Truck driver charged with criminally negligent homicide in fatal Texas bus crash
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — The driver of a cement truck that veered into oncoming traffic and hit a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students has…
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Baltimore bridge collapse: Who will pay for the destroyed bridge, harmed businesses and lost lives?
By REBECCA BOONE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland is a multi-layered tragedy: For the…
Continue ReadingPope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
By NICOLE WINFIELD, ANDREW MEDICHINI, SILVIA STELLACCI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good…
Continue ReadingTori Spelling files for divorce from Dean McDermott after 18 years of marriage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tori Spelling has filed for divorce from her husband and former reality TV co-star Dean McDermott. The former “Beverly Hills,…
Continue ReadingA big airline is relaxing its pet policy to let owners bring the companion and a rolling carry-on
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is easing a restriction in its pet policy. For years, people with a small pet could only bring one other…
Continue ReadingChildren race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area park
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — It rained marshmallows at a suburban Detroit park on Friday as children raced to…
Continue ReadingTrump asks appeals court to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to remain on Georgia election case
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and eight other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere…
Continue ReadingOpenAI reveals Voice Engine, but won’t yet publicly release the risky AI voice-cloning technology
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person’s…
Continue ReadingRobot disguised as a coyote or fox will scare wildlife away from runways at Alaska airport
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds…
Continue ReadingCould tugboats have helped avert the bridge collapse tragedy in Baltimore?
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press With the 95,000-ton cargo ship Dali powerless and hurtling helplessly toward the Francis Scott…
Continue Reading3 Pennsylvania men have convictions overturned after decades behind bars in woman’s 1997 killing
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in…
Continue ReadingACLU, Planned Parenthood challenge Ohio abortion restrictions after voter referendum
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new lawsuit is challenging some of Ohio’s abortion laws…
Continue ReadingNew trial denied for ‘Rust’ armorer convicted in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge rejected an effort by a movie set armorer challenging her…
Continue ReadingUS probes complaints that Ford pickups can downshift without warning, increasing the risk of a crash
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that more than 540,000 Ford pickup trucks can abruptly downshift to a lower…
Continue ReadingStudy says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a…
Continue ReadingWrexham takes step closer to promotion with win over Mansfield
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham, the fourth-tier Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, has taken a step toward another promotion by beating…
Continue ReadingThe Texas attorney general is investigating a key Boeing supplier and asking about diversity
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a key Boeing supplier that is already…
Continue ReadingSpecial Olympics Maine founder accused in lawsuit of grooming, sexually abusing boy
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for…
Continue ReadingPowell says Fed wants to see ‘more good inflation readings’ before it can cut rates
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks:…
Continue ReadingTyla, South Africa’s amapiano angel, manifests stardom in debut album
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla, who won the inaugural Grammy for African music performance last month, has released…
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