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5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming …

Police block off the entrance to Morgan State University as they respond to a shooting Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Cleanup from Maui fires complicated by island’s logistical …

FILE - Charred cars and buildings are visible in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023. Federal authorities have started removing hazardous materials from the Maui wildfires and laying the groundwork to dispose of burnt cars, buildings and other debris. The hazardous materials, including oil, solvent and batteries, are being shipped to the West Coast while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with local officials to develop a plan to dispose of an estimated 400,000 to 700,000 tons of debris on the island. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Suspect charged in rapper Tupac Shakur’s fatal shooting …

A portion of a mural by artist sloe_motions depicting Tupac Shakur is seen on the side of Speedy Auto Tint on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Bellflower, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. …

Mother of three Kaitlyn Adkins, an Appalachian School of Law student, speaks about the necessity of child care access for parents working a job or toward agree after dropping off her kids at Living Water Child Care and Learning Center in Williamson, W.Va. on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

US warns of Chinese global disinformation campaign that …

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 23, 2023. The U.S. State Department in a first-of-its-kind report has laid out Beijing's growing efforts to reshape the global narrative on China, while spending billions of dollars to do so. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

San Francisco will say goodbye to Dianne Feinstein as …

FILE - Flowers rest at a bust depicting U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein at City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 29, 2023. The body of the late senator will lie in state Wednesday, Oct. 4, at San Francisco's City Hall for mourners wishing to say goodbye to their 'forever mayor.' It is the building where Feinstein served as supervisor and the city's first female mayor before departing for a groundbreaking career in Congress three decades ago. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy, File)

Lahaina residents deliver petition asking Hawaii governor …

Lahaina residents and their supporters walk at the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to deliver a petition asking Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend. The petition signed by more than 14,000 people comes amid a fierce and anguished debate over when travelers should return to the region home to the historic town of Lahaina that was destroyed in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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Court reviews gun-carry restrictions under health …

FILE - Albuquerque residents Michael Caldwell, left, and his wife, Natasha Caldwell, attend a Second Amendment Protest in response to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's recent public health order suspending the conceal and open carry of guns in and around Albuquerque for 30-days, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. Natasha said "we came to stand for the constitution and out of anger about what's happening with this health order." Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope Tuesday, Oct. 3, in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales, File)

New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message …

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks in New York's Times Square during a news conference, Dec. 30, 2022. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, Adams said he will travel to Latin America to discourage people from seeking asylum in the city as it struggles to handle a massive influx of migrants that have overwhelmed its shelter system and strained financial resources. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Jury hears Manuel Ellis’ last words at trial of Washington …

Defendant Matthew Collins looks on while the state gives opening statements during the trial of Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine in the killing of Manny Ellis, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at Pierce County Superior Court, Tacoma, Wash. (Brian Hayes/The News Tribune via AP, Pool)

What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the …

FILE - Sheneen McClain, mother of Elijah McClain, sits outside the courtroom at the Adams County Justice Center for the start of a trial of two of the police officers charged in the death of her son, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Brighton, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

Federal government to conduct nationwide emergency …

FILE - An emergency alert is displayed on a cellphone, Oct. 30, 2020, in Rio Rancho, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence …

FILE - Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case speaks with reporters following oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. The plaintiffs in voting rights cases in Alabama and Louisiana hoped they would be looking at new maps with additional districts where Black voters might have the opportunity to choose the congress member of their choice. Instead, they are facing continuing fights, including one where Alabama has taken a seemingly oppositional stance to the U.S. Supreme Court's most recent voting rights ruling. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Things to know about the resignation of a Kansas …

This image from Marion, Kan., Police Department body camera video provided by the McDonald Tinker law firm shows former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody during his department's raid of the Marion County Record newspaper, Aug. 11, 2023, in Marion. (McDonald Tinker via AP)