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Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers 05/22/2024 12:45am • ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. Willis defeated progressive attorney Christian Wise Smith in the Hawaii court orders drug companies to pay $916 million in Plavix blood thinner lawsuit 05/22/2024 12:28am • HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication, the state attorney general said Tuesday. The judgement was is Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson beats challenger as 2 Republicans head to runoff in open US House seat 05/22/2024 12:14am • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Supreme Court incumbent has won an election that was unusually heated by the standards of the state's nonpartisan judicial elections, while voters in the state also advanced a former Donald Trump aide and a former state Senate majority leader to a GOP runoff for an o Tornado devastates Iowa town, killing multiple people as powerful storms rip through Midwest 05/21/2024 11:59pm • GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfie Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change 05/21/2024 11:45pm • Prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work, sometimes picking crops in triple-digit heat for pennies an hour or nothing at all, Sen. Cory Booker said at a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on prison labor Tuesday. Am Bobby Witt Jr.’s 2 homers and 6 RBIs lead Royals past Tigers 10-3 05/21/2024 11:28pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. homered twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night. Maikel Garcia led off the first with a triple and scored on Witt’s infield hit. Witt stole second and scored when Salvador Perez hit a single Severe turbulence during Singapore Airlines flight leaves several people badly injured. One man died 05/21/2024 10:59pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and descended 6,000 feet (around 1,800 meters) in about three minutes, the carrier said Tuesday. A British man died and authorities said dozens of passengers were injured, some severely. An airport official said Head of FEMA tours deadly storm damage in Houston area as more residents get power back 05/21/2024 10:48pm • HOUSTON (AP) — As the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the Houston area on Tuesday to assess the damage from last week’s deadly storms, local officials reassured residents still without power that their lights would be back on and they could soon begin rebuilding their live The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations 05/21/2024 10:38pm • The United Nations said Tuesday that it was no longer able to distribute food aid in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. The humanitarian crisis has escalated over the past two weeks since Israel launched an incursion into Rafah that closed a vital border crossin Reparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly 05/21/2024 10:28pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an agency to help Black families research their family lineage and confirm their eligibility for any future restitution passed by the state. Lawmakers Las intoxicaciones por marihuana entre los adultos mayores se triplicaron, según un estudio 05/21/2024 10:10pm • (CNN) -- Uno puede pensar que los jóvenes son el principal grupo que disfruta de la libertad de la marihuana legal, pero en Canadá, el mayor aumento de usuarios después de la legalización se produjo entre los adultos mayores, y a veces los envía al hospital, según una nueva investigación.La t Weather forecasters warn Pakistanis to stay indoors ahead of new heat wave 05/21/2024 09:52pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday urged people to stay indoors as the country is hit by an extreme heat wave that threatens to bring dangerously high temperatures and yet another round of glacial-driven floods. Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, is shutting all schools Justin Fields is eager to start over in Pittsburgh, even as a backup behind Russell Wilson 05/21/2024 09:21pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Fields could sense his time in Chicago was up at his exit meeting in January. While Bears general manager Ryan Poles didn't outright tell Fields the organization was going to look for another quarterback after three uneven seasons with the talented but inconsistent Fields Detroit could be without Black representation in Congress again with top candidate off the ballot 05/21/2024 08:58pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit Democrat will not appear on the ballot after building significant support within the party in his attempt to unseat U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan's August primary, after election officials determined that he had not submitted enough valid signatures. Wayne Co NFL's accelerator program gives minority coaches optimism that new system works 05/21/2024 08:47pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Getting lessons on how to manage a crisis and deal with the media will help Houston quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson and New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka when and if they interview for NFL head coaching jobs. That's exactly what the NFL 's coach accelerato