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Suspect in Wisconsin bar shooting that killed 3 identified
The man in custody in connection with a shooting at a southeastern Wisconsin tavern that left three men dead and three others injured was involved in a fight at the bar before coming back with a handgun and opening fire, authorities said Monday.
AP source: Guantanamo prisoners now getting COVID-19 vaccine
Prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center can begin getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, a senior defense official told The Associated Press, months after a plan to inoculate them was scuttled over outrage that many Americans weren't eligible to receive the shots.
Facebook, preparing for Chauvin verdict, to limit posts that might incite violence
Facebook said it would identify and remove posts on the social network that urged people to bring arms to the city, and also take down content that praised, celebrated or mocked his death.
Write on Sports gets youngsters into sports communications
Kristie Keleshian was a shy middle schooler when she signed up for Write on Sports because her brother had joined.
Nevada inmate fighting execution seeks firing-squad option
A convicted killer who is fighting a possible June execution date that would make him the first person put to death in Nevada in 15 years is calling for the state to consider the firing squad as an option, a rare method in the United States.
Portland police make 2 arrests amid protest vandalism
Some people in a small crowd calling for the abolition of police broke windows as they marched in Portland on Monday night, hours after authorities said that a man who was fatally shot by an officer in a city park last week had an orange-tipped replica gun.
Apple to host virtual iPad event, may hint at new AirPods
Many of us may be suffering from virtual event fatigue after a year of video calls. But not Apple, which plans new product announcements at what seems likely to be an iPhone-less online event on Tuesday
Search for survivors of capsized lift boat ends
The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim hunt for bodies and a painstaking investigation that could take up to two years.
Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some say yes
As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.
Asian Americans wary about school amid virus, violence
A Chinese American mother in the Boston suburbs is sending her sons to in-person classes this month, even after one of them was taunted with a racist "slanted-eyes" gesture at school, just days after the killings of women of Asian descent at massage businesses in Atlanta.
Long after the loss, Mondale's liberal legacy still relevant
In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris all called to say goodbye and thank you.
Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, dies at 93
Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93.
Mondale remembered as effective policymaker, public servant
Reaction to the death of former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died Monday in Minneapolis at age 93:
Gaetz, Greene flaunt new paths to power, testing GOP leaders
Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands.
Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial
The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, including considering whether President Joe Biden should address the nation and dispatching specially trained community facilitators from the Justice Department, aides and officials told The Associated Press.
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch
There will be no hands to shake or backs to slap, no way to look a foreign leader in the eye. The small human moments that define statecraft will be reduced to images on a screen.
Teen's death puts focus on split-second police decisions
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Latino groups want DOJ probe of shooting by Chicago police
Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer.
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch Monday, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out front, watching the street. A handful of other soldiers were scattered nearby, along with four camouflaged Humvees and a couple police cars.