by supporters as she leaves the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, after they listened to several hours of arguments about Mississippi's three-drug protocol for executions. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. pleaded guilty in 2001 to capital murder, rape and four counts of sexual battery in the 2000 death of Gray, a 16-year-old waitress from north Mississippi. Loden is a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled his execution for Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Judge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocol
A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death. His ruling could determine whether the state carries out its next execution in about two … more
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This photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows Austin Lee Edwards, the suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Edwards is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family, police said. (Riverside Police Department via AP)
California police: Virginia man killed family, took teenager
The suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her … more
FILE - Dylan Brandt speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., July 21, 2021. Brandt, a teenager, is among several transgender youth and families who are plaintiffs challenging a state law banning gender confirming care for trans minors. A psychiatrist called to the stand by Arkansas, as the state defends its ban on gender affirming care for children, said Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, that he was concerned about the impact the law could have on some transgender youth who would see their treatments cut off. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)
Landmark trial over Arkansas youth gender care ban resumes
The landmark trial over Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming care for children has resumed. A psychiatrist was called to the stand by the state on Monday as it defended its ban on doctors providing … more
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This photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Kevin Johnson. The Missouri man sentenced to death for killing a police officer in a fit of rage over his brother's death is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution planned for later this month, in part because the man was a teenager at the time of the killing. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP)
Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of death row inmate
Attorneys for a Black man on Missouri's death row say he might not be facing execution if he were white. Lawyers representing Kevin Johnson made their arguments before the Missouri Supreme Court on … more
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Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China's 'zero-COVID' limits saved lives but no clear exit
China’s strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in decades. Most … more
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FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez stands outside the Ramsey County Courthouse while waiting for a ride in St. Paul, Minn. An appeals court has ordered the Minnesota state teacher licensing board to reconsider its denial of a substitute teaching license to the former police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in 2016. Yanez has argued that the board was wrong to reject his application due to “immoral character or conduct.” (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Court: Cop who shot Castile wrongly denied teaching license
The Minnesota Court of Appeals says a state board must reconsider its rejection of a substitute teaching license for the former police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in 2016. Jeronimo … more
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FILE - Donald Bender, left, a former accountant for Donald Trump, arrives at Manhattan criminal court, Nov. 21, 2022, in New York. There was talk of impeachment at the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial. But the subject was not former President Donald Trump, who was impeached twice. Instead, the question arose as to whether lawyers for his company were angling on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 to impeach their own witness, longtime Trump accountant Donald Bender. (AP Photo/Michael Sisak)
Impeachment talk at Trump Org. trial: Did witness misspeak?
There was talk of impeachment at the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial. But the subject was not former President Donald Trump, who was impeached twice. Instead, the question arose as to … more
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