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Parking garage partially collapses in New York City, killing 1

By Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press

Mayor Eric Adams says one person has been killed in the partial collapse of a parking garage in lower Manhattan's Financial District. Five people have been injured.

Iowa’s Senate advances controversial bill to loosen child labor laws

By Associated Press

The Labor Department says it has more than 600 child labor investigations underway, and officials are concerned about the exploitation of children, particularly migrants who may not even have a parent in the United States.

FDA clears extra COVID booster for some high-risk, older Americans

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

The Food and Drug Administration is allowing an extra dose of the omicron-targeted vaccine for anyone 65 and older if it's been four months since their last shot.

With 26 days left in legislative session, Nebraska lawmakers pass 1 bill

By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press

The Legislature in any other year would have passed dozens of bills by now. But it has been hamstrung by progressive lawmakers filibustering every bill before the body this session — even ones they support.

Remembering the victims of the Dadeville shooting

By Kim Chandler, Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Four people were killed, including two high school seniors, and 32 people were injured in the Saturday melee.

Oklahoma sheriff taped discussing killing journalists and Black people says comments were illegally recorded

By Ken Miller, Associated Press

An Oklahoma sheriff's office says the recording in which the sheriff and others are reportedly heard discussing killing two journalists was illegal and predicted felony charges will be filed.

Rep. Justin Jones brings infant-sized casket into Tennessee Capitol

By George Walker IV, Associated Press

The recently reinstated Rep. Justin Jones carried an infant-sized casket into Tennessee's Capitol as protesters calling for gun safety legislation outside the Capitol were blocked from bringing caskets inside.

Shot Black teenager crying ‘buckets of tears,’ 84-year-old in custody

By Margaret Stafford, Jim Salter, Associated Press

As 16-year-old Ralph Yarl struggled to come to grips with being shot for going to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers, the white Kansas City, Missouri, homeowner who shot the Black teenager turned himself in on Tuesday.

What to know about the Fox News defamation lawsuit

By Jennifer Peltz, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Fox News settled a major defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million on Tuesday, according to the voting machine company that sued the top cable news network.

Pastry painting sparks free speech debate in New Hampshire

By Kathy McCormack, Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press

Where is the line between art, and advertising? The unresolved question is testing the direct democracy of a small New England town, where a painting of pastries has led to zoning dispute, a First Amendment lawsuit and a local vote.