Boston manhole blasts send 1 to hospital, force evacuations
BOSTON (AP) — Two manholes exploded in downtown Boston on Thursday morning, pouring smoke into the streets, forcing the evacuation of two buildings…
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Police: Body of 1 of 2 missing women found in Virginia river
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say search teams have found the body of one of two women missing for days after a dozen people on…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register?
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — If Republican Doug Mastriano is elected governor of Pennsylvania, the state could become a…
Continue ReadingBuffalo gunman pleads not guilty to domestic terror charge
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket…
Continue ReadingBrittney Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner can’t play with her WNBA colleagues. She can’t call them, either. But she can write. In one…
Continue ReadingProtester killed in Guinea’s first anti-junta demonstration
By BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Opposition leaders say one person was killed in Guinea’s capital during protests…
Continue ReadingOhio governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under…
Continue ReadingAmazon said to be impeding House probe of warehouse collapse
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Congressional Democrats are accusing Amazon of “obstructing” their investigation into the company’s labor…
Continue ReadingDIARY: One mother of many, watching the news and worrying
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Since last week’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas, one Associated Press writer has, like so many…
Continue ReadingHealth minister: Iran marks first day without COVID deaths
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s health minister says the country has marked its first day after more than two years without a single COVID-19 death.…
Continue ReadingFord plans to add 6,200 jobs in Ohio, Michigan and Missouri
By TOM KRISHER and PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) — Ford will add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio as it…
Continue Reading4 workers hurt when Boston subway trains collide
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston subway system is experiencing service disruptions after a crash the night before that sent four employees of the…
Continue ReadingA red-hot job market awaits US teens while employers sweat
By PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her…
Continue ReadingQuentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Sirius plot a film podcast
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Long before Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary won an Oscar for co-writing “Pulp Fiction,” they were just a couple…
Continue ReadingAvenatti gets 4 years in prison for cheating Stormy Daniels
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for…
Continue ReadingSpeller reinstated into National Spelling Bee after appeal
By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — A speller has been reinstated into the Scripps National Spelling Bee field after successfully…
Continue ReadingFire at Czech Alzheimer home kills 2, over 50 injured
PRAGUE (AP) — A massive fire in a nursing home for Alzheimer patients in the Czech Republic has left two people dead and injured more than 50…
Continue ReadingFewer Americans apply for unemployment benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week with the number of Americans collecting…
Continue ReadingTrump election probe grand jury hears from Raffensperger
By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official appeared Thursday before a special grand jury…
Continue ReadingChrissy Metz of ‘This is Us’ writes book for children
NEW YORK (AP) — “This is Us” star Chrissy Metz is teaming with partner Bradley Collins on a children’s book about parenting and religious…
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