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- TikTok star wounded, friend fatally shot watching 'Purge' July 28, 2021Authorities are appealing for help as they investigate a shooting inside a Southern California movie theater that killed an 18-year-old woman and left her friend on life support
- Texas chemical plant leak leaves 2 dead, dozens injured July 28, 2021Two people are dead and dozens more were injured after a chemical leak at a Houston-area plant
- Blinken talking to top Indian officials to strengthen ties July 28, 2021U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is talking with top Indian officials in meetings that are expected to deepen ties between the important allies that are both rivals to a rising China
- US defense secretary visits Vietnam, vows support for region July 28, 2021U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is seeking to bolster ties with Vietnam, one of the Southeast Asian nations embroiled in a territorial rift with China, during a two-day visit
- Wisconsin judge to decide on charging police officer July 28, 2021A Wisconsin judge is set to announce whether he will invoke a rarely used process to charge a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car
- Today in History July 28, 2021Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 28, the 209th day of 2021. There are 156 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 28, 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate. On this date: In 1540, King Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas […]
- Detroit-area water leader quitting weeks after floods July 28, 2021The head of a regional water agency in southeastern Michigan says she's resigning, weeks after thousands of homes were spoiled by sewage backups during a tremendous storm
- Teen fatally shot inside California theater, another wounded July 28, 2021Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Southern California movie theater that killed an 18-year-old woman and left her friend on life support
- Texas man convicted of killing officer, then attacks bailiff July 28, 2021A Texas man elbowed a bailiff attempting to handcuff him after the defendant was convicted of killing a San Antonio police detective
- Texas National Guard will start helping make border arrests July 28, 2021Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he is ordering National Guard members to start helping make arrests along the U.S.-Mexico border
- Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life July 28, 2021A man accused of killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at massage businesses in Georgia has pleaded guilty to four of the murders
- Probe: No charges warranted in death after adult sleepover July 28, 2021The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has concluded its probe of the 2018 death of a Black woman found dead after attending an adult sleepover party, saying its findings do not support pursuing criminal charges
- Western wildfires calm down in cool weather, but losses grow July 27, 2021Cooler weather is helping calm two gigantic wildfires in the U.S. West
- "Mommy's dead": 3 Texas kids lead police to bleeding mother July 27, 2021San Antonio police say three young children told an officer that “Mommy's dead," then led the officer to their home where their mother was bleeding from stab wounds in a bathtub
- Appeals court upholds conviction of NY man in terror case July 27, 2021An appeals court has upheld the conviction and 40-year prison term given to a New Yorker convicted of providing material support to Hezbollah by seeking targets in New York City for terrorist attacks
- 2 Colorado officers arrested after 1 hits suspect with gun July 27, 2021New video shows a Colorado police officer using his pistol to beat a man he was trying to arrest, choking him and threatening to kill him
- Video shows man moving in car before police fatally shot him July 27, 2021Body camera videos show a 21-year-old Black man moving inside a parked car moments before police shot and killed him outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Maryland
- Judge hears request for new trial in Mollie Tibbetts case July 27, 2021The lead investigator in the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts says he's confident the right man was convicted of murder and rejects claims that her abduction could be tied to two other men
- Prosecutors won't seek retrial in 3 Pilot Flying J cases July 27, 2021Federal prosecutors are not pursuing a new trial against the former president of Pilot Flying J and two of his former employees after their 2018 convictions in a cheating scheme were overturned
- Judge orders release of Avenatti financial information July 27, 2021A New York judge has ordered the public disclosure of financial information Michael Avenatti provided to qualify for publicly funded lawyers to defend him against charges he defrauded porn star Stormy Daniels
