Jenny Cavnar makes history as Oakland A’s primary play-by-play announcer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…
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What is Alaskapox? Recent death brings attention to virus seen in small animals
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A recent death has brought new attention to the so-called Alaskapox virus. The bug belongs to a…
Continue ReadingAccident investigators push the FAA for better cockpit voice recorders on all planes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators are pushing for better cockpit voice recorders. They are pointing to limits of the device on the…
Continue ReadingChicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…
Continue ReadingBiden administration expands program to help rural towns plagued by sewage problems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical…
Continue ReadingBiden says Trump sowing doubts about US commitment to NATO is ‘un-American’
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Donald Trump’s comments calling into…
Continue ReadingClimate activists target Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery
By The Associated Press Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley stumps in her small hometown of Bamberg ahead of South Carolina’s GOP primary
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic…
Continue ReadingMotorist in England calls police to report he’s too drunk to drive
LONDON (AP) — Police in England say a drunken driver did the right thing after doing the wrong thing. Police in North Yorkshire say a motorist…
Continue ReadingPearl Jam gives details of new album ‘Dark Matter,’ drops first single, announces world tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late…
Continue ReadingPolish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been released
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…
Continue ReadingDisneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…
Continue ReadingWhich houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones
By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…
Continue ReadingPresident’s intervention keeps Paris’ riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…
Continue ReadingButtigieg visits interstate highway bridge in Pacific Northwest slated for seismic replacement
By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday toured the…
Continue Reading3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…
Continue ReadingVideo shows deputies fired dozens of shots at armed 81-year-old man in South Carolina
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Body camera recordings released by a sheriff’s office in South Carolina show deputies…
Continue ReadingIn this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
By KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…
Continue ReadingJon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…
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