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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves announces the state imposed boil-water notice has been lifted in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks, while Mississippi Emergency Management Agency executive director Stephen C. McCraney, right, listens, during a Sept. 15, 2022, news conference in Jackson. Repairs are still underway after problems at Jackson's main water treatment plant caused most customers to lose service for several days in late August and early September. Reeves blames Jackson's water woes on mismanagement at the city level and water was restored after the state "stepped in" to provide emergency repairs, Reeves said at a September news conference. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Jackson's water system at the mercy of spending rhetoric

Years before he became Mississippi governor, Tate Reeves served as the state's treasurer and had a hand in delaying funds for water system repairs in the capital city of Jackson. He also claimed to … more

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 9/27/22

This undated Yewdall family photo provided by attorney James Pepper shows Cheryl Yewdall, a woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities who died in January 2022. Yewdall's mother is suing the Philadelphia care home where she was found face down on the floor with a paper towel or disinfecting wipe in her trachea. (Yewdall Family/Courtesy of Pepper Law via AP)

Suit: Care home resident died with paper jammed in windpipe

The mother of a woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities is suing the Philadelphia care home where her daughter lived for 40 years. Cheryl Yewdall died five days after she was found … more

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | 9/27/22

Adismarys Abreu, 16, poses for a photo at her home, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Miami. Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to ban or severely limit abortion. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Teen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe

Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade appears to be sending more teens to their doctors in search of birth control, including long-acting reversible forms like … more

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ARLEIGH RODGERS | 9/27/22

FILE – Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, President Mauricio Claver-Carone, speaks to the press in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 15, 2020. An investigation into the former Trump official who heads Latin America’s biggest development bank found evidence that he carried on a romantic relationship with his chief of staff. The Associated Press obtained a confidential report by a law firm hired by the Inter-American Development Bank’s board triggered by an anonymous complaint of misconduct against its president, Mauricio Claver-Carone. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

Latin America development bank axes chief after ethics probe

Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank have voted to fire its president, Mauricio Claver-Carone. An ethics investigation found he had a relationship with a subordinate. The governors had … more

By JOSHUA GOODMAN | 9/26/22

FILE - Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. poses for a portrait outside of his home on Dec. 5, 2018, in Bladenboro, N.C. Four people pled guilty Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections. The defendants were associated with Dowless, a political operative in Bladen County whom authorities called the ringleader of the ballot scheme. Dowless died earlier in 2022 before his case went to trial. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Plea agreements reached by 4 in NC Congress ballot probe

Four people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections. These convictions Monday stemmed from an … more

By GARY D. ROBERTSON | 9/26/22

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will cost about $400 billion over the next 30 years. The estimates were issued Monday in response to a request from Republican lawmakers who oppose Biden’s plan because of its cost. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

CBO: Biden's student debt plan would cost $400 billion

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will cost about $400 billion over the next 30 years. The estimate was issued Monday in … more

By COLLIN BINKLEY | 9/26/22

Hideko Tamura Snider, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, bows on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Salem, Ore, before watering a ginkgo tree that came from a seed of a tree that also survived the bombing. Tamura Snider, who was 10-years-old when her city was destroyed by the atomic bomb and who now lives in Medford, Ore., was the guest of honor at a ceremony marking the culmination of a four-year-long campaign in Oregon to plant saplings grown from the seeds of trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Hiroshima bombing recalled in Oregon "peace trees" campaign

This week marks the culmination of a four-year-long campaign in Oregon to plant saplings grown from the seeds of trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. An Oregon official involved in … more

By ANDREW SELSKY | 9/26/22

Emergency Management Director Cathie Perkins references a map indicating where storm surge would impact the county, urging anyone living in those areas to evacuate, during a press conference regarding Hurricane Ian at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in Largo, Fla. Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Vulnerable Tampa Bay braces for storm not seen in a century

It’s been over a century since a major storm like Hurricane Ian has struck the Tampa Bay area, which blossomed from a few hundred thousand people in 1921 to more than 3 million today. Many of these … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 9/26/22

Chicago police respond to a shooting near the CPD Homan Square facility Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. One person was shot and a Chicago police officer was wounded Monday during an incident inside a police facility on the city's West Side, officials said. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

1 shot, officer injured in Chicago police facility incident

Officials say one person was shot and a Chicago police officer was wounded during an incident inside a police facility on the city’s West Side. Shots were fired shortly before noon Monday at the … more

