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Leaky battleship in Texas set to make trip for $35M repairs

The greatest challenge in recent years for the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars has been a leaky hull that's raised concerns it could sink. Now the foundation in charge of the … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO | 8/31/22

High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read

Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic … more

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS | 8/31/22

The Hampton Inn photographed, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Indianapolis. Three members of the Dutch Commando Corps, who were training at a center, were shot outside of the hotel in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning. The Dutch Defense Ministry says that one has died. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Indianapolis man arrested in shooting of 3 Dutch soldiers

Indianapolis police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting over the weekend that left one Dutch soldier dead and two wounded. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says … more

8/30/22

FILE - Robert Dear talks to Judge Gilbert Martinez during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 9, 2015. A federal judge is holding a hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, to determine if a mentally ill man charged with killing three people and wounding eight others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 should be forcibly medicated so he can be put on trial. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool, File)

Medication recommended for Colorado clinic shooting suspect

A prison psychologist says a mentally ill man charged with killing three people and wounding eight others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 is substantially likely to be made well … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 8/30/22

FILE – Deborah Frein, left, and Eugene Michael Frein, right, the parents of Eric Frein, walk to the Chester County Justice Center in West Chester, Pa., March 9, 2017. Pennsylvania may not keep a cache of weapons seized from the parents of Eric Frein, the gunman who killed one state trooper and permanently disabled another eight years ago, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Frein's parents sued after authorities refused to return 25 rifles, 10 pistols and two shotguns that were taken from their home in September 2014, days after Frein ambushed the troopers outside a state police barracks in the Pocono Mountains. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Court: Pennsylvania can't keep guns in trooper ambush case

A federal appeals court has ruled that Pennsylvania cannot keep a cache of weapons seized from the parents of a gunman who killed one state trooper and permanently disabled another eight years ago. … more

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | 8/30/22

This image released by Netflix shows Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde." (Netflix via AP)

Fall Movie Calendar: From 'Blonde' to 'Wakanda Forever'

A rundown of notable films coming out this fall, which range from Disney+'s “Pinocchio” adaptation to Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.” Other notable September … more

By The Associated Press | 8/30/22

Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, hugs her son Henry Martinez, Hernandez's half-brother, while posing for photos in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LA man jailed in Venezuela pleas for Biden not to forget him

A Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration. Eyvin Hernandez says in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten … more

By JOSHUA GOODMAN | 8/30/22

FILE - Randal Worcester walks out of the Crawford County Justice Center in Van Buren, Ark., on Aug. 22, 2022. Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended after a video of Worcester's arrest showed two of them beating the suspect while a third officer held him on the ground outside a convenience store. Attorneys for Worcester filed a lawsuit on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 over his arrest on Aug. 21 that has prompted state and federal criminal investigations. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)

Lawsuit filed over violent arrest outside Arkansas store

A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest outside a convenience store has filed a lawsuit over the encounter. Attorneys for Randal Worcester filed the … more

By ANDREW DeMILLO | 8/30/22

FILE - Crosses, flowers and other memorabilia form a make-shift memorial for the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, July 10, 2022. The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May 2022 shooting at the elementary school. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

AP, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records

The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School. The … more

By PAUL J. WEBER | 8/30/22

Residents in the North Canton Circle neighborhood of Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, were advised to evacuate from impending floodwaters. Some moved out all of their possessions in U-Haul trucks or cars. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Flooding exacerbates water crisis in Mississippi capital

In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university is using temporary restrooms for students and people who do have water are … more

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 8/30/22

This combination of images shows promotional art for upcoming films, top row from left, "The Banshees of inisherin," "Black Adam," "Blonde," "Bros," "Don't Worry Darling," bottom row from left, "Halloween Ends," "My Policeman," "She Said," "Ticket to Paradise" and "Till." (Searchlight Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Netflix/Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures/Universal Pictures/Amazon/Universal Pictures/Universal Pictures/United Artists Releasing via AP)

Fall Preview: Is it, maybe, back to normal at the movies?

