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Northern Calif. woman arrested, charged with faking own kidnapping

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman whose disappearance and reappearance set off a three-week search five years ago has been arrested on charges of lying about being kidnapped and defrauding the state’s crime victim board of $30,000. Sherri…

Lone officer tried in Breonna Taylor death acquitted

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A former Kentucky police officer has been found not guilty on charges he endangered neighbors the night he fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment during a botched drug raid that left Taylor dead. The jury of eight…

A new Batman emerges from the darkness on Friday

(AP) -- A $2 million indie movie about a sleazy outer-borough punk on a wild night called “Good Time” is the thing that convinced director Matt Reeves that Robert Pattinson needed to be Batman. Reeves' film, which hits theaters on…

States launch probe into TikTok's effect on kids' health

WASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general have launched a nationwide investigation into TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users’ mental health. It represents a widening of government scrutiny of the wildly popular video platform. The investigation was announced…

Senate hearings for high court nominee to begin on March 21

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee says hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin March 21. Sen. Dick Durbin, the committee chairman, announced the hearing schedule on Wednesday as Jackson was holding her first meetings with…

AP FACT CHECK: Biden's claims in his State of Union address

The Associated Press is fact-checking President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech as he grapples with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a stalled domestic agenda and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the claims we’ve examined: COVID-19 BIDEN: “Severe cases are…

MLB cancels opening day after sides fail to end lockout

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the…