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Averted disaster on Horizon Air flight renews scrutiny on mental health of those in the cockpit 10/26/2023 08:06pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot's attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight with more than 80 people on board has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those allowed in the cockpit. Joseph Emerson, 44, had been flying passengers himself just Police in Texas could arrest migrants under a bill that is moving closer to approval by the governor 10/26/2023 07:21pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Texas is closer to giving police broad new authority to arrest migrants and order them to leave the U.S. under a bill the state House advanced Thursday, putting Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on the path toward a potential new confrontation with the Biden administration over immi Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings 10/26/2023 07:13pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� Barely four years before a gunman's deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting like the one Wednesday night that claimed at least 18 lives. It was called a ���yellow flag��� law, New York taxpayers will cover costs of governor's trip to wartime Israel 10/26/2023 07:10pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's office on Thursday announced taxpayers will cover the costs of her recent visit to wartime Israel, reversing course after a nonprofit was supposed to pick up the tab but has yet to receive clearance from a state ethics panel. The Democratic governo Wife of ex-Alaska Airlines pilot says she's in shock after averted Horizon Air disaster 10/26/2023 06:47pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� The wife of a former Alaska Airlines pilot who prosecutors say tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight while riding in the cockpit jump seat said Thursday she knew her husband was struggling with depression but that she was in a state of shock over his arrest. ���Thi NCAA investigators interview Jim Harbaugh's staff about sign-stealing scheme, AP source says 10/26/2023 06:30pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� NCAA investigators interviewed members of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh's staff Thursday about a sign-stealing scheme, a person familiar with the governing body's visit told The Associated Press. The investigation has rocked the undefeated and second-ranked Wolverine Carjacking call led police to chief's son who was wanted in officers' shooting. He died hours later 10/26/2023 06:29pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� John Drake Jr. had been on the run for days when he showed up in a ski mask in a Nashville neighborhood and asked a woman for a ride in her car. His face was all over ���wanted��� notices, a suspect in the shooting and wounding of two police officers near Nashville, where h The way Fairfax Co. could get turning drivers to slow down 10/26/2023 06:14pm • Some Fairfax County Supervisors said they would support a pilot program that introduces turn-calming measures on certain roads, aimed at keeping pedestrians safe while drivers make turns. During a Board of Supervisors Transportation Committee meeting last week, officials were briefed on how other Northwestern State cancels its football season in the wake of a player's shooting death 10/26/2023 06:12pm • NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) ��� Northwestern State has canceled the remainder of its football season, citing the need to attend to the mental health of its players in the wake of the shooting death of safety Ronnie Caldwell. ���Ronnie was a beloved member of our community, and we miss him dearly,��� univ Serbia and Kosovo leaders break off talks without result despite EU pressure 10/26/2023 05:51pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have refused to compromise at a fresh round of meetings meant to improve their bitter relations and they continue to jeopardize their chances of joining the European Union, the bloc���s top diplomat said Thursday. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borre Man arrested after trespassing twice in one day at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s home in Los Angeles 10/26/2023 05:43pm • A man was arrested after trespassing twice in one day at the Los Angeles home of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., police confirmed Thursday. Police first responded to a call about the 28-year-old man trespassing at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Drake Madison, an officer with the Los A Man accused of drunken driving can sue Michigan police officer who misread a breath test 10/26/2023 05:27pm • A man from Japan wrongly accused of drunken driving can sue a Michigan police officer who grossly misread a breath test and conceded during the stop that she had ���no idea��� what she was doing, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The man blew a 0.02 on the breath test, but it was mistakenly rea DC murder suspect on the run for 7 weeks after hospital escape has been captured, police say 10/26/2023 05:12pm • A murder suspect who escaped police custody at The George Washington University Hospital more than seven weeks ago, sparking an extensive manhunt, has been captured, D.C. police announced Thursday. Christopher Haynes, 30, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service's Capital Area Regional Fugitive Gunman opens fire on city of Buffalo vehicle, killing one employee and wounding two others 10/26/2023 05:11pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� A city of Buffalo employee was killed and two others were wounded Thursday when the city pickup truck they were in was struck multiple times by gunfire from a passing vehicle, state police said. The shooting in the southbound lanes of Interstate 190 just north of downtown Buf Police in Illinois fatally shoot sledgehammer-wielding man after reported domestic assault 10/26/2023 04:50pm • ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) ��� A man who allegedly attacked two relatives with a sledgehammer in suburban Chicago was fatally shot by police after he charged at officers. Officers in Round Lake Beach responded about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic violence report and removed two injured women fro