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Britain's Prince William, second left in back row, reacts during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Aston Villa and Bayern Munich, at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Days after being suspended Emi Martinez has Prince William celebrating in the Champions League

Prince William has watched his beloved Aston Villa seal another famous win against Bayern Munich. Villa won 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday with heroics from Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano … more

By JAMES ROBSON | 10/2/24

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Biden won't support a strike on Iran nuclear sites as Israel weighs response to Iran missile attack

President Joe Biden says he won't support an Israeli attack on sites related to Tehran’s nuclear program in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel. Biden was asked by reporters Wednesday … more

By COLLEEN LONG and AAMER MADHANI | 10/2/24

FILE - Javier Bardem appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Javier Bardem on Gaza: ‘We cannot remain indifferent’ in call for hostage release and cease-fire

Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza. The Spanish actor spoke out about the Israeli-Hamas conflict upon accepting an award at the San Sebastian Film Festival last week. In his … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 10/2/24

Daniel Gammerman poses for a photo on his balcony where he sometimes prays as he prepares to worship at home for the Jewish High Holy Days, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Are LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own

LGBTQ+ Jews have struggled to be accepted within their Orthodox communities. Most were raised with little knowledge of what being gay or queer meant. They grew up feeling different but found it hard … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 10/2/24

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows the "Sounds of Earth" record being mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Aug. 4, 1977. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power

NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Tuesday the instrument that measures the flow of charged atoms was powered down so … more

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN | 10/2/24

FILE - Sgt. Kyle Meany of the Louisville Metro Police Department testifies, Feb. 23, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool, File)

Federal prosecutors file new indictment against ex-Louisville police officers

Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her. The Justice … more

10/1/24

Claudia Sheinbaum waves from the vehicle taking her to Congress where she will be sworn in as president in Mexico City, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Mexico First Woman President

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors. more

10/1/24

In this photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Texas death row inmate Garcia White. White, who is linked to five killings and convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago is facing execution. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989

A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls decades ago is facing execution. Garcia Glenn White was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state … more

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK | 10/1/24

Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Judge rejects computer repairman's defamation claims over reports on Hunter Biden laptop

A Delaware judge has rejected defamation claims filed by a computer repairman against Hunter Biden, CNN, Politico and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. The claims are related to media reports … more

By RANDALL CHASE | 10/1/24

FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta takes questions from the media as he announces charges made against suspects involved in an organized retail crime ring during a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Catholic hospital in California illegally denied emergency abortion, state attorney general says

California’s attorney general is suing a Catholic hospital, saying that Providence St. Joseph Hospital illegally denied emergency abortion care to a woman. Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the … more

By JANIE HAR | 10/1/24

Frankie Johnson, left, talks with fellow resident Charlene Huggins, whose home was destroyed, amid the destruction in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Hurricane Helene

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors. more

10/1/24

Justin Smith, one of three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichol, arrives at the federal courthouse for the day's proceedings on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death

A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 10/1/24

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, center, of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division speaks about a new Department of Justice report about the state of Georgia's prisons at a press conference at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. On her left is U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan for the Northern District of Georgia and on her right are U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary for the Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg for the Southern District of Georgia. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

Georgia's corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the challenges of running a prison system. The U.S. Justice … more

BY JEFF MARTIN, KEVIN McGILL and ALANNA DURKIN | 10/1/24

Robert Robinson, 61, who is homeless, pushes his belongings down the street on the first day of a statute that took effect, making it illegal in Florida to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, on beaches or in other public spaces — one of the country's strictest anti-homelessness laws, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida enacts tough law to get homeless off the streets, leaving cities and counties scrambling

Florida has a tough new law aimed at getting the homeless off the streets. Under a statute that took effect Tuesday, it is now illegal in Florida to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, on beaches or in … more

By TERRY SPENCER and KATE PAYNE | 10/1/24

Colleen Nick speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the Alma Police Department on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Alma, Ark., about the 1995 kidnapping of her daughter Morgan Nick. (Colin Murphey/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Hair found in truck helps police identify suspect in 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick, 6

An Arkansas man who died in prison decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on Tuesday said … more

By ANDREW DEMILLO | 10/1/24

This image provided by NASA shows an enhanced color view of Pluto’s big moon Charon captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 14, 2015. (NASA via AP)

NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon's surface. … more

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN | 10/1/24

FILE- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China's Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?

More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The powerful and feared organization has ruled the nation for 75 years, … more

By KEN MORITSUGU | 9/30/24

In this Sept. 23, 2024, image taken from video, a U.S. Air Force F-16 operating under the direction of North American Aerospace Defense Command, conducts a routine intercept of a Russian Tu-95 aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) when NORAD said a Russian Su-35 aircraft conducts an unsafe maneuver directed at the F-16. (Department of Defense via AP)

Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska

Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. plane sent to intercept it. In the video released Monday, the Russian fighter … more

By MARK THIESSEN | 9/30/24

FILE - In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. (Alvin C. Krupnick Co./Library of Congress via AP, File)

Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district is considered one of the worst … more

By SEAN MURPHY | 9/30/24

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams speaks about a drug trafficking case during a press conference at Federal Plaza in New York, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Criminals set up fake online pharmacies to sell deadly counterfeit pills, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say a network of illegal drug sellers packaged potentially deadly synthetic opioids into pills disguised as common prescription drugs and sold millions of them through fake online … more

By KAREN MATTHEWS | 9/30/24