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Chloe Akers talks to Rabbi Laurie Rice, right, and Dr. Nancy Lipsitz, left, before giving a presentation at Congregation Micah synagogue, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 in Brentwood, Tenn. Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion - for all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so she’d never imagined having to defend someone accused of performing one. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Lawyer's mission: Translate Tenn.'s bewildering abortion ban

Chloe Akers considers herself a grizzled criminal defense attorney. Until a few months ago, she didn’t spend much time thinking about abortion. For all her 39 years, abortion was not a crime, so … more

By CLAIRE GALOFARO | 9/5/22

Today in History: September 5, first Continental Congress

Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2022. There are 117 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress … more

By The Associated Press | 9/5/22

Jeff German, host of "Mobbed Up," poses with Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, in the background on the Strip in Las Vegas, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Authorities say German, a Las Vegas investigative reporter has been stabbed to death outside his home and police are searching for a suspect. The Las Vegas Review-Journal says officers found journalist German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, after authorities received a 911 call. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Police: Las Vegas journalist dies in stabbing outside home

Authorities say a Las Vegas investigative reporter has been stabbed to death outside his home and police are searching for a suspect. The Las Vegas Review-Journal says officers found journalist Jeff … more

9/4/22

Bittings Avenue is seen partially underwater as many homes along the road were affected Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, in Summerville, Ga. After heavy rainfall, a Flash Flood Warning was issued in Summerville Sunday. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Emergency declared as flash flooding hits northwest Georgia

Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding and dangerously high waters in some areas. The National Weather Service said rainfall at a rate of … more

9/4/22

Press Robinson poses for a photo at his home in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. When he registered to vote in 1963 he was handed a copy of the U.S. Constitution, told to read it aloud and interpret it. Robinson and activists say that Black voter voices and access to fair representation are once-again being restrained — this time, in the form of political boundaries fashioned by mainly white and Republican-dominated legislatures. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

New congressional maps dilute Black power, critics say

Civil rights activists and some lawmakers are concerned that new redistricting maps in three Southern states will dilute the voices of Black people. In Alabama and Louisiana, Republican-dominated … more

By SARA CLINE | 9/4/22

Maati Jone Primm looks down at her notes in her store Marshall's Music and Bookstore in Farish Street Historic District, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 in Jackson, Miss. She said white flight is at the root of Jackson's water woes. (AP Photo/Michael Goldberg)

Mississippi capital's Black business owners decry water woes

Black business owners in Mississippi’s capital say the city’s broken water system poses dire costs for their bottom lines. They say the crisis threatens to hit them hardest. They fear the city's … more

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG | 9/4/22

In this photo provided by the Memphis Police Department, 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher is shown. Authorities in Tennessee searched Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, for Fletcher, who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus. (Courtesy of Memphis Police Department via AP)

Memphis police: Arrest made in jogger's disappearance

Police in Tennessee say an arrest has been made in the disappearance of a woman who was abducted while jogging. The Memphis Police Department said Sunday that 38-year-old Cleotha Abston has been … more

9/4/22

Today in History: September 4, Mother Teresa is canonized

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 4, the 247th day of 2022. There are 118 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 4, 2016, elevating the “saint of the … more

By The Associated Press | 9/4/22

FILE - Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Jan. 8, 2022. Obama won an Emmy Award for his work on the Netflix documentary series, "Our Great National Parks," on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

Barack Obama has an Emmy Award to go with his two Grammys. The former president won the best narrator award at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our … more

9/3/22

FILE - This combination of Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 photos shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during separate news conferences in Tampa, Fla. On Friday, Sept. 2, DeSantis wants a federal judge to throw out a free speech lawsuit filed by Warren, he suspended from office over statements about not pursuing criminal charges in abortion, transgender rights and certain low-level cases.(Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)

DeSantis seeks dismissal of suit by suspended prosecutor

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a federal judge to throw out a free speech lawsuit filed by a Democratic prosecutor he suspended from office over statements about not pursuing criminal charges in … more

