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Gabe Kipers, a neighbor of Dr. John Cheng, kneels at a memorial for him outside his office building on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Alleged church shooter sent diary to newspaper before attack

05/18/2022 09:00 PM

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The man accused of opening fire on a Southern California church congregation because of his political hatred for Taiwan dubbed himself a "destroying angel" in a seven-volume diary sent to a newspaper before the attack, the paper said Wednesday.

Crews slow New Mexico fires, brace for dangerous conditions

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - More than 2,000 firefighters battling the largest U.S. wildfire dug back-up fire lines and rearranged fire engines around homes in northeast New Mexico on Wednesday in anticipation of a return to windy, dangerous conditions in the days ahead.

Oregon primaries set up competitive governor's race

911 dispatcher who took Buffalo shooting call put on leave

UN chief `hopeful' of Ukraine grain deal to help food crisis

Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed

Doctor who fought church gunman remembered as kind protector

This undated photo provided by Aliso Niguel High School shows Dr. John Cheng on the sidelines of a game as the Aliso Niguel High School team doctor. He was known by all as simply Dr. John, the quiet, calm physician who mentored kids in kung fu, finding time between patient appointments to encourage people to learn self-defense. So it was no surprise to friends and colleagues that Cheng spent his final moments saving others by rushing a gunman who fired on a Southern California church luncheon of mostly older Taiwanese people, including Cheng's recently widowed mother. (Andrew Mashburn/Aliso Niguel High School via AP)

Blurry ballot barcodes delay Oregon House primary results

Workers check ballots at elections offices in Clackamas County, Oregon, the state's third most populous county south of Portland, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Many ballots in the county were printed with blurry barcodes, preventing them from being read by voting tabulation machines. Workers, one Democrat and one Republican per pair, are re-recording votes from the blurred ballots on new ballots so they can be read. The problem may cause significant delays in vote-counting in a county that includes parts of two Congressional districts, including one with a competitive Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

California woman says dog defended her from mountain lion

Ex-judge to head office probing Washington police shootings

FILE - King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff stands in court on Oct. 10, 2016, in Seattle. Rogoff, a former judge and prosecutor, is being appointed to oversee Washington state's new independent office to review cases where police use deadly force - the first such agency in the U.S, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Stocks fall sharply as Target's woes renew inflation fears

FILE - Trader Patrick King works the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in New York. Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up more than 1,100 points, or 3.6% and the tech-heavy Nasaq pulled back 4.7%. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell 4%. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Prosecutor: Officer who shot armed motorist was justified

This photo provided by The Indiana State Police, police investigate a shooting late Monday, May 16, 2022 near Palmyra, Ind. Two men were fatally shot after a police officer and two good Samaritans stopped along a southern Indiana highway to help a driver who was stopped in the roadway, police said. The shooting happened Monday night after an officer with the Palmyra Police Department stopped to assist the

Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty in George Floyd killing

FILE - This photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020, shows Thomas Lane. Lane former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 18,2022 to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd. As part of the plea deal, Thomas Lane will have a count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder dismissed.(Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Gun in 8-year-old's backpack goes off at school, mom charged

Parents wait in line to pick up their children at Walt Disney Magnet School, Tuesday May 17, 2022 in Chicago. A Chicago mother has been charged with child endangerment after a gun in her second grader's backpack accidentally discharged at the school, injuring a 7-year-old classmate, police said Wednesday. According to police, the backpack was in the boy's classroom when, just before 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the gun discharged. (Anthony Vazquez /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

EXPLAINER: Why is Wall Street close to a bear market?

Pedestrians walk by the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in New York. Stocks closed sharply lower on Wall Street Wednesday as dismal results from Target renewed fears that inflation is battering U.S. companies. The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, fell 4%. Target lost a quarter of its value, dragging other retailers down with it, after saying its profit fell by half in the latest quarter as costs for freight and transportation spiked. That comes a day after Walmart cited inflation for its own weak results. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

'This Is Us' to end with a 'meditative day,' creator reveals

This image released by NBC shows Mandy Moore as Rebecca, left, and Milo Ventimiglia as Jack, in a scene from the final season of

Buffalo supermarket shooting: What do we know so far?

