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Amanda Perez, left, is comforted by fellow student Alejandro Barron following a shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via 麻豆传媒app)

Police say 3 dead, fourth wounded and shooter also dead in University of Nevada, Las Vegas attack

A person opened fire on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus, and at least three victims were taken to hospitals, according to police who reported the shooter was found dead.
 
Domatilia Caal, center, is consoled by her brother, Cornelio, and sister Filomena, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Austin, Texas, at the site where her husband was killed in a violent trail of separate attacks on Tuesday. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via 麻豆传媒app)

Sheriff: Texas man killed parents, 4 others in trail of violence from San Antonio to Austin

 
FILE - Paramedics Jeremy Cooper, left, and Peter Cichuniec attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colo., on Jan. 20, 2023. The two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen by the public that the 23-year-old Black man had "excited delirium,鈥� a disputed condition that some say is unscientific and rooted in racism. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via 麻豆传媒app, File)

Paramedics told investigators that Elijah McClain had 鈥榚xcited delirium,鈥� a disputed condition

 
FILE - The United States Coast Guard Academy is seen, Sept. 14, 2020, in New London, Conn. An internal U.S. Coast Guard review has found that too many of the service's members aren鈥檛 experiencing a safe workplace while trust in leadership is eroding. The wide-ranging internal report was released Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 months after the Coast Guard apologized for failing to adequately handle cases of sexual assault and harassment at the service鈥檚 Connecticut academy. (APPhoto/Jessica Hill, File)

US Coast Guard service members don鈥檛 feel safe, new review says. Officials are promising changes

 
FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from Texas was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, on felony charges in the U.S. Capitol riot. Kyle Douglas McMahan, 41, of Watauga, was taken into custody in Dallas nearly three years after authorities say he joined the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (APPhoto/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Air Force Reserve staff sergeant arrested on felony charges for role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

 

Topics

Abortion

FILE - Demonstrators march and gather near the state capitol following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Austin, Texas. A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis asked a court Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, to let her terminate the pregnancy, bringing what her attorneys say is the first lawsuit of its kind in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. (APPhoto/Eric Gay, File)

A pregnant Texas woman is asking a court to let her have an abortion under exceptions to state鈥檚 ban

 

  1. Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

  2. Man pleads guilty to 2022 firebombing of Wisconsin anti-abortion office

  3. West Virginia places anti-abortion pregnancy center coalition at the helm of $1M grant program

LGBTQ+

FILE - A gay rights activist stands with a rainbow flag, in front of journalists, during a protesting picket at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015. Russia鈥檚 Supreme Court on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. (APPhoto, File)

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement 鈥榚xtremist鈥�

 

  1. Iowa court affirms hate crime conviction of man who left anti-gay notes at homes with rainbow flags

  2. First same-sex married couple in Nepal vow to continue campaign for gay rights

  3. For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

Shootings

FILE - Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings. The effort by Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Sen. Angus King of Maine comes as Congress shows no signs of reinstating the landmark 1994 assault weapons ban from the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. (APPhoto/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein鈥檚 ban on assault weapons fades into history

 

  1. Suspended Florida prosecutor tells state Supreme Court that DeSantis exceeded his authority

  2. A woman has died and 2 people have been wounded in a shooting in east London, police say

  3. Mississippi police searching for suspects in shooting that injured 5

Immigration

FILE - Migrants form lines outside the border fence waiting for transportation to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023. Washington's center of gravity on immigration has shifted demonstrably to the right. The debate is now focused on measures meant to keep migrants out as Republicans sense they have the political upper hand. A bipartisan group of senators tasked with finding a border deal this week is running out of time to reach an agreement. (APPhoto/Andres Leighton, File)

Washington鈥檚 center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right. Can the parties make a deal?

 

  1. Illinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk

  2. Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds

  3. UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers

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Authorities in Alaska suspend search for boy missing after deadly landslide

Authorities have suspended the search for the 12-year-old boy still missing following a deadly landslide in the southeast Alaska community of Wrangell.
 
