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Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real.” Testifying Wednesday in his…

Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas voters have sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights by rejecting a measure that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten abortion restrictions or ban the procedure outright. The vote…

15 dead after shooting in Texas elementary school

Fourteen children and one teacher are dead following a shooting at a Texas elementary school. Police in Uvalde identified the shooter as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos. Ramos is also dead. The shooting happened around noon at Robb Elementary School, about 80…

In first full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the greatest population losses in the nation. U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday shows Sunbelt…