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Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of …

FILE - This undated file photo shows members of the Grateful Dead band, from left to right, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, Brent Mydland, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir. (AP Photo/File)

VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Incarcerated men use virtual reality headsets inside Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

6 people killed in Mississippi rampage, including 7-year-old girl. Suspect charged with murder

Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott speaks at a news conference in West Point, Miss., on Saturday, Jan, 10, 2026, following fatal Friday night shootings at three locations. (William Moore/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

Ex-husband charged in murders of Ohio couple

Spencer and Monique Tepe's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)

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Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dead at 88

Trump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates and banks balk

FILE - Visa and Mastercard credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good’s killing

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse in New Mexico

FILE - Actor Timothy Busfield smiles before an NFL football game in Detroit, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Judge blocks Trump’s elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington

FILE -Olive, 4, deposits an election ballot into a drop box in Seattle, Wash. under the supervision of her mother, on Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

Minneapolis schools offer remote learning as tensions rise over federal immigration enforcement

A child sits in the snow as demonstrators hold signs during a news conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in Minneapolis, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept out of schools and Minnesota following the killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by federal agents earlier on Wednesday. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Florida sets execution date for man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery

FILE -The entrance to Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla. is shown Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson)

Trump promises oil executives ‘total safety’ if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GM hit with $6 billion in charges as EV incentives cut and emissions standards fade

FILE - The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV sits on display at the Chicago Auto Show, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Wounded veterans cycle through Florida Keys for annual Soldier Ride

Students from the Coral Shores High School wave as wounded veterans ride past in the annual Florida Keys Soldier Ride organized by the Wounded Warrior Project, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Islamorada, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Early birds can begin filing their taxes on Jan. 26 this year

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Hochul and Mamdani unveil free child care plan in New York City

FILE - New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

The shooting outside a Utah church grew out of a dispute between funeral goers, police say

Police respond to a fatal shooting in a parking lot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

ICE shooting reinforces Minnesota’s grim role as Trump’s public enemy No. 1

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz responds to questions from reporters regarding whether he will seek a third term during a press conference following an event on the state's new Paid Family and Medical Leave program, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Judge blocks Trump administration from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks during an event on prescription drug prices in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Severe storms bring high winds and possible tornadoes to Oklahoma

Judge disqualifies federal prosecutor in investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James

FILE - John Sarcone, acting U.S. Attorney for Northern New York, leaves Manhattan federal court, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Michael Sisak, File)

Newsom will punch back at California critics in his final State of the State speech

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom walks through the venue for the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

A makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents is taped to a post near the site of the previous day's shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Harvey Weinstein weighing plea on unresolved charge after judge declines to nix conviction

Harvey Weinstein appears in court in New York, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)