By CURT ANDERSON | 9/3/22

FILE - Movie theaters reopen after COVID-19 closures on March 5, 2021, in New York. For one day, Sept. 3, 2022, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched “National Cinema Day” to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

On "National Cinema Day," movie tickets are just $3

“National Cinema Day” is bringing the big screen to moviegoers for a small price - no more than $3 - as American theaters look to fill seats during the late summer lull. On Saturday only, movie … more

By JAKE COYLE | 9/3/22

This 2021 photo shows library building of Highlander Folk School in New Market, Tenn. A fight is brewing in Tennessee over the legacy of a legendary social justice school that counts Rosa Parks among its alumni and Eleanor Roosevelt among its supporters. One of the few buildings left is the Highlander library. Preservationists restored the building and want it listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But the Highlander Research and Education Center never stopped working from a new location.(David Currey via AP)

Who gets to tell the story of a historic civil rights site?

A fight is brewing in Tennessee over a legendary civil rights and labor organizing center whose alumni and supporters include Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt. The original Highlander Folk School was … more

By TRAVIS LOLLER | 9/3/22

NASA's new moon rocket is illuminated by xenon lights as she sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Fuel leak disrupts NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

NASA's new moon rocket has sprung another fuel leak. The problem cropped up at daybreak Saturday as the Florida launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot rocket. … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 9/3/22

FILE - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev (l) and his wife Raisa wave to well wishers when strolling through market place in downtown Stuttgart, Wednesday, June 14, 1989. In background is the New Castle where Gorbachev had talks with representatives of West German state Baden-Wurttemberg. When Mikhail Gorbachev is buried Saturday at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery, he will once again be next to his wife, Raisa, with whom he shared the world stage in a visibly close and loving marriage that was unprecedented for a Soviet leader. Gorbachev's very public devotion to his family broke the stuffy mold of previous Soviet leaders, just as his openness to political reform did. (AP Photo/Arne Dedert, File)

Gorbachev's marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

When Mikhail Gorbachev is buried Saturday at a Moscow cemetery he will once again be next to his wife, Raisa. The two had shared the world stage for more than a decade in a visibly close marriage … more

By JULIA RUBIN | 9/3/22

Cadets practice with gas masks during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Fighting raged Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, near Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine, as experts from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency assessing damage expressed concern over the facility's “physical integrity.” (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 From economic protests in Sri Lanka, to the aftermath of flooding in Pakistan, to an excessive-heat warning in Los Angeles, this photo gallery highlights some of the … more

9/2/22

A trickle of water comes out of the faucet of Mary Gaines a resident of the Golden Keys Senior Living apartments in her kitchen in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

EXPLAINER: Mississippi capital's water woes are extensive

Mississippi's capital city is struggling with its water system. Many of Jackson's 150,000 residents have had little or no water coming from their faucets the past several days. Problems started days … more

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | 9/2/22

This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich. U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2022, by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. (Pfizer via AP)

EXPLAINER: Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

New COVID-19 boosters targeting today’s most common omicron strains should begin arriving within days. The new shots offer Americans a chance to get the most up-to-date protection at yet another … more

By LAURAN NEERGAARD | 9/2/22

Anastasia Ohrimenko, 26, is comforted by relatives and friends as she cries next to a coffin with the body of her husband Yury Styglyuk, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on August 24 in Maryinka, Donetsk, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

AUG. 26-SEPT. 1, 2022 This week's top photos include those documenting the death of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the return to school of Ukrainian refugees in Romania. Russian … more

By The Associated Press | 9/2/22

A youth makes an "L" during a campaign rally to support Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's bid for reelection in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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9/2/22

Amazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked

A hearing officer for a federal labor board has rebuffed Amazon’s attempt to scrap a historic union win at a warehouse on Staten Island, New York. Shortly after the labor win in April, Amazon filed … more

By HALELUYA HADERO | 9/1/22