DirectorsSoMale: Oscar noms slammed for lack of diversity

Actress Issa Rae was ready with her quip, as if she had predicted the Oscar nominations that were announced Monday. “Congratulations to those men,” she said dryly, as the best director nominees — yes, five men — we…

Shooter at Florida zombie festival gets 30 years in prison

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The man who shot several people, killing one, at a zombie-themed festival in Florida more than four years ago was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison.

St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests try to force her out

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and others of a coordinated and racis…

Trump to become fan in chief at college football title game

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Donald Trump will turn sports fan for an evening as he watches No. 1 Louisiana State University and No. 3 Clemson battle it out in the College Football Playoff Championship.

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St. Louis’ top prosecutor sues city, police union, others, accusing them of racist conspiracy to push her out of office.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor sues city, police union, others, accusing them of racist conspiracy to push her out of office.

Again? Oscar noms slammed for persistent lack of diversity

Actress Issa Rae was ready with her quip, as if she had predicted the Oscar nominations that were announced Monday. “Congratulations to those men,” she said dryly, as the best director nominees — yes, five men — we…

A fire, an SOS, a rescue: Man spends weeks in remote Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Tyson Steele watched his remote cabin go up in flames, mourned the death of his dog and then spent weeks in the Alaska wilderness, bundling up in an makeshift shelter against the subzero tempe…

Hinch, GM fired for Astros sign stealing after MLB bans pair

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal cost manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora could be next.

Injured baby right whale given grim prognosis after 2nd look

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An endangered newborn right whale spotted with grievous injuries to its head off the Georgia coast is unlikely to survive, though scientists may try to inject the calf with antibiotics using a …

Franklin College fires president following Wisconsin arrest

STURGEON BAY, Wis. (AP) — Franklin College in Indiana has fired its president after he was arrested in Wisconsin on suspicion of using a computer to facilitate a sex crime and attempted child enticement, the school…

Detroit man cleared after nearly 30 years in prison

DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed the 1991 conviction of a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for an attack on a Detroit woman in a car.

Authorities: Kosher store shooters planned attack for months

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The two people who fatally shot a police officer then killed three people at a kosher grocery in Jersey City planned an assault for some time and were equipped to cause greater destruction, auth…

Boy in Mexico school shooting used grandfather's guns

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old boy who killed his teacher and himself and wounded six others in a northern Mexico school shooting used his grandfather's guns in the attack, officials said Monday.

US sending home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into the deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack tha…