Shannon Waedell-Collins pays her respects at the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hawaii hurricane season forecasted to be slow with La Nina

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018 file photo, provided by NASA, Hurricane Lane approaches Hawaii as seen from the International Space Station. Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms this year, federal forecasters said Wednesday, May 18, 2022. There is a 60% chance of a below average season. (NASA via AP, File)

Missouri governor OKs new US House map favoring Republicans

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson speaks to reporters after signing legislation redrawing the state's congressional districts on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. The new map, to be used in this year's elections, is expected to shore up Republicans' 6-2 advantage over Democrats in the state's U.S. House delegation. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Right to film cops weighed by US court overseeing 6 states

Feds: National Guard members on state duty can join unions

FILE - Members of the National Guard patrol outside the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2021. The Department of Justice has given the green light to National Guard members on active duty for their states to join labor unions, despite a U.S. law that makes it a felony for military personnel on active federal duty to unionize. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Family Dollar closing Arkansas facility where rodents found

Lawyers: Georgia man's death sentence is unconstitutional

This image provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Virgil Presnell. The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Sex abuse suit filed against Oklahoma City Catholic school

Texas inmate who escaped bus got out of restraints, cage

These May 12, 2022, photos of a Wanted poster provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gonzalo Lopez. Authorities say that Lopez, a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who is still on the run after escaping from a transport bus last week got out of his restraints and a caged area before stabbing the driver. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

US expands probe of schemes against Chinese dissidents

Health

FILE - Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage May 14, 2022, in Houston. President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage

North Korea's suspected COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million

Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed

US case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man

Jill Biden, Selena Gomez lead talk on youth mental health

Portugal finds 5 monkeypox cases in men as outbreak spreads

Ashley Biden positive for COVID-19, skips Latin America trip

Technology

NY agency files discrimination complaint against Amazon

Google's Russian business plans to file for bankruptcy

With Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance of pregnancy

Musk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal - on Twitter

Environmentalists oppose more life for California nuke plant

Argo touts driverless operations in Miami and Austin, Texas

Livestreamed carnage: Tech's hard lessons from mass killings

Business

In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, a Russian serviceman frisks a Ukrainian soldier after he left the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops

Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortage

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

North Korea's suspected COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million

Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed

Stocks fall sharply as Target's woes renew inflation fears

EXPLAINER: Why is Wall Street close to a bear market?

NFL

FILE - Utah players celebrate with the trophy after their victory over Oregon to win the Pac-12 Conference championship NCAA football game Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Las Vegas. The Pac-12 announced, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, it was scrapping its divisional format for the coming season Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens, File)

Pac-12 scraps divisions moments after NCAA paves way

Buffalo sports teams offer support at site of mass shooting

Raise makes Ohio State's Day one of highest-paid coaches

College football, XFL, Australian Open headline ESPN slate

Bengals' Burrow wasted no time getting over Super Bowl loss

Tom Brady featured in upcoming Netflix 'Greatest' roast

Buck, Aikman excited about 'starting over' with ESPN

MLB

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Marcus Stroman delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

LEADING OFF: Cubs' Stroman coming off COVID list vs Dbacks

Rockies rook fouls 1st MLB pitch near family, mom gets ball

Phillies slugger Harper won't play right field for 6 weeks

LEADING OFF: Ohtani on mound, Scherzer faces hometown team

O's Harvey suspended 60 games by MLB for drug distribution

Mets' Marte loses grandmother 2 years after wife's death

Houston RHP Odorizzi stretchered off in Boston, to get MRI

NBA

Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (4) shoots over Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, right, during the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Toronto, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Barnes, Mobley, Cunningham unanimous NBA All-Rookie picks

Jimmy Butler, Heat seeking to take a 2-0 lead over Celtics

Raise makes Ohio State's Day one of highest-paid coaches

Magic Moment: Orlando wins lottery, lands No. 1 pick

Curry, Thompson ready to lead Warriors vs surprising Mavs

State Dept pushing to see Griner; NBA Commissioner weighs in

Nielsen list illustrates power of franchises for networks

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