Court tosses lawsuits against store in Texas church killing
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court says survivors and relatives of those killed in a 2017 mass killing at a church can't sue a sporting goods chain for selling the gunman the rifle used in the attack.
Seattle hits record high amid Pacific Northwest heat wave
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Government officials, wildlife managers and utility workers across the Pacific Northwest were trying to keep people and animals safe as a historic heat wave scorched the region Saturday.
Royal Canadian Navy commissions newest warship HMCS Harry DeWolf in Halifax
HALIFAX — The Royal Canadian Navy commissioned its newest warship on Saturday, the first of several new vessels expected over the next several months. HMCS Harry DeWolf is the navy's first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship and was built at Irving
Louisiana pilot killed after helicopter crashes in Alabama
ALPINE, Ala. (AP) — An agricultural pilot was killed in Alabama when the helicopter he was flying crashed in an unincorporated community near Sylacauga, authorities said.
Prosecutors try to revive plea deal with child porn purveyor
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Less than two months after a judge rejected a plea deal, federal prosecutors say they have an agreement to resolve a case against a man whom they have described as the world’s largest purveyor of child
UK health minister resigns after breaching coronavirus rules
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has led the country's response to the coronavirus, resigned Saturday, a day after apologizing for breaching social distancing rules with an aide with whom he was allegedly having an affair.
Floyd case expert OKed to testify in Nashville officer trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that prosecutors in the first-degree murder trial of a Nashville police officer next month can call a law enforcement expert witness who earlier this year testified that Derek Chauvin used excessive force
Suspect accused of shooting Florida officer arrested
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of shooting a Florida police officer in the head was captured early Saturday on a wooded property just outside of Atlanta that's affiliated with an all-Black, pro-gun organization, police said.
Vatican probes alleged abuse negligence by Polish cardinal
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Vatican’s embassy in Poland said Saturday that a Holy See envoy spent 10 days in the country checking reports of alleged negligence by a retired archbishop of Krakow who had served as personal secretary to
Health officials in Nova Scotia report 11 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday
HALIFAX — Health officials in Nova Scotia are reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 today in the province's Central Zone. The province says 10 are close contacts of previously identified cases, and one is related to travel. A mobile health