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Wife of slain man says police didn't respond to her 911 report that he had been taken hostage 06/06/2023 07:54pm • DENVER (AP) — A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage said Tuesday that she called 911 but that police did not respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed. On its online police blotter, the Colorado Springs Police Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher faces federal charges over marijuana use, gun possession 06/06/2023 06:14pm • The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is now facing federal charges that allege she used marijuana while also possessing a gun, which is illegal under U.S. law. Deja Taylor, 25, is also accused of lying about her marijuana use on a federal background check form when she bo Recalled pillows linked to 10 infant deaths still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, US agency says 06/06/2023 06:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that Boppy Newborn Plane that crashed in Virginia lost contact with air traffic controllers during ascent, feds say 06/06/2023 05:43pm • Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies, according to federal aviatio Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions 06/06/2023 04:49pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in an effort to reduce gun violence. The law, which took effect immediately when I US-based aid group says around $900,000 stolen by employees in Congo 06/06/2023 03:12pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An American-based aid group said that approximately $900,000 was stolen from its Congo programs by members of the organization who conspired with outsiders. GiveDirectly said that it learned that people on its Congo team worked with people outside the organization to defraud Kuwait, only Gulf Arab nation with a powerful assembly, holds another election mired in gridlock 06/06/2023 01:29pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Voters in Kuwait cast their ballots Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the ruling family and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year. Kuwait is alone among How to keep safe from rip currents at the beach 06/06/2023 12:56pm • ▶ Watch Video: Lifeguards, scientist team up to form world's first computer model that predicts rips currents Rip currents are narrow channels of fast-moving water that commonly occur along U.S. coastlines and are the reason for more than 80% of beach rescues.&nb EU parliament criticized for slow pace of anti-corruption reform as offices searched over Qatargate 06/06/2023 10:25am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Six months after a group of European Union lawmakers was swept up in a cash-for-influence scandal, no new anti-corruption rules are in place at the European Parliament and the ones that do exist are not being enforced anyway, anti-corruption officials and parliamentarians said Tues See Apple's pivotal product announcements through history 06/06/2023 09:36am • Apple has a long history of designing products that aren't the first to be introduced in a particular category but still redefine the market. With the company unveiling a headset equipped with virtual and augmented reality technology already available in other devices, here is a look back at some of Jack Eichel shows 'it hurts to win' bouncing back from big hit in Stanley Cup Final 06/06/2023 08:08am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk lined up Jack Eichel and leveled him with a thunderous open-ice hit that sent him to the ice. Eichel quickly skated off and retreated to the locker room, for more than a few moments putting a scare into the Vegas Golden Knights late in the second period of Game 2 o Virginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path 06/06/2023 06:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight. The revelations came as Iran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defenses amid tensions with US 06/06/2023 05:54am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. The new missile — called Fatta Tony-winning smash 'Hadestown' takes DC to 'hell and back' at National Theatre 06/06/2023 04:13am • It earned 14 Tony Award nominations and won eight, including Best Musical on Broadway. On Tuesday, the acclaimed musical "Hadestown" hits National Theatre in D.C. from June 6 to June 18. "You all have to check out what truly is a myth in the living flesh, Hadestown," actress Hannah Whitley Brother of gay American attacked on Sydney cliff in 1988 says killer deserves no leniency 06/06/2023 03:48am • SYDNEY (AP) — A man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in 1988 deserves no leniency and should face the longest time in jail, the victim’s brother said Tuesday. Scott Phillip White, 52, appeared in the New S