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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sprinkled with handwritten notes, stuffed animals and flowers, a memorial honoring the five victims killed and dozens injured last November still stands along the rainbow facade of the now-shuttered Club Q. The silence at the site ahead of the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting evoked …

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York raped the child during the two days she was held hostage before her rescue, prosecutors said Friday.  Craig N. Ross Jr. was initially charged only with first-degree kidnapping in the …

LAS VEGAS — Formula One fans upset at being forced to the leave the Las Vegas Grand Prix venue early Friday morning before the start of the second practice session filed a class-action lawsuit. Las Vegas-based Dimopoulos Law Firm and co-counsel JK Legal & Consulting filed the lawsuit against the …

The gunman who killed a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital Friday before he was fatally shot by a state trooper was identified as a transient who had spent time living in the area, authorities said Saturday. John Madore, 33, allegedly used a 9 mm handgun when he …

HANOVER, N.H. — Rep. Dean Phillips is addressing a number of issues in his uphill, upstart campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. But none are stirring passions on the trail like the Israel-Hamas war. Public polling shows that Israel divides the Democratic Party. It prompted a protest at the Democratic …

The Washington couple missing since Monday are believed to have been killed and a suspect has been arrested in their disappearance, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said Friday night local time that they have identified a suspect and do not believe the couple survived an attack …

A U.S. Postal Service worker and two others have been charged in a scheme in which $24 million worth of checks were stolen from the mail and offered for sale online, federal prosecutors said. The checks were sold through a Telegram channel, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District …

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will miss the rest of the season, the team announced Friday, dealing a crushing blow to its playoff and Super Bowl hopes. The 26-year-old Ohio native, who led the Bengals to the 2022 Super Bowl and last season’s AFC title game, tore a ligament in …

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, causing ceilings in shopping malls to plunge to the ground as shoppers screamed. There were no immediate reports of injuries, and no tsunami warning was in effect. The magnitude 6.7 quake was located about 15 miles from …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the stopgap funding bill passed by the Senate Wednesday night, punting the GOP’s spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. Wednesday’s bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado …