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These extraordinary athletes are entering the stretch run in their training for the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, which kicks off on July 1 in Seattle.

DETROIT (AP) — Charges have been upgraded against a 39-year-old Detroit man in the death of his 2-year-old daughter. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Thomas Smith was arraigned Tuesday on murder, torture and child abuse charges. Authorities were told in February that the girl was found at the bottom of the stairs at a […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock officials have rejected a proposed ordinance mandating police officers and prosecutors largely ignore minor marijuana crimes. The Little Rock Board of Directors voted Tuesday against the proposal that would’ve made misdemeanor marijuana possession arrests the Police Department’s lowest priority. City Director Ken Richardson said he created the proposal […]

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — Police are investigating a Rhode Island crash that killed an elderly Massachusetts woman. WPRI-TV reports a 79-year-old woman from Plymouth, Massachusetts collided with a second vehicle shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday in Portsmouth. She and the 58-year-old Portsmouth woman in the second car were taken to a local hospital. Police say […]

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A 46-year-old Dearborn woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography with her common-law husband. Michelle Andrea Joyner, also known as Michelle Dumond, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls. Prosecutors say […]

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says lawmakers are reviewing state law on juveniles being charged as adults following a prosecutor’s decision to keep in juvenile court the case of the alleged shooter who injured a student and a teacher at Noblesville West Middle School. Bosma said Wednesday, “I think it’s important for […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former St. Louis police officer whose acquittal in the death of a black suspect set off weeks of protests has filed suit against the prosecutor who charged him and a police investigator. Jason Stockley’s lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges defamation and malicious prosecution. The lawsuit names former Circuit Attorney Jennifer […]

It’s important to address any trip hazards with your sidewalks, driveways and other concrete slabs, particularly in summer when more people are spending time outside.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the Air Force will house its new battlefield information gathering system at Robins Air Force Base in the state’s central region. The military’s Advanced Battle Management System will be used for surveillance and intelligence gathering to give U.S. commanders real-time battlefield information. […]

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says 46 migrants drowned, including nine women, and 16 remain missing, presumed dead after their vessel capsized in high waves while crossing the Gulf of Aden. IOM says the migrants were trying to reach Yemen and the oil-rich Gulf Arab states to find employment there. At least 100 […]

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Massachusetts man injured during a shooting. Police responded to reports of a person shot in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester Tuesday night. A male victim in his twenties was found with a gunshot wound and died from his injuries on the scene. The department is […]

U.S. stocks rallied for their fourth gain in a row Wednesday as banks climbed along with bond yields. On Wall Street there were signs investors were getting a bit less nervous about trade tensions. On Wednesday: The S&P 500 index climbed 23.55 points, or 0.9 percent, to 2,772.35. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 346.41 […]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Charges in three pending cases against a New Jersey marijuana advocate dubbed NJ Weedman have been downgraded or dismissed. Ed Forchion was acquitted last month of witness tampering in a retrial in Mercer County. The charges stemmed from a narcotics raid at his Trenton eatery. He streamed his March 2017 arrest […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Ilhan Omar escaped her war-torn homeland of Somalia as a child and grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp before immigrating to the United States as a preteen. She learned English by watching American television. Years later, she became the nation’s first and only Somali-American lawmaker when she won a […]

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man almost died after he was bitten by the head of a rattlesnake he’d just decapitated. The incident happened May 27 as Milo and Jennifer Sutcliffe were doing yard work at their home near Lake Corpus Christi. Jennifer Sutcliffe told KIII-TV in Corpus Christi that her husband […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — When he engages with world leaders, President Donald Trump rarely does diplomacy as usual. Heading into his expected meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Trump’s record on the international stage suggests he’ll seek to charm the dictator and look for an agreement that he can pitch as a win — even […]

CLAYTON, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have arrested a man who they say moved away from a home and left four dogs behind to die in cages. Clayton police say neighbors alerted them to a foul smell coming from a home, and when officers went inside, they found three dead dogs inside crates […]

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of a worker’s injuries at a Massachusetts brewing company. Fire officials say a man suffered serious burns at Trillium Brewing Company in Canton shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The 55-year-old male was transported by medical helicopter to Brigham and […]

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado civil rights commissioner says she has no regrets after the U.S. Supreme Court pointed to her remarks about religion when it ruled for a Denver-area baker this week in a prominent discrimination case. Diann Rice says she wasn’t disparaging baker Jack Phillips’s religious beliefs when the commission ruled in […]

SEATTLE (AP) — A study commissioned by Washington says the state is the most competitive for aerospace manufacturing. The Daily Herald reports that the study released Wednesday measured key factors such as electricity costs, the percentage of state residents with engineering degrees — “anything that could be quantified” — using public and government sources. The […]

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent is facing charges for allegedly hitting a border-crosser with his vehicle. The Arizona Daily Star reported Wednesday a federal grand jury handed an indictment against 38-year-old Matthew Bowen on May 30. According to court documents, Bowen faces one count each of deprivation of rights under color […]

San Francisco uses a ranked-choice voting system that allows voters to select their top-three favorites. The candidates with the least votes are eliminated in rounds until there's a winner; the person with the most first-place votes isn't necessarily that winner.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is laughing at questions about whether he tried to use his position to get a Chick-fil-A franchise for his wife. Pruitt spoke Wednesday to a correspondent for Nexstar Media Group. They were his first comments since it was reported that he used a top aide to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former vice dean of University of Southern California’s medical school testified he feared the then-dean, Dr. Carmen Puliafito, “could be doing drugs” before Puliafito abruptly quit in 2016. The Los Angeles Times reports Wednesday that Dr. Henri Ford’s testimony at a Medical Board hearing marks the first suggestion that any […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is on pace to have a budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year on June 30. Gov. Jim Justice says revenue collections exceeded estimates in May by $20.2 million. Justice said at a news conference Wednesday that collections through the first 11 months of the fiscal year […]