9/26/22

This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA's DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency's (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART is expected to zero in on the asteroid Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

NASA spacecraft closes in on asteroid for head-on collision

A NASA spacecraft is closing in on an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam is set to occur Monday at a … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 9/26/22

Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi speaks to reporters during a news conference in Athens on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Mitarachi says Greece still considers neighbor Turkey to be a safe country for refugees despite recent allegations by the Greek government that Ankara has 'weaponized' migration for political purposes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece: EU using Med countries like a refugee 'parking lot'

Greece's migration minister says refugees recognized by individual EU nations should be allowed to live anywhere in the bloc. That would be similar to rights already granted to millions of Ukrainians … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS | 9/26/22

FILE - A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Feb. 8, 2022. Pfizer is asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11, Monday, Sept. 26. Already 4.4 million Americans have received one of the updated boosters since they rolled out earlier this month for anyone 12 and older. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Pfizer seeks to expand omicron booster to 5- to 11-year-olds

Pfizer is asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11. Some 4.4 million Americans already have received one of the updated … more

By The Associated Press | 9/26/22

This screen shot from a Zoom video hearing shows Michael Carneal on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Kentucky State Reformatory in La Grange, Ky. Carneal killed three students and wounded five more in a school shooting 25 years ago. He told a parole panel on Tuesday that he is still hearing voices like the ones that told him to steal a pistol and shoot into a crowded high school lobby in 1997. (Kentucky Parole Board via AP)

Kentucky school shooter could walk free, or stay behind bars

A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old should learn whether he will be released on parole. Michael Carneal, now 39, told parole board members … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER | 9/26/22

Angelo Bernard, who lives near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, poses with his grandchildren who are visiting him for the weekend, at his home in Reserve, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. From left are Korinne Bernard, 11, Karmen Bernard, 9, and Anthony Bernard, 10, who used to attend Fifth Ward Elementary until Hurricane Ida forced them to move. "I feel for the kids that have to go to school that close to the plant," Angelo Bernard said. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Civil rights law targets 'cancer alley' discrimination

The Biden administration is using Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to investigate environmental discrimination by state agencies and others that receive federal funds. Experts say it is a seismic … more

By MICHAEL PHILLIS | 9/26/22

New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones (10) is helped off the field after suffering a leg injury with less than two minutes to play in the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Analysis: Backups, be ready. NFL's QB carousel is spinning

The NFL’s quarterback carousel may start spinning a bit faster. Mac Jones, Tua Tagovailoa and Josh Allen got banged-up Sunday. Justin Herbert and Jameis Winston played hurt. Already, Dak Prescott … more

By ROB MAADDI | 9/26/22

FILE - Dave Foreman, founder of Earth First! poses for a portrait in Juneau, Alaska, on March 10, 1988. Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!, has died Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, according to New Mexico-based Rewilding Institute. He was 74. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis, File)

'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies

Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!, has died. He was 74. The New Mexico-based Rewilding … more

9/25/22

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Harry Styles, left, and Florence Pugh in a scene from "Don't Worry Darling." (Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)

'Don't Worry Darling' shrugs off drama, opening with $19.2M

After off-screen drama threatened to consume Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” the Warner Bros. release opened No. 1 at the box office. The film debuted with $19.2 million in ticket … more

By JAKE COYLE | 9/25/22

FILE - In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sept. 21, 2022. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, that it summoned Britain's ambassador to protest what it described as a hostile atmosphere created by London-based Farsi language media outlets. The move comes amid violent unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody. (AP Photo. File)

Analysis: Latest Iran protests likely not last for Tehran

Only glimpses of videos that make it online show the protests convulsing Iran over the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation’s morality police. But those flashes show … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/25/22

A law enforcement officer walks past an EMS crew on the scene at Kennywood Park, an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pa., early Sunday, Sept 25, 2022. Pennsylvania police and first responders have descended on the amusement park southeast of Pittsburgh following reports of shots fired inside the attraction, which was kicking off a Halloween-themed festival. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

3 wounded in shooting at amusement park near Pittsburgh

Three people, including two teenagers, were wounded by gunfire late Saturday at an amusement park southeast of Pittsburgh, which was kicking off a Halloween-themed festival. Allegheny County police … more

The Associated Press | 9/25/22

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table after the defense team announced their intention to rest their case during the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Prosecutors to begin Florida school shooter trial rebuttal

Prosecutors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are about to begin their rebuttal case. They are expected to present expert witnesses who will testify starting Tuesday that … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 9/25/22