FILE - Jacksonville Jaguars safety Sergio Brown speaks during an NFL event for kids, July 15, 2015, in south London. The former NFL player has been arrested in southern California nearly a month after the body of his 73-year-old mother was found behind her suburban Chicago home. San Diego County Jail records show Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, that Brown, 35, was booked into the facility Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 10, following a 鈥渇ugitive arrest.鈥� (APPhoto/Matt Dunham, File)

Ex-NFL player Sergio Brown pleads not guilty to killing mother

Former NFL Player Sergio Brown pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the September death of his mother.
 
Police block a roadway in Waltham, Mass., after a person in a vehicle struck and injured utility workers before stealing a police cruiser, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The driver in the suburb of Boston crashed the cruiser before being captured, law enforcement officials said. (APPhoto/Michael Casey)

Massachusetts man drives into utility workers and officer, steals cruiser, then flees, police say

Law enforcement officials say a driver in a suburb of Boston crashed into at least two individuals and a police officer before stealing a police car, fleeing the scene and then crashing the cruiser.
 
FILE - Hinds County, Miss., Emergency Management Operations Deputy Director Tracy Funches, right, and Operations Coordinator Luke Chennault, left, wade through floodwaters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Aug. 29, 2022, as they check water levels. Flooding affected a number of neighborhoods that are near the Pearl River. Environmental groups in Mississippi presented findings Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers showing a long-debated flood control project along the Pearl River would be 鈥渄estructive,鈥� the groups said, and alternative projects should be considered instead. (APPhoto/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Environmentalists say Pearl River flood control plan would be destructive. Alternative plans exist

Environmental groups in Mississippi say findings from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers show a long-debated flood control project along the Pearl River would be 鈥渄estructive.鈥�
 

Jury acquits officer in Maryland county鈥檚 first police murder charge in shooting handcuffed man

A Maryland jury has acquitted a police officer who had been charged with murder after shooting a handcuffed man.
 

Boy Scout abuse claims fund shouldn鈥檛 pay $21 million in lawyers鈥� fees, judge says

The judge presiding over the Boys Scouts of America鈥檚 bankruptcy has rejected a $21 million fee request from attorneys hired by law firms representing survivors of child sexual abuse.
 

Louisiana governor-elect names former gubernatorial candidate to lead state鈥檚 department of revenue

Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry named Richard Nelson, a Republican state lawmaker who spearheaded proposals to eliminate Louisiana鈥檚 income tax, as the next revenue secretary.
 

California inmate charged with attempted murder in attack on Kristin Smart鈥檚 killer

A twice-convicted killer has been charged with attempted murder for a prison yard attack on a fellow inmate convicted of the high-profile killing of California college student Kristin Smart, who vanished 27 years ago.
 
File-This March 6, 2018, file photo shows Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announcing her resignation in Nashville, Tenn. Barry has announced a run for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Rep. Mark Green. Barry's announcement Wednesday Dec. 6, 2023 kicks off a political comeback attempt more than five years after the fallout from an extramarital affair cut her tenure short. (APPhoto/Mark Humphrey, File)

Ex-Nashville mayor to run for GOP-held US House seat, seeking a political return years after scandal

Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has announced a run for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Rep. Mark Green.
 

Chicago man pleads guilty in shooting of three undercover federal officers

A Chicago man has pleaded guilty in a 2021 drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers that he mistook for rival gang members.
 
Grace Jabbari, second from left, the accuser in the assault case against Jonathan Majors, leaves court after giving testimony, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. (APPhoto/Bebeto Matthews)

Jonathan Majors鈥� ex describes 鈥榮ubstantial鈥� pain caused by actor as defense questions her drinking

Jonathan Majors鈥� former girlfriend testified Wednesday about the injuries that she suffered after the actor allegedly attacked her in the backseat of a cab this spring.
 
FILE - Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed the night before burn in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2023. Norfolk Southern railroad announced on Tuesday, Dec. 5, plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by the derailment right after the one-year anniversary of the crash. Railroad officials reiterated their long-term commitment to helping the town of East Palestine and the surrounding area recover. (APPhoto/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Norfolk Southern to end relocation aid right after one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern railroad plans to stop paying relocation aid to people displaced by last February鈥檚 fiery derailment in eastern Ohio right after the one-year anniversary of the crash.
 
