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Clarification: Fake Electors-Indictment-Giuliani story

May 18, 2024, 1:48 PM

In a story published May 18, 2024, about former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s indictment in Arizona, The Associated Press reported that the state attorney general’s office said Wednesday what charges were filed in that same case against Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff. As AP’s linked story showed, the charges against Meadows were disclosed on Wednesday, May 1.

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Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer has died at age 58

ATLANTA (AP) — Walt Ehmer, the president and CEO of Waffle House and a member of the board of trustees for the Atlanta Police Foundation, has died at age 58, the foundation announced Sunday. Ehmer joined Waffle House in 1992 and quickly rose to senior leadership, becoming president of the company in 2002, and later […]

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A Colorado State Patrol trooper is shot while parked along a highway and kills gunman

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado State Patrol trooper is recovering after he was shot in the arm during a shootout near Denver that left the gunman dead, authorities said. Cpl. Tye Simcox was in his parked pickup in the center median of U.S. 36 on Saturday afternoon when a passing driver fired at him multiple […]

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Tropical system set to drench parts of Gulf Coast, could strengthen, forecasters say

HOUSTON (AP) — A tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to bring significant rainfall to parts of Texas and Louisiana this week and could quickly develop into a stronger storm, including a hurricane, the National Weather Service says. The system was forecast to drift slowly northwestward during the next couple of […]

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A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga...

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Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting

ATLANTA (AP) — Grief, pain, hope and faith permeated church services Sunday as an Atlanta area community’s efforts to cope with the nation’s latest deadly school shooting included prayer, hymns and a first-person account of the tragedy from a teacher who was there. Brooke Lewis-Slamkova, who teaches food and nutrition at Apalachee High School, told […]

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Coney Island’s iconic Cyclone roller coaster reopens 2 weeks after mid-ride malfunction

NEW YORK (AP) — The famed Cyclone roller coaster in New York City’s Coney Island has reopened two weeks after a mechanical problem forced a mid-ride stop and people had to be helped off the attraction. The 97-year-old wooden roller coaster at Luna Park returned to service Saturday after city inspectors gave a thumbs up […]

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Authorities search for a man who might be linked to the Kentucky highway shootings that wounded five

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities were searching Sunday for a man who may have been linked to the shooting of nine vehicles and wounding of five people on a highway in rural southeastern Kentucky. Although they said they could not yet name him a suspect in Saturday’s shootings along busy Interstate 75, authorities said they […]

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Clarification: Fake Electors-Indictment-Giuliani story