Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
The man suspected of fatally shooting three people and wounding another at a Las Vegas university Wednesday was a professor who unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press.
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Two regional aircraft clipped wings Tuesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, officials said.
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A Texas man killed his parents and four others and wounded two police officers in a daylong trail of violence stretching from San Antonio to Austin, authorities said Wednesday.
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Gates Foundation takes on poverty in the U.S. with $100 million commitment
In recent years, city leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska, observed that many workers and students were walking or biking long distances to their jobs or schools. So when city administrator, Laura McAloon, learned of an opportunity to study the development of a bus system to meet those transportation needs, she jumped at it.
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Houston's mayoral runoff election
It's down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation's fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire will face off in Saturday's runoff election to be the next mayor of Houston.
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Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions
The Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza twice overnight, residents said, as United Nations officials warned there are no safe places left in the besieged territory.
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Putin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date
Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country's 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office.
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From SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced
Some of the words tied to this year's hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying them aloud, with stumpers ranging from the first name of ''Oppenheimer'' star Cillian Murphy to the singer SZA to the name of a sacred slab of sandstone used in the coronation of King Charles III.
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Azerbaijan to hold snap presidential election on February 7, shortly before Russia's vote
President Ilham Aliyev has ordered Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission to prepare for an early presidential election on Feb. 7, shortly ahead of Russia's presidential election on March 17.
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Soto traded to Yankees from Padres in seven-player blockbuster
Juan Soto is headed to the New York Yankees in their first big move following the team's worst season in three decades.
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Amazon's internal plans to advance its interests in California are laid bare in leaked memo
An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company's carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against ''labor agitation'' from the Teamsters and other groups.
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A sea otter pup found alone in Alaska has a new home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium
An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.
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A nurse's fatal last visit to patient's home renews calls for better safety measures
The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry gripped by the fear of violence.
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Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people and critically wounding a fourth before dying in a shootout with police.
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An appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television — and with it American life — in the 1970s
In many American living rooms, the 1960s didn't really begin until Jan. 12, 1971.
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Texas judge to consider pregnant woman's request for order allowing her to have an abortion
Texas' strict abortion ban will face an unprecedented test Thursday, when a judge considers a request for an emergency court order that would allow a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to have an abortion in the state.
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Wyoming may auction off huge piece of pristine land inside Grand Teton
Off and on for over a decade, Wyoming leaders have threatened to auction off large chunks of pristine, state-owned parcels of land within Grand Teton National Park to the highest-bidding developer to prod the U.S. government to step in and pay millions to conserve the properties.
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Lawmakers to vote on censuring Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in House office building
The House will again vote Thursday on punishing one of their own, this time targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when the chamber was in session.
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Trump expected to attend New York fraud trial again Thursday as testimony nears an end
He's been a frustrated observer, a confrontational witness and a heated commentator outside the courtroom door. Now former President Donald Trump is poised to return to his civil business fraud trial again, first to watch and then to serve as star witness for his own defense.
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Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
Ira ''Ike'' Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party.
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Who are the Houthis and why hasn't the US retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East?
When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships in the southern Red Sea last weekend, it triggered an immediate question: Will the U.S. military strike back?
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Democratic support for Biden ticks up on handling of Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll says
Democratic views on how President Joe Biden is handling the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians have rebounded slightly, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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J Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic 'Amigos' — and no, it is not about Bad Bunny
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