FILE - The commencement address is given during graduation at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., on May 12, 2018. The leader of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate says lawmakers are nearing a deal that would allow for long-blocked pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees to take effect. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu also told APWednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 that the deal would include funds for a new engineering building on the UW-Madison campus. (APPhoto/Jon Elswick, File)

Top Wisconsin Senate Republican says a deal is near for university pay raises. UW officials disagree

The leader of the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate says lawmakers are nearing a deal that would allow for long-blocked pay raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees to take effect.
 
FILE - A semi-truck turns into an Amazon Fulfillment center in Eastvale, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company鈥檚 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 鈥渓abor agitation鈥� from the Teamsters and other groups. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register via 麻豆传媒app, File)

Amazon鈥檚 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鈥檚 carefully laid out plans to grow its influence and advance its interest in Southern California.
 
Nevada State Police officers head onto the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus after reports of an active shooter, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via 麻豆传媒app)

UNLV-Dayton basketball game canceled in wake of mass shooting in Las Vegas

UNLV鈥檚 basketball game at Dayton on Wednesday night has been canceled because of a mass shooting earlier in the day at the Las Vegas school.
 
This still image provided by New Jersey State Comptroller Office shows a graphic from the NJ State Comptrollers Office report regarding a police training video. An October 2021 police training seminar in New Jersey, instructors made lewd comments about women, encouraged officers to pull people over for no reason and showed a photo of a monkey after discussing pulling over a 75-year-old Black man, according to a new state comptroller's report.鈥� (New Jersey State Comptroller Office via 麻豆传媒app)

Trainers at New Jersey police seminar disparaged women, made 鈥榠nappropriate鈥� remarks, officials say

A new state comptroller report finds that a police training seminar in New Jersey included instructors making lewd comments about women, encouraging officers to pull people over for no reason and showing a photo of an ape after talking about pulling over a 75-year-old Black man.
 
FILE - Cases of beer are stacked next to each other in a Milwaukee liquor store, Nov. 8, 2018. Wisconsin's wedding barns face new regulations under a liquor law overhaul bill they fought to kill but that Gov. Tony Evers signed into law over their objections on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (APPhoto/Ivan Moreno, File)

Wisconsin wedding barns face new regulations under liquor-law overhaul signed into law

Wisconsin鈥檚 wedding barns face new regulations under a liquor law overhaul bill they fought to kill but that Gov.
 
First lady Jill Biden takes a photo with guests during a Toys for Tots event with local Marine Corps and military-connected families on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Andrew Harnik)

Jill Biden and military kids sort toys the White House donated to the Marine Corps Reserve program

Jill Biden and military kids are sorting toys donated by the White House to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.
 
FILE - Voters fill in their ballots at at Precinct 5 at Wood Activity & Therapeutic Center in Clinton, Miss., during the general election, Nov. 7, 2023. The chairman of a congressional committee that has broad oversight of U.S. federal elections says ballot shortages in Mississippi's largest county could undermine voting and election confidence in 2024 if local officials don鈥檛 make changes. (Barbara Gauntt/The Clarion-Ledger via 麻豆传媒app, file)

US House chair probes ballot shortages that hampered voting in Mississippi鈥檚 largest county

The chair of a congressional committee with oversight of U.S. federal elections says ballot shortages in Mississippi鈥檚 largest county could undermine voting and election confidence in 2024 if local officials don鈥檛 make changes.
 
Georgia House and Reapportionment Redistricting Committee Chairman Rob Leverett, R-Elberton, right, announces that the committee has passed a Republican-favored proposal for new Georgia congressional districts on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at the state capitol in Atlanta. The committee action sets the stage for the end of Georgia's special legislative session on redistricting. (APPhoto/Jeff Amy)

New GOP-favored Georgia congressional map nears passage as the end looms for redistricting session

A Georgia special session to redraw congressional and legislative voting district maps is likely to end Thursday.
 

