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Attorney Paul T. Ferrell Jr. asks West Virginia Circuit Court Judges Alan Moats and Derick Swope for a continuance in the opioid trial scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in the Kanawha County Ceremonial Courtroom in Charleston, W.Va. Lawyer Bob Fitzsimmons sits at the table to Ferrell's right. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

After West Virginia opioid verdict, another case postponed

The trial for a lawsuit accusing three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a health crisis throughout West Virginia has been postponed. Tuesday's continuance came a day after the companies … more

By JOHN RABY | 7/5/22

A Sotheby's New York employee demonstrates the size of a Gorgosaurus dinosaur skeleton, the first to be offered at auction, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC

The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month. The Gorgosaurus skeleton will highlight Sotheby’s natural … more

7/5/22

Firefighters battle the Electra Fire in the Rich Gulch community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, July 4, 2022. According to Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman, approximately 100 people sheltered at a Pacific Gas & Electric facility before being evacuated in the evening. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California forest fire temporarily strands July 4th revelers

Fourth of July revelers stranded by a wildfire in a mountainous California region that’s a top tourist destination have safely evacuated, but the fire is still chewing through forests in two … more

7/5/22

FILE - Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that's been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs

After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for … more

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DEE-ANN DURBIN | 7/5/22

FILE - This photo taken from video provided by Ramzan Kadyrov's Official Telegram channel released on Saturday, July 2, 2022, shows Russian troops including soldiers of Chechen regiment waving Russian and Chechen republic national flags as they pose for a photo in front of a destroyed building in Lysychansk, Ukraine. After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. (Ramzan Kadyrov's Official Telegram channel via AP, File)

High cost of Russia gains in Ukraine could limit new advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s rout of the last remaining … more

By The Associated Press | 7/5/22

Tourists walk at the top of the waterfalls in Murchison Falls National Park, northwest Uganda, on Feb. 22, 2020. The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, a controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in the park to a port in Tanzania is in breach of global environmental and human rights guidelines for banks, according to a new report by Inclusive Development International on Tuesday, July 5. (AP Photo)

Report: East Africa pipeline 'breaches banking principles'

Would-be financiers of a planned oil pipeline in Uganda and Tanzania will be in breach of benchmark guidelines on financing big infrastructure projects if they go ahead, according to a report shared … more

By ED DAVEY | 7/5/22

Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Brian Dahle poses in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Dahle finished second in California's primary on June 7, and knows it will be hard to defeat incumbent Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He plans to focus on what he says are the problems people care about the most, including high gas prices and rising crime. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Newsom's opponent: I'm reasonable, not a 'crazy Republican'

Republican Brian Dahle faces an uphill battle to defeat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in November. Dahle is a Republican state senator who finished second in last month's primary. He'll now have a … more

By ADAM BEAM | 7/5/22

A police officer reacts as he walks in downtown Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, Monday, July 4, 2022, where a mass shooting took place at a Highland Park Fourth of July parade. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A list of recent high-profile shootings in the US

A shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago is the latest incidence involving gun violence to stun the United States. Authorities say at least six people died and 24 were injured on Sunday … more

By The Associated Press | 7/4/22

Sacramento Police officers gather near the scene of shooting outside a night club in the early morning hours on Monday July 4, 2022 in downtown Sacramento, Calif. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli)

1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting outside Sacramento nightclub

Sacramento police say one person was killed and four wounded in a shooting early Monday outside a downtown nightclub. Police Chief Kathy Lester told the Sacramento Bee that authorities received a … more

7/4/22

This combination of photos shows actor Johnny Depp testifying at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., on April 21, 2022, left, and actor Amber Heard testifying in the same courtroom on May 26, 2022. The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial made a jury's award official Friday with a written order for Heard to pay Depp $10.35 million for damaging his reputation by describing herself as a domestic abuse victim in an op-ed piece she wrote. (AP Photo)

Heard seeks to throw out verdict in Depp defamation trial

Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp. In post-trial motions filed last week, Heard's … more

By DENISE LAVOIE | 7/4/22

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2020, photo shows the Tower theatre located in downtown Bend, Ore. The Planned Parenthood clinic in Bend serving the eastern half of the state, is bracing for an influx of patients particularly from neighboring Idaho, where a trigger law banning most abortions is expected to take effect this summer following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

