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Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight …

Boats jockey for position minutes before the opening of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery on March 23, 2014, in Sitka, Alaska. Sitka is the home port for a charter fishing boat that sank in nearby waters killing three and leaving two lost at sea in late May 2023. The tragedy has put a spotlight on the safety of southeast Alaska's vibrant charter fishing industry and on the port town of Sitka, where charter operators charge thousands of dollars per person for guided fishing trips. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP, File)

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Hawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court …

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signs gun control legislation in Honolulu on Friday, June 2, 2023 as Leia Kandell, left, age 10, and Cole Kandell, age 7, look on. Green signed legislation that allows more people to carry concealed firearms but at the same time prohibit people from taking guns to a wide range of places, including beaches, hospitals, stadiums, bars that serve alcohol and movie theaters. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search …

This photo combo shows from left, Branden Colvin, Ryan Hitchcock, and Daniel Prien. The Davenport Fire Department and the Davenport Police Department are seeking information, Friday, June 2, 2023, regarding the whereabouts of the individuals and is believed that these three individuals have high probability of being home at the time of the partial building collapse in Davenport, Iowa on Sunday. (Davenport Police Dept. via AP)

‘Do I have regrets? … Hell yeah,’ says Davenport mayor …

After asking a group of about 50 people gathered for a vigil to remain silent for five minutes in honor of the five people still unaccounted for, Raquel Sipp kneels with a candle at the scene of where an apartment building partially collapsed two days earlier, in Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Five residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Man cleared in hunters’ killings after 21 years in prison …

This photo provided by David Moran shows Jeff Titus, center, who was released from a prison in Coldwater, Mich., Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, after nearly 21 years. Reporting by Jacinda Davis, left, of the TV network Investigation Discovery, and Susan Simpson, right, of the podcast “Undisclosed,” played an important role in the discovery of new evidence suggesting an Ohio man might have killed two hunters in 1990. (David Moran via AP)

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools …

The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. The Bible has been banned at elementary and middle schools in the Davis School District north of Salt Lake City, after a review committee decided it wasn't age appropriate "due to vulgarity or violence." (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Lies, complaints and Larry Nassar: Takeaways from the …

This photo shows one page of more than 4,000 pages of documents that the Associated Press obtained on Thursday, June 1, 2023, related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. (Federal Bureau of Prisons via AP)

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Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to …

FILE - A hiker sits on a ledge above Pueblo Bonito, the largest archeological site at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021. The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The action taken by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in the nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state was announced Friday June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused …

McKenzie Johnson, a Cibola High School student who is Navajo, speaks at an Albuquerque Public Schools Native American Open Community Forum in 2019 in Albuquerque, N.M., in recalling a cultural assault incident that happened to her at school and pushing for changes in the district. An appeals court ruling has revived an anti-discrimination lawsuit accusing an Albuquerque teacher of cutting off one Native American girl's hair and asking another, Johnson, if she was dressed as a “bloody Indian” during class on Halloween. (Shelby Perea/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Oath Keepers convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot get …

FILE - Members of the Oath Keepers extremist group stand on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. David Moerschel, a 45-year-old neurophysiologist from Punta Gorda, Fla., who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges, the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6. 2021 attack. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

In gun law push, Tennessee governor’s office memo …

FILE - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee responds to questions during a news conference, April 11, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Lee held the news conference to talk about gun control legislation and an executive order to require information for background checks on gun purchases to be updated more rapidly. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show Lee’s administration accused the National Rifle Association of wanting to use involuntary commitment laws "to round up mentally ill people and deprive them of other liberties." (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Bond granted for 3 activists whose fund bailed out …

This house in Atlanta's Edgewood neighborhood is where police arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed public safety training center on May 31, 2023. The three are officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has bailed out people arrested during protests against the project, which opponents derisively call "Cop City." (AP Photo/Kate Brumback)

Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 …

FILE - Newly-released inmate George Ballentine holds his prescription medicine Suboxone outside a pharmacy on July 23, 2018, in Greenfield, Mass. The attorneys general for 41 states and the District of Columbia announced a $102.5 million settlement Friday, June 2, 2023, with Suboxone maker Indivior Inc., over claims that the company schemed to keep generic competitors off the market. Suboxone, a branded version of buprenorphine and naloxone, is used to treat opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent …

The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday, June 2, 2023 in Fort Liberty, N.C. The U.S. Army changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)