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- Vans co-founder Paul Van Doren dies at 90 May 8, 2021Paul Van Doren, co-founder of the Vans company whose iconic Southern California sneakers were beloved by skateboarders and became an international success, has died
- Today in History May 8, 2021Today in History Today is Saturday, May 8, the 128th day of 2021. There are 237 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 8, 1984, the Soviet Union announced it would boycott the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. On this date: In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached […]
- Army trainee waives bond hearing in school bus hijack case May 8, 2021The army trainee waives the bond hearing in the school bus hijack case.
- LA inmate could face hate crime charge in jail worker attack May 8, 2021Authorities say a Los Angeles County jail inmate could face hate crime charges after he knocked down and repeatedly punched a jail employee who is Asian American
- Video shows Texas police shoot man who had club, box cutter May 8, 2021Police in suburban Dallas have released video of officers' fatally shooting a domestic violence suspect
- Rachel Zoll, much-admired AP religion writer, dead at 55 May 8, 2021Rachel Zoll, a much-admired religion writer for The Associated Press, died Friday
- Breeze eases plan to rely on students as flight attendants May 8, 2021A start-up airline is scrapping its plan to hire only college students as flight attendants because the approach didn't draw enough job applicants
- Interior drops Trump proposal for Arctic offshore drilling May 7, 2021The U.S. Interior Department says it will not pursue a Trump administration proposal that critics said would have weakened rules for exploratory oil and gas drilling in Arctic waters
- California leaving: State population declines for first time May 7, 2021California's population declined in 2020 for the first time since state officials have been measuring it
- Man charged in stabbings of 2 Asian women a no-show in court May 7, 2021The arraignment of a man who allegedly stabbed two older women without warning at a San Francisco bus stop was postponed Friday after he refused to leave his jail cell and appear in court
- Antonio Guterres lays out vision for second term as UN chief May 7, 2021Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has laid out his vision for a second term as U.N. chief
- Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending May 7, 2021President Joe Biden insists an unexpected slowdown in companies’ hiring is clear new proof the U.S. needs the multitrillion-dollar federal boost he’s pushing
- Oklahoma governor signs ban on teaching critical race theory May 7, 2021Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt
- Police officer, federal agent shot, wounded in Memphis May 7, 2021Authorities say police officer and a federal agent were shot and wounded in Tennessee on while looking for a carjacked vehicle
- Man charged in Minnesota bank hostage case May 7, 2021Charges have been filed against a man accused of holding five employees hostage during a standoff at a St. Cloud, Minnesota, bank that lasted more than eight hours
- Idaho shooting: Very few school incidents committed by girls May 7, 2021Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female
- Prosecutors: Dallas man arrested in smuggling of 41 migrants May 7, 2021Federal prosecutors say a Dallas man has been arrested on a charge of smuggling migrants after more than three dozen people were found in and around a big rig that was stopped near San Antonio
- Judge limits footage that family can see of police shooting Andrew Brown Jr. May 7, 2021Brown was shot 5 times, including in the back of the head, according to autopsy.
- Judge sets October trial in slaying of Ahmaud Arbery May 7, 2021A judge in Georgia has scheduled an October trial for three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery
- Jury convicts Alabama officer of murder in 2018 shooting May 7, 2021Jurors have convicted an Alabama police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head
