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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who…

Hobart, Australia (AP) — More pilot whales have been found stranded in Australia, raising the estimated total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars on Tasmania state. A…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to downtown in preparation for the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he'll charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death. Taylor’s shooting has been followed by months of protests in the city. The Louisville Metro Police Department said Tuesday that authorities were placing barricades…

Houston, TX (AP) — Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the upper Texas coast on Monday night. The storm made landfall about 5 miles north of Port O'Connor, Texas, with maximum winds of 45 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Beta was the ninth named storm that made landfall in the continental U.S. this…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The political battle is being quickly joined over replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Almost immediately after her death was announced Friday, Republicans and Democrats were staking their positions on what happens next — and collecting lots of campaign donations for the struggle ahead. President Donald Trump…