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FROST, Texas (AP) — A Texas man fatally shot his twin 12-year-old daughters before killing himself last week after threatening violence against his family, authorities said. Larry Thompson, 48, killed his daughters and then himself, the Texas Rangers said Thursday. The investigation by the Rangers and the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office into the Feb. 9 shooting is ongoing. The Navarro County sheriff’s office said Thompson’s wife had asked for a […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo broke the Milwaukee Bucks’ career assists record Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls. The two-time MVP came in needing two assists to break Paul Pressey’s record of 3,272 from 1982 to 1990. Antetokounmpo also is the Bucks’ career leader in blocks, triple-doubles, free throws made, free throws attempted and minutes. Antetokounmpo matched the assist mark when he fed Brook Lopez for a 3-pointer two minutes […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two people were wounded and a third person suffered a medical problem Thursday in a shooting stemming from a fight at a large mall in suburban Memphis, Tennessee, police said. Memphis police and other law enforcement agencies went to Wolfchase Galleria at about 4:50 p.m. after receiving an emergency call of shots being fired. Officers found one man who was critically wounded. He was taken to […]

ELLSWORTH, Wis. (AP) — A western Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders pleaded not guilty Thursday. A lawyer for 38-year-old Mary K. Brown, of Durand, Wisconsin, entered pleas of not guilty for her to charges of mayhem, physical abuse of an elderly person and intentionally abusing a patient, causing great bodily harm, WEAU-TV and WQOW-TV reported. After she cut […]

Dual efforts to prohibit public libraries from displaying “explicit sexual material” passed the Senate and House floors in North Dakota Thursday after undergoing debate among lawmakers in each chamber. Supporters said the bills would reduce children’s exposure to pornography, while opponents said it would limit children’s access to scientific and educational content on the human body. The Senate bill would charge a person with a class B misdemeanor — up […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Palestinian-backed U.N. resolution that could be put to a vote in the Security Council early next week would demand an immediate halt to all Israeli settlement activities, condemn Israeli attempts to annex settlements and outposts, “and call for their immediate reversal.” In Washington, the State Department said it believed the resolution as drafted was “unhelpful,” but declined to say if it would veto the document […]

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state’s most populous county and hold the election again. In a ruling on Thursday, the Arizona Court of Appeals wrote Lake, who claimed problems with ballot printers at some police places on Election Day were […]

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — As baseball prepares for a possible local broadcasting crisis, Commissioner Rob Manfred sees an opportunity. Manfred said Thursday that Major League Baseball can produce games digitally in conjunction with MLB.TV if Bally Sports regional networks are no longer broadcasting them. In fact, he said this is a chance to address the game blackouts that inspire so much anger among fans. Diamond Sports Group, the parent company […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Appeals court rejects Kari Lake’s challenge of her defeat in Arizona governor’s race and claims of election misconduct. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com