Containers secured to shore after Wisconsin train derailment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Crews have secured two container cars that floated away in the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in…
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Biden awards football trophy to Air Force Academy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football…
Continue ReadingGov’s office: Tennessee session on guns likely after July 4
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office says a special lawmaking session dedicated to…
Continue ReadingNew report blames airlines for most flight cancellations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congressional investigators say airlines themselves are responsible for a rising percentage of canceled flights…
Continue Reading‘Little hero:’ Boy stops Michigan school bus with ill driver
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A boy grabbed the steering wheel on a school bus and hit the brakes, bringing the vehicle to a safe stop on a busy…
Continue ReadingBrazil recognizes Indigenous areas in boon for Amazon
By CARLA BRIDI and FABIANO MAISONNAVE BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday granted official recognition…
Continue ReadingPolice: Teacher grazed when gun discharges in classroom
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a Tennessee teacher was grazed when a gun discharged in a high school classroom Friday, but no other injuries…
Continue ReadingColorado governor signs 4 gun control bills after massacre
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s governor signed four gun control bills Friday, following the lead of…
Continue ReadingMexico’s economy grew 1.1% in 1st quarter, 3.8% year on year
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy grew by 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023, bringing growth to an annualized rate of 3.8%…
Continue ReadingUS agency raises ‘serious concerns’ about tech visa lottery
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The number of applications for visas used in the technology industry soared for a second…
Continue ReadingN. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, North Carolina’s newly GOP-controlled state…
Continue ReadingMarijuana job lands Oregon secretary of state in trouble
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for…
Continue ReadingTech-rooted groups seek to shake up San Francisco politics
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech entrepreneurs who flocked into San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and…
Continue ReadingIn Lebanon, Iran FM visits Israel border, extolls Hezbollah
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon’s border with Israel, expressing support for the…
Continue ReadingSmokey Robinson turns seductive with new album ‘Gasms’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Smokey Robinson started dating his-now wife more than 20 years ago, she didn’t…
Continue ReadingJudge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s…
Continue ReadingBiden declares Fort Lauderdale disaster area after flooding
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has declared part of South Florida a disaster area after record flooding struck the area earlier…
Continue ReadingKhris Davis took the hits to become ‘Big George Foreman’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Khris Davis did not know who he was auditioning for when he first got the lines for an untitled project about a boxer.…
Continue ReadingItaly returns ancient stele, illegally exported, to Turkey
ROME (AP) — Italy has returned to Turkish authorities a funerary stele dating from ancient Roman times because investigation determined that the…
Continue ReadingSummer Movies: Indy, Barbie, ‘Fast X’ zooming to theaters
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The stakes are always high in the summer movie season. But even in a schedule that has heavyweights like Indiana…
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