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New details emerge in fatal shootings of California police

13 May 2021, 11:15 AM PDT

Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones speaks at a news conference at Police headquarters in downtown Stockton about officer Jimmy Inn who was shot and killed in the line of duty while on a domestic abuse call on La Cresta Way in Stockton on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The suspect was …

Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

From left, Tim Williams, warehouse assistant for Medisys, Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, and Dr. Abhu Kaur with Khalsa Aid USA, a global humanitarian organization, load dozens of electrical transformers onto a pallet, which will be shipped to New Delhi with oxygen concentrators this week on New York’s Long …

The Latest: Louisiana kids can start vaccinations Thursday

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

A man wearing personal protective equipment prays in front of the burning funeral pyre of his father who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma)

The Latest: Netanyahu raps ‘anarchy’ of Jewish-Arab fighting

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fire from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel,, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Nowhere to run: Fear in Gaza grows amid conflict with Israel

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

People inspect the rubble of a destroyed residential building which was hit by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gas crunch continues across much of US after pipeline hack

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

A customer helps pumping gas at Costco, as other wait in line, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after revealing a cyberattack that it said had affected some of its …

New this week: Angelina Jolie thrills and Black Keys rock

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows promotional art for "Those Who Wish Me Dead," a film starring Angelina Jolie, premieres in theaters and on HBO Max on May 14. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Ellen DeGeneres to end long-running TV talk show next year

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

Ellen DeGeneres appears during a taping of the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," in Burbank, Calif. on May 24, 2016. DeGeneres, who has seen ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, has decided her upcoming season next year will be the last. It coincides with the end of her …

Phylicia Rashad to lead Howard College of Fine Arts

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

Phylicia Rashad arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2019. Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts. The longtime performer and Tony Award winner who role to cultural prominence as Clair Huxtable …

Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word’

13 May 2021, 11:14 AM PDT

In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, night falls on the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of a Black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked. (AP …

Stocks open higher on Wall Street as Big Tech regains ground

13 May 2021, 11:13 AM PDT

A man wearing a protective mask stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets retreated Wednesday as investors looked ahead to U.S. data they worry will show inflation is picking up. (AP …

John Kennedy Urges Biden to Quit ‘Honking on Like a Goose’ and Solve Our Issues

13 May 2021, 11:10 AM PDT

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Report: CDC To Issue Guidance Permitting Vaccinated People To Sometimes Go Maskless Indoors

13 May 2021, 11:08 AM PDT

A couple wearing face masks talks on the bench in a park of Miraflores ahead of Lima's total lockdown to stop surge of coronavirus cases on January 30, 2021 in Lima, Peru. President Francisco Sagasti ordered total lockdown in Lima and nine other regions from January 31 to February 14 …

EXPLAINER: Why are fears of high inflation getting worse?

13 May 2021, 11:05 AM PDT

In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Powell says the economic outlook has “clearly brightened” in the United States but the recovery remains too uneven with lower income groups lagging behind. In …

Teachers union president is ‘all in’ on full fall reopening

13 May 2021, 11:04 AM PDT

In this May 3, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden gestures as he talks to students during a visit to Yorktown Elementary School, in Yorktown, Va., as first lady Jill Biden watches. Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his …

Johnson ‘anxious’ over rise of Indian virus variant in UK

13 May 2021, 11:03 AM PDT

Caroline Nicolls receive an injection of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine administered by nurse Amy Nash, at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, England, Tuesday April 13, 2021. Moderna is the third vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, and is being given to patients in England from Tuesday. (Steve …

AP source: Govt to ease up guidance on indoor mask-wearing

13 May 2021, 11:03 AM PDT

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

West Virginia trial puts spotlight on sprawling opioid cases

13 May 2021, 11:03 AM PDT

In this May 3, 2021, file photo, Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, left, and lawyer Rusty Webb enter the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston, W. Va., for the start of the opioid trial. Local governments seeking to hold companies accountable for the opioid crisis in the U.S. are …

Loudoun County, Virginia, Parents Slam School Board Over ‘Racist’ Critical Race Theory

13 May 2021, 11:00 AM PDT

Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom

Harvard Students Demand University Condemn Israel’s ‘Excessive Use of Force’

13 May 2021, 10:54 AM PDT

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Scrum of challengers awaits Cheney after House GOP ouster

13 May 2021, 10:53 AM PDT

In this Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, Liz Cheney, center, talks to people at the Senior Citizens Center in Gillette, Wyo., after earlier in the day announcing she would run fro Congress. Removing congresswoman Liz Cheney from House GOP leadership was a relatively easy task for pro-Trump Republicans compared to …