Opening month of mobile sports betting goes smoothly in Maine as bettors wager nearly $40 million

Officials say bettors placed nearly $40 million in online bets during the first month since it became legal.
 
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Biden鈥檚 campaign will not commit yet to participating in general election debates in 2024

President Joe Biden鈥檚 campaign is not yet committing to general election debates next year. The comment on Wednesday by one of his top campaign leaders was the latest sign that a staple of modern White House campaigns may not be in play in 2024.
 
A Christmas tree stands in front of the west steps of the California Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. California will not have an in-person tree lighting ceremony this year. Instead, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife will host a pre-recorded ceremony that will be released Wednesday. Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza have protested at the California Capitol and other public places. The Governor's Office said it was concerned about security. (APPhoto/Adam Beam)

Gaza protests prompt California governor to hold virtual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony

California Gov. Gavin Newsom won鈥檛 host an in-person Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the state Capitol this year.
 
FILE - Incoming NCAA president Charlie Baker speaks during the NCAA Convention, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in San Antonio. Baker wants to create a new tier of Division I where athlete can be paid by schools. The new subdivision for schools with the most athletic resources could offer unlimited educational benefits, enter into name, image and likeness partnerships with athletes and compensate them through a trust fund (APPhoto/Darren Abate, File)

Proposal to create new tier for big-money college sports is just a start, NCAA president says

A day after NCAA President Charlie Baker made an aggressive and potentially groundbreaking pitch to allow some schools to pay their athletes, his proposal was met with praise, caution and questions from around college sports.
 
FILE - Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford answers a question during an interview at the State Attorneys General Association meetings, Nov. 16, 2023, in Boston. On Wednesday, Dec. 6, a Nevada grand jury indicted six Republicans who submitted certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in their state, making Nevada the third to seek charges against so-called 鈥渇ake electors.鈥� Ford said in a statement Wednesday that he would do everything in his power to defend the institutions of the nation and the state. (APPhoto/Charles Krupa, File)

Nevada grand jury indicts six Republicans who falsely certified that Trump won the state in 2020

A Nevada grand jury has indicted six Nevada GOP members who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election, making the Western swing state the third to seek charges against so-called 鈥渇ake electors.鈥�
 
FILE - Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter, Oct. 27, 2009, in Miami. Juanita Castro, the anti-communist sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raul Castro who worked with the CIA against their government, has died in Miami at age 90. Journalist Mar铆a Antonieta Collins, who co-wrote Juanita Castro鈥檚 2009 book, 鈥淔idel and Ra煤l, My Brothers. The Secret History," wrote on Instagram that she died on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (APPhoto/Alan Diaz, File)

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul, dies in Miami at 90

The anti-communist sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro has died in Miami at age 90. Juanita Castro died Monday, nearly 60 years after she fled their communist revolution.
 

St. Louis prosecutor, appointed 6 months ago, is seeking a full term in 2024

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore, who was appointed to the job by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in May after Kim Gardner鈥檚 sudden resignation, says he鈥檚 running for a full term in 2024.
 

Wisconsin appeals court upholds decisions denying company permit to build golf course near park

A state appeals court has upheld decisions that denied a company a permit to build a golf course near a state park along Wisconsin鈥檚 Lake Michigan shoreline.
 
A sign noting a discount is displayed in an unsold 2024 Cooper SE electric hardtop at a Mini dealership on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Loveland, Colo. EV inventory is building on dealer lots, and many EV models are taking longer to sell than gas counterparts. (APPhoto/David Zalubowski)

Automakers, dealers and shoppers dawdle on EVs despite strong year in US sales growth

The EV trend in the US at the end of 2023 is a little tough to tease out. Overall sales hit a record, but they鈥檙e also falling short of expectations amid the industry鈥檚 push to transition away from combustion engines and quickly towards EVs.
 
FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A woman sued the hip-hop mogul on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17. The woman, whose name wasn鈥檛 disclosed in the court filing, is the fourth person to file a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual assault in recent weeks. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/麻豆传媒app, File)

Lawsuit accuses Sean Combs, 2 others of raping 17-year-old girl in 2003; Combs denies allegations

A woman has sued the hip-hop mogul Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17.