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Prosecutor: $100 repair bill sparked Half Moon Bay shooting

January 28, 2023, 8:29pm Nation & World

A farmworker charged with killing seven people at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms reportedly told investigators he was spurred to carry out the shootings after his supervisor demanded he… Read story

DOJ appointee releases new plan for ‘tenuous’ Jackson water

January 28, 2023, 7:39pm Nation & World

The interim manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the troubled water system in Mississippi's capital city released a new financial plan Friday to change the way… Read story

FILE - An inert Minuteman III missile is seen in a training launch tube at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., June 25, 2014. Nine military officers who had worked decades ago at a nuclear missile base in Montana, home to a vast field of 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile silos, have been diagnosed with blood cancer and there are "indications" the disease may be linked to their service, according to military briefing slides obtained by The Associated Press. One of the officers has died.

U.S. nuclear strike chief seeks cancer review of missile crews

January 28, 2023, 7:39pm Nation & World

The top Air Force general in charge of the nation's air- and ground-launched nuclear missiles has requested an official investigation into the number of airmen who are reporting blood cancer diagnoses after serving at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Read story

X-Golf manager J.W. Park, left, helps Ashley Moreno to check out at X-Golf indoor golf in Glenview, Ill., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Tipping fatigue, it seems, is swarming America as more businesses adopt digital payment methods that automatically prompts customers to leave a gratuity. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

Is tipping getting out of control? Many consumers say yes

January 28, 2023, 7:25pm Business

Across the country, there’s a silent frustration brewing about an age-old practice that many say is getting out of hand: tipping. Read story

Iran reports drone attack on defense facility in Isfahan

January 28, 2023, 6:19pm Nation & World

Drones attacked an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, the state-run IRNA news agency reported early Sunday. Read story

FILE - Reggie Daniels pays his respects a memorial at Robb Elementary School on June 9, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting. As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies. A series of recent mass shootings in California come after a third straight year in which U.S. states recorded more than 600 mass shootings involving at least four deaths or injuries.

Mass shootings lead to widening divide on state gun policies

January 28, 2023, 6:06pm Nation & World

Mass shootings have commanded public attention on a disturbingly frequent basis across the U.S. But rather than provoking a unified response from elected officials, each additional shooting seems to be widening the political divide on gun policy among states. Read story

Memphis police group is dissolved

Tyre Nichols, 29, was minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7 when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten.

January 28, 2023, 5:57pm Latest News

The Memphis police chief on Saturday disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist. Read story

Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles

FILE - State Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, listens during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 8, 2022.

January 28, 2023, 3:13pm Nation & World

Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major political battleground states. Read story