In rural West, more worries about access to abortion clinics

Across the U.S. West, rural residents have historically faced barriers in accessing abortion, such as long travel distances and lack of transportation. Now, abortion providers serving rural areas are … more

By CLAIRE RUSH | 7/4/22

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, photo, a guard stands in the intake area at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif. In a wind-whipped California desert town, a sprawling facility can house nearly 2,000 immigrant detainees facing the prospect of deportation. These days, however, the privately-run detention center in Adelanto is nearly empty. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Immigration detention facility near empty in California

A detention center in the wind-swept California desert town of Adelanto could house nearly 2,000 migrants facing the prospect of deportation. These days, it’s nearly empty. The facility is an … more

By AMY TAXIN | 7/4/22

FILE - Abortion rights activists gather for a protest following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, at Washington Square Park, Friday, June 24, 2022, in New York. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate. With the legality of abortion now up to individual states to determine, an issue that was long debated by legislators and philanthropists when it was merely theoretical is suddenly a real-world circumstance for people across the country. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

It's a new era for funding on both sides of abortion debate

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of funding on both sides of the abortion debate. With the legality of abortion now up to individual states to determine, an … more

By GLENN GAMBOA | 7/4/22

People leave the Field's shopping center in Copenhagen, Denmark Sunday, July 3, 2022. A gunman opened fire inside the busy shopping mall in the Danish capital Sunday, killing a few people and critically wounding a few others, police said. (Olafur Steinar Rye Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark: Gunman acted alone, likely not terror-related

Danish police say that the gunman who opened fire in a shopping mall in Copenhagen most likely acted alone and selected his victims at random. Copenhagen chief police inspector Søren Thomassen said … more

7/4/22

Law enforcement work the scene where multiple shots were fired near the area of Cedarcrest Drive and Diamond Oaks Drive in Haltom City, Texas, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (James Hartley/Star-Telegram via AP)

Gunman fatally shoots 2, wounds 3 Texas cops, takes own life

Police say a gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life at a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb. Haltom City Police Sgt. Rick … more

By TERRY WALLACE | 7/3/22

Protesters march along South High Street on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker after he was fatally shot by Akron Police earlier in the week, following a vehicle and foot pursuit. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)

Police: Man shot was unarmed, officers feared he would fire

Police say a Black man shot and killed by Akron police officers in a hail of bullets following a vehicle and foot pursuit was unarmed at the time of the shooting. But a shot appeared to have come … more

7/3/22

This image filed May 15, 2019 in federal court as part of a forfeiture complaint by the U.S. attorney's office in Boston, shows a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette, that was stolen from the Massachusetts Archives decades ago. The letter, which was returned to the state, will be put on public display at the Commonwealth Museum on July 4, 2022 for the first time since it was returned after a lengthy court battle. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP, File)

Long-missing Alexander Hamilton letter put on public display

A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and believed stolen from the Massachusetts state archives decades ago is being displayed publicly for the first time since it was … more

7/3/22

Nate Looney poses in front of a painting at the BAR Center at the Beach Thursday, June 16, 2022, in the Venice section of Los Angeles. Looney is a Black man who grew up in Los Angeles, a descendant of enslaved people from generations ago. He's also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Black Jewish leader works to boost community, inclusiveness

Nate Looney is a Black man who is also an observant, kippah-wearing Jew. As a person of color, he has had to deal with suspicious looks and double takes in synagogues. Looney is now in a new role to … more

By DEEPA BHARATH | 7/3/22

FILE - Lina Khan, nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 21, 2021. The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet. Under Chair Khan, the FTC also has widened the door to more actively writing new regulations in what critics say is a broader interpretation of the agency’s legal authority. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner via AP, Pool, File)

Ruling could dampen government efforts to rein in Big Tech

The Supreme Court’s latest climate change ruling could dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, which went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch … more

By MATT O'BRIEN | 7/3/22

FILE - Lindsay Lohan attends MTV's "Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club" series premiere party at Magic Hour Rooftop at The Moxy Times Square on Jan. 7, 2019, in New York. Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman. The “Freaky Friday” star said she was the “luckiest woman in the world” in an Instagram post Friday, July 1, 2022, that pictured her with financier Bader Shammas, who had been her fiance. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Actress Lindsay Lohan celebrates birthday as married woman

Actress Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday as a married woman. The ‘Freaky Friday’ star posted a picture on Instagram with financier Bader Shammas, saying that she was … more

7/2/22