Walter Greer, a 3-year-old boy from Salt Lake City, was riding a boat with family Sunday afternoon when he fell from the vessel at Echo State Park.
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Trump indicted on 2020 election fraud charges in Georgia, Lahaina fire update: 5 Things podcast
Trump is indicted on 2020 election fraud charges in Georgia, judge rules for youth activists in first-of-its-kind MT climate trial: 5 Things podcast
Explosion rocks market in Dominican Republic
Authorities say at least three people died and more than 30 were injured after a powerful explosion rocked a popular market area in a city near the capital of the Dominican Republic. (14. Aug)
As the Black Sea becomes a battleground, Ukrainian farmers don’t know how they’ll sell their grain
Exorbitant logistics costs and Russia’s blockade of the ports has made shipping grain too expensive for thousands of Ukrainian farmers. (Aug 14.)
Firefighters and farmers battle Colombia wildfires
Firefighters and farmers have joined forces to combat the wildfires that had spread in Saocha, a city just outside the Colombian capital, Bogota. (Aug. 15)
AP Explains: Trump’s legal battle in Georgia
An investigation in Georgia on efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election defeat is one of a number of cases that pose legal problems for the former president. (Aug. 14)
Georgia grand jury wraps up Trump election probe
A grand jury in Georgia that has been investigating former President Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 election results in that state returned at least one indictment Monday, though it was not immediately clear against whom. (Aug 14)
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Wisconsin man missing 9 months since attempted traffic stop found dead in abandoned home
Christopher Miller Jr. was last seen running from a Wisconsin traffic stop in November. His body was found in an abandoned home, police said.
A Kansas police force comes under constitutional criticism after raiding a newspaper
A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism after it raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner. (Aug. 14) (
Ex-officers plead guilty to more charges after beating, sexual assault of Black men in Mississippi
Six former law enforcement officers pleaded guilty to new charges after beating and sexually assaulting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.