WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday, the same day Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs filed an objection saying immigration agents tried to enter his country's consulate in the city without permission. Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a struggle, according to a notification to Congress a...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Republican opponent is challenging U. S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run for governor of Alabama, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have lived in the state for seven years. Ken McFeeters, who is running against Tuberville for the Republican nomination for governor, filed the challenge Tuesday with the Alabama Republican Party. McFeeters in a phone interview said he believes Tuberville lives in a beach...

Earth is closer than it's ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the U. S. and other countries become “increasingly aggressive, adversarial, and nationalistic,” a science-oriented advocacy group said Tuesday as it advanced its “Doomsday Clock” to 85 seconds till midnight. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist members had an initial demonstration Friday and then announced their results on Tuesday. The scientists cited risks of nuclear war, climate change, potential misuse of and the...