For the first time in three years, the fall movie industrial complex is lurching back into high gear. Festival red carpets are rolled out. Oscar campaigns are primed. Long-awaited blockbusters, like … more

By JAKE COYLE | 8/30/22

FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., March 14, 2019. Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. Twitter's former security chief Peiter Zatko received a subpoena on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, from Musk's team, according to Zatko's lawyer and court records. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has again filed paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter. This time it's based on information in a whistleblower complaint filed by Twitter’s former head of security. … more

8/30/22

A front moves in over Lake Michigan Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, at Tiscornia Park in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

Storms blamed in deaths of 2 children in Michigan, Arkansas

Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South are being blamed for the deaths of two children in Michigan and Arkansas. Monday’s … more

8/30/22

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Joe Nathan James Jr., who was put to death on July 28, 2022. Alabama corrections officials apparently botched the inmate's execution, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Alabama man's execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month. The group cites the length of time that passed before Joe Nathan James Jr. received a … more

By KIM CHANDLER | 8/30/22

FILE - A New England Patriots Super Bowl LI ring is displayed at the Super Bowl Rings exhibit in Indianapolis, March 1, 2018. A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady's family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud

A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has been sentenced to three years in … more

8/29/22

FILE - A displaced man wades through a flooded area after fleeing his flood-hit home, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug. 28, 2022. The flooding has all the hallmarks of a catastrophe juiced by climate change, but it is too early to formally assign blame to global warming, several scientists tell The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)

EXPLAINER: Pakistan fatal flooding has hallmarks of warming

What's behind the flooding in Pakistan are all hallmarks of manmade climate change: Warmer temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture then dumping unrelenting rain, and melting glaciers. Add to … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN AND SIBI ARASU | 8/29/22

An entrance to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center is closed in Butlerville, Ind., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Three members of the Dutch Commando Corps, who were training at the center, were shot outside their hotel in downtown Indianapolis early Saturday morning. The Dutch Defense Ministry says that one has died. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

EXPLAINER: Why Dutch soldiers were at Indiana military camp

Before three Dutch soldiers were shot, one fatally, in downtown Indianapolis, they were training in a southern Indiana military camp where international soldiers enter highly specialized urban combat … more

By ARLEIGH RODGERS | 8/29/22

This photo shows a cup of black tea with a spoon and tea leaves pictured in London, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. According to a large study of British tea drinkers published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, scientists found two or more cups daily was tied with a modest benefit: a 9% to 13% lower risk of death from any cause. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Tea drinkers enjoy possible health benefits, study suggests

People who drink tea may be a little more likely to live longer than those who don't. That's according to a large study of British tea drinkers published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine. … more

By CARLA K. JOHNSON | 8/29/22

Sheila O'Leary reacts during trial, June 22, 2022, at the Lee County Clerk of Court in Fort Myers, Fla. The mother who followed a strict vegan diet faces sentencing for the malnutrition death of her 18-month-old son. O’Leary was convicted in June of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two counts of child neglect in the death of Ezra O’Leary. She learns her fate from a judge Monday, Aug. 8, 2022 afternoon in Lee County, Florida. (Landon Bost/The News-Press via AP)

Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son

A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son has been sentenced to life in prison. Sheila O’Leary was sentenced Monday in Lee County, Florida. She was convicted in … more

8/29/22

FILE - Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 2021. As attorney general, Shapiro went to court repeatedly to defend Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's administration against legal challenges to his pandemic-era mandates and shutdowns. Now, as he's running to succeed Wolf as governor, Shapiro says he is against some of the same COVID-19 containment measures that his fellow Democrat used to help manage the nation's worst pandemic in over a century.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Shapiro breaks with Dems on COVID policies in Pa. gov race

As attorney general, Josh Shapiro went to court repeatedly to defend Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration against legal challenges to his pandemic-era mandates and shutdowns. Now, as he’s … more

By MARC LEVY | 8/29/22