Judge rejects bid to toss DNA in incapacitated woman’s rape
PHOENIX — A former nurse charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care facility has lost...
Kansas woman alleging dorm rape convenes own grand jury
MISSION, Kan. — A Kansas woman who alleges consensual sex with a friend in his college dorm room turned into a terrifying assault took...
Florida dad threatened mom, killed son; help came too late
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Court records show that a father who killed his 4-year-old son and himself had sent numerous threatening texts to the...
Lawsuit dismissed in death of woman buried in beach sand
OCEAN CITY, Md. — The lawsuit surrounding the death of a woman who was accidentally buried alive on a Maryland beach by a tractor...
Who’s an astronaut as private spaceflight picks up speed?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil
SAO PAULO — The pandemic shantytown sprang up virtually overnight when people began using scavenged wooden boards to build shacks on a plot of...
Prosecutor won’t pursue charges Nat’l Guard shooting of cook
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's top criminal prosecutor won't pursue charges against Louisville police or National Guard members in the fatal shooting of a barbecue...
Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone inches closer
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to...
People of color more exposed to heat islands, study finds
In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study...
LA airport cargo handlers charged with stealing gold bars
LOS ANGELES — Two cargo handlers were charged Tuesday with stealing gold bars from a shipment at Los Angeles International Airport.
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