Nurses, nonprofits, others take vaccine to homebound people

13 May 2021, 10:53 AM PDT

Torrance firefighter Trevor Borello, left, administers the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Barbara Franco, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, at her apartment, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Torrance, Calif. Teamed up with the Torrance Fire Department, Torrance Memorial Medical Center started inoculating people at home in March, identifying …

Report: Woman Wakes to Find Blood Dripping on Her from Apartment Ceiling

13 May 2021, 10:53 AM PDT

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Catholic League: Critical Race Theory Is ‘Inherently Racist’

13 May 2021, 10:51 AM PDT

A Catholic procession begins a special 'Mass on the Border' along the U.S.-Mexico border fence on April 1, 2014 in Nogales, Arizona. Catholic bishops led by the Archbishop of Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley held the mass to pray for comprehensive immigration reform and for those who have died along the …

Russian admiral frets over ‘provocative’ NATO drills

13 May 2021, 10:44 AM PDT

The Northern Fleet's flagship, the Pyotr Veilikiy (Peter the Great) missile cruiser, is seen at its Arctic base of Severomorsk, Russia, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Adm. Alexander Moiseyev, the commander of Russia's Northern Fleet griped Thursday about increased NATO's military activities near the country's borders, describing them as a threat …

US agents encounter more single adults crossing border

13 May 2021, 10:44 AM PDT

Domingo Antonio Zeledon, 39, of Nicaragua, looks out from a migrant shelter, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. Zeledon turned himself in to authorities after crossing the border a few days earlier, fleeing an economic crisis at home. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Chrissy Teigen apologizes to Courtney Stodden for harassment

13 May 2021, 10:44 AM PDT

Chrissy Teigen appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Feb. 9, 2020, left, and Courtney Stodden appears at the 5th Annual Streamy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2015. Teigen, the wife of superstar John Legend, has apologized for harassing a then-teenage Courtney Stodden …

Elon Musk’s Tesla U-Turns on Bitcoin over ‘Cost to Environment’

13 May 2021, 10:43 AM PDT

Elon Musk says Mars could be a refuge in the event of a third world war on Earth

Poll: For unvaccinated Latinos, hesitancy isn’t the problem

13 May 2021, 10:34 AM PDT

In this Feb. 8, 2021 file photo, Juan Delgado, 73, right, receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot from a health care worker at a vaccination site in the Mission district of San Francisco. Latinos who haven’t yet gotten the COVID-19 vaccine are much more likely than whites or Blacks to say …

Company: Ex-Trump lawyer raiding nonprofit for personal use

13 May 2021, 10:34 AM PDT

In this Nov. 19, 2020 file photo, Sidney Powell attends a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell says she created a legal defense fund to protect the integrity of U.S. elections. A company suing Powell over her baseless claims of a …

Biden warns against gas price gouging after cyberattack

13 May 2021, 10:34 AM PDT

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about COVID vaccinations in the South Court Auditorium at the White House, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stocks rise after three days of losses, Bitcoin drops 11%

13 May 2021, 10:34 AM PDT

In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, the American Flag hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York.Stocks were posting strong gains in early trading Thursday, May 13, 2021, following three days of losses and the biggest one-day drop in the S&P 500 since February. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin …

Amazon seeks to hire 75,000; offers $100 to vaccinated hires

13 May 2021, 10:34 AM PDT

An Amazon truck drives in in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Poll: Majority of Swing Voters Oppose Biden’s Surge of Refugees to U.S.

13 May 2021, 10:32 AM PDT

President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the Colonial Pipeline hack, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Exclusive — Sam Brownback: ‘This Is the Most Persecuted Era of Christianity in the History of Mankind’

13 May 2021, 10:29 AM PDT

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

Nancy Pelosi Says Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Comments to AOC Were ‘Verbal Assault’

13 May 2021, 10:28 AM PDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

2 planes collide above Denver and land with no one injured

13 May 2021, 10:23 AM PDT

This image from CBS Denver shows a Key Lime Air Metroliner that landed safely at Centennial Airport after a mid-air collision near Denver on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Federal officials say two airplanes collided but that there are no injuries. The collision between a twin-engine Fairchild Metroliner and a single-engine …

EXPLAINER: Ohio offers $1M weekly prize as vaccine incentive

13 May 2021, 10:23 AM PDT

In this Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine discusses the most recent data on Ohio's soaring coronavirus cases during a news briefing at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine is ready to address Ohioans in his fourth primetime speech about the state's progress against …

Documents: Firefighters could be fired for Bryant photos

13 May 2021, 10:23 AM PDT

In this July 26, 2018, file photo, former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif. Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended in the fallout over first responders sharing graphic photos from the …

Never count him out: Nadal rallies past Shapovalov in Rome

13 May 2021, 10:23 AM PDT

Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)