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Driver charged with killing NHL's Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal li...

Sep 13, 2024

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader pleads not guilty to drug and murder charges in New York

NEW YORK (AP) - Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the powerful longtime leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in New York on a 17-count indictment accusing him of narcotics traffic...

Sep 13, 2024

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...

Sep 13, 2024

Feds rarely punish hospitals for turning away pregnant patients

As the pregnant woman's contractions rolled in every two minutes, staff at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dispatched an ambulance to send her elsewhere. Just t...

Sep 13, 2024

Nebraska ballot can include competing measures to expand or limit abortion rights, high court rules

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court's ruling came days after it heard arguments...

Sep 13, 2024

Russia to expel 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying and 'subversive activities'

Russia's Federal Security Service on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said a decision has been made to withdraw their accreditation. Russian state TV quoted an official from the secu...

Sep 13, 2024

Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides and floods

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state medi...

Sep 12, 2024

Vietnam typhoon death toll rises to 233 as more bodies found in areas hit by landslides and floods

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The death toll in the aftermath of a typhoon in Vietnam climbed to 233 on Friday as rescue workers recovered more bodies from areas hit by landslides and flash floods, state medi...

Sep 12, 2024

Border Patrol response to Uvalde school shooting marred by breakdowns and poor training, report says

U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation's deadliest class...

Sep 12, 2024

Man arrested in Denver-area shooting and taken to hospital along with female victim, police say

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - A suspect in a shooting at an apartment complex near Denver was taken into custody Thursday and transported to a hospital along with a female victim after a four-hour standoff...

Sep 12, 2024