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Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Hannah Kobayashi, missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is found safe

“We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe,” Brandi Yee and Sydni Kobayashi wrote. “This past month has been an unimaginable orde…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

Suspect Luigi Mangione’s fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene and that officials say the gunman …

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
A federal judge temporarily halts the proposed supermarket merger of Kroger and Albertsons

Kroger, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates 2,800 stores in 35 states, including brands like Ralphs, Smith’s and Harris Teeter. Albertsons, based in Boise, ope…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
New York prosecutors charge suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing with murder, court records show

A man suspected in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was arrested and charged with murder Monday after a quick-thinking McDonald’s custome…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Man in custody had a gun, mask and writings tying him to killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, police say

The NYPD is sending detectives to Pennsylvania to question the person taken into custody. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to address this developmen…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the Democrat whose office brought the case, said prosecutors “followed the facts and the evidence from beginning to en…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
News groups sue Idaho prison leader for increased witness access to lethal injection executions

The Associated Press and two other news organizations are suing Idaho's top prison official for increased access to lethal injection executions, saying the sta…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November in bounce-back from October slowdown

Friday’s report from the Labor Department report showed that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4.1% in October to a still-low 4.2%

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
The National Weather Service cancels tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after 7.0 earthquake

The National Weather Service canceled its tsunami warning for the U.S. West Coast after a powerful earthquake shook parts of California on Thursday.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
US judge rejects Boeing's plea deal in a conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes

Paul Cassell, an attorney for families of passengers who died in the crashes, called the ruling an important victory for the rights of crime victims.

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Ammunition used in CEO’s killing had 'Deny,' 'defend' and 'depose' written on it, AP sources say

The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned …

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
UnitedHealthcare CEO is killed in a 'targeted shooting' outside a New York hotel, officials say

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed Wednesday morning in what police said was a “brazen, targeted attack” outside a Manhattan hotel where t…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Hunter Biden gun case dismissed after President Joe Biden's sweeping pardon

The Justice Department special counsel is also opposed to dismissing a case filed in California after he failed to pay $1.4 million in taxe s. A federal judge …

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Santa's annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country

Owens moved to Kentucky from Delaware 55 years ago when she got married and experienced her first Santa Train a few years later, when her son turned 3. He is 4…

Updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Big balloons, wet weather and 21 protesters arrested

This year's parade featured 17 giant, helium-filled character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage inflatables, 11 marching bands from as far away as T…