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NFL suspends York, fines him $500,000 after trafficking arrest

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The NFL suspended San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York for six games Friday following his arrest earlier this year in a prostitution sting in the Mahoning Valley. The league announced that York also was fined $500,000 for violating the league's personal conduct ...

Despite backup execution plans, failures happen

Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee’s execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injection failed. But the backup plan also failed, and Thursday — 24 hours later — Pike was still alive but in critical condition at a Tennessee hospital, though her prognosis remained uncertain. It’s not yet clear what went wrong. Twenty-seven states have capital punishment, and they vary widely in how they administer the death penalty and just how much of that lethal process they keep hidden ...

Florida’s dengue outbreak largest in the continental US in decades

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida’s current dengue outbreak appears to be the largest in several decades in the continental United States. State health officials reported this week that more than 250 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. The vast majority of them were in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. Federal health officials say their data on dengue outbreaks is limited. But available information from state health departments and medical journals suggests the Florida outbreak marks the most cases in a calendar year for any state ...

Man shot in hand while riding in car late Wednesday night in Warren

Staff report WARREN — A person was shot in the hand by someone while the victim was riding in a car late Wednesday in the 2100 block of Burton Street SE. A Warren police report states that the shooting took place at about 11:40 p.m. and the vehicle the victim was in was damaged by shooting from a shotgun. Officers were called to St. Joseph Warren Hospital to investigate a gunshot wound victim, the report states. The report suggests that the type of vehicles involved were a black Malibu and a tan Tahoe. No other information about the shooting was provided.

Police bodycam footage of Mangione’s arrest released

NEW YORK (AP) — Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. In one video, officers ask Mangione to lower the face mask he was wearing to hide his identity. “That’s 100% him,” one officer says eagerly as they step outside to speak out of Mangione’s earshot. “I told you, man,” another responds off camera. Later, an officer searches Mangione’s belongings and smiles widely as she pulls out a ...