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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A prominent American-born anchorwoman on Iranian state television who was held in the U.S. as a material witness was released from jail Wednesday evening.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Zach Sanford and Tyler Bozak scored goals in their first games back from injured reserve, and the St. Louis Blues headed into the All-Star break with a 5-1 victory over the stumbling Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man who was driving a vehicle when a passenger started shooting at a Missouri home, killing a sleeping 3-year-old boy, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three men have been charged with conspiracy to help a Los Angeles man make phony emergency "swatting" calls around the nation in hopes of sending police to the scene or forcing building evacuations.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A 44-year-old man with a history of abuse was sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for child pornography crimes.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The attorney for a former Missouri sheriff's deputy and correctional officer sentenced to death for a double killing told Missouri Supreme Court judges during Wednesday arguments that his client should get a new trial because prosecutors bungled the case.

MARION, Ill. (AP) -- A southern Illinois man has been charged in the death of a 62-year-old Marion man whose body was found in his home.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A former coach and a choreographer for a high school dance team in Kansas are denying allegations that they prevented a black student from performing during an event because her skin was "too dark" and clashed with the costumes.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A former gas station clerk in St. Louis has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for shooting a customer he wrongly suspected of stealing candy.

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) -- A suspect in the ambush, kidnapping and rape of a Johnson County sheriff's deputy wants to withdraw his guilty plea.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A 20-year-old man who was slain after fatally shooting a community activist with a criminal record wouldn't have faced charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri prosecutor says a 20-year-old who was slain after fatally shooting a community activist wouldn't have faced charges.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The government says several people are targets or subjects of a criminal investigation into a Missouri tourist boat that sank in July, killing 17 people.

TROY, Mo. (AP) -- The owner of an eastern Missouri fitness center is defending herself from an online firestorm that erupted when a member said he was told to change out of a "2016 Trump for President" shirt while working out.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- The case against the man accused of killing a woman and sexually assaulting two others inside a St. Louis area religious supply store will go to a grand jury.

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) -- New court filings say a former Cub Scouts leader sexually abused at least seven children.

REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) -- The mother of one of two men killed in a 2016 police pursuit in the St. Louis area is suing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A lawsuit making its way through federal court alleges that a Missouri jeweler was trashed online by a Kansas competitor who used a customer's phone to write the bad review.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A 21-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting another man in a Kansas City apartment complex parking lot.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say police have shot and wounded a fleeing driver who fired at officers after crashing in Kansas City.

BEIJING (AP) -- China on Thursday said it has detained a Chinese-Australian writer on charges of involvement in "criminal activities endangering China's national security."

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- The fallout from developments in Venezuela and uncertainty over Britain's exit from the European Union are set to be key points of discussions Thursday at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos.

PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on former Renault-Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn as he remains detained in Japan (all times local):

MINSK, Ukraine (AP) -- A court in the Ukrainian capital Kiev has found former President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason.

LONDON (AP) -- The chief executive of Airbus has warned it could move its U.K. operations out of the country in the event there is a departure from the European Union without a deal.

BEIJING (AP) -- The Latest on the Chinese-Australian writer held in China (all times local):

BEIJING (AP) -- China says it has detained Chinese-Australian writer for 'criminal activities endangering China's national security'

LONDON (AP) -- The search has resumed to find the plane that was carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala as the operation moved into its third day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah of central Pahang state was named Malaysia's new king on Thursday, replacing Sultan Muhammad V who abdicated unexpectedly after just two years on the throne.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelans headed into uncharted political waters Thursday, with the young leader of a newly united and combative opposition claiming to hold the presidency and socialist President Nicolas Maduro digging in for a fight with the Trump administration.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- French finance minister says that Carlos Ghosn has resigned as head of Renault.

SYDNEY (AP) -- An Australian businessman who was allegedly part of a criminal syndicate that smuggled 1.28 metric tons (1.41 U.S. tons) of cocaine inside a shipment of prefabricated steel from China faced a Sydney court on Thursday after becoming the last of three accused conspirators to be extradited from Serbia.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iran arrested more than 7,000 people last year, including dozens of journalists, in what Amnesty International on Thursday called a "shameless campaign of repression" as the U.S. released an American anchorwoman for Iranian state television held for days as a material witness.

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese tech giant Huawei announced plans Wednesday to release a next-generation smartphone based on its own technology instead of U.S. components, stepping up efforts to compete with Western industry leaders in the face of Washington's warnings the company might be a security risk.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Naomi Osaka never made it past the fourth round at any of the first 10 Grand Slam tournaments of her career. Now, still just 21, she's suddenly on the verge of a second consecutive major championship.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Fissures appear along roads while massive holes open up in the countryside, their gaping maws a visible sign from the air of something Iranian authorities now openly acknowledge: the area around Tehran is literally sinking.

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) -- An Indonesian woman jointly accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader won an appeal Thursday to obtain witness statements given to police as part of her defense.

SELCUK, Turkey (AP) -- Braveheart, Crazy Hasan, The Conqueror and Black Diamond were among the furry, hump-backed contestants in this year's annual sporting showdown in Turkey: camel wrestling.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- SailGP, the new sailing league founded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison and five-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts, will leap from concept to reality next month when six souped-up catamarans hit the starting line off Shark Island in Sydney Harbor.