Creator of ‘Star Wars’ X-wing and Death Star dies at 90
The man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films has died. Colin Cantwell was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Cantwell’s…
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No charges for deputy who killed man at North Dakota school
MOTT, N.D. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy will not face criminal charges for killing a man inside a North Dakota public school after the man refused…
Continue ReadingCannes: Transylvania-set ‘R.M.N.’ probes a ubiquitous crisis
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Director Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Film Festival entry “R.M.N.” is set in an unnamed…
Continue ReadingGerman chancellor Scholz kicks off Africa trip in Senegal
By BABACAR DIONE and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country is interested in a major…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest woman after 6-year-old son is found in trunk
MOUND, Minn. (AP) — Authorities and family members said a 28-year-old woman was arrested after police found her 6-year-old son’s body in the…
Continue ReadingLeclerc’s perfect weekend in Spain ruined by faulty Ferrari
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Charles Leclerc was about to culminate the perfect weekend. He had dominated practice and…
Continue ReadingRural Texas official arrested, charged with stealing cattle
MENTONE, Texas (AP) — The top elected official in a rural and sparsely populated West Texas county has been arrested after being accused of…
Continue ReadingSome New Mexico wildfire evacuees worry about their future
MORA, N.M. (AP) — As more than 2,700 firefighters in northern New Mexico continue to battle the nation’s largest active wildfire, many evacuees…
Continue ReadingAverage US gasoline price jumps 33 cents to $4.71 per gallon
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon. Industry…
Continue ReadingMan fatally shot on New York subway train; suspect at large
NEW YORK (AP) — An unidentified gunman has shot and killed another passenger on a moving New York City subway train. Police officials say it…
Continue Reading‘Triangle of Sadness’: Biting social satire delights Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Fashion models, Instagram influencers and Russian oligarchs collide on a yacht — and some very…
Continue ReadingPolice investigate California lounge shooting that killed 1
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California police investigating after a man was killed and eight people were wounded during a shooting at a…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania’s Fetterman released from hospital after stroke
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest, has been…
Continue ReadingWHO chief: The COVID pandemic is ‘most certainly not over’
BERLIN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in…
Continue ReadingPriceless seeds, sprouts key to US West’s post-fire future
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press The mission was to rescue tens of thousands of invaluable tree sprouts from a research center in New Mexico…
Continue ReadingWisconsin couple kills bear that attacked them in their home
MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin couple killed a bear that they say attacked them inside their home after they spotted it eating from their bird…
Continue ReadingIsraeli Arab lawmaker rejoins coalition days after quitting
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Arab Israeli lawmaker who quit the ruling coalition says she is returning to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s 60-member…
Continue ReadingBuffalo shooting’s wounds need a strong salve, residents say
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a…
Continue ReadingAustria’s president seeks reelection after turbulent term
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s 78-year-old president says he will seek reelection later this year, following a term that has seen him pilot the Alpine…
Continue ReadingPolice: Nearly all power restored in Gaylord after tornado
GAYLORD, Mich. (AP) — Nearly all of the power lost following a deadly tornado that killed two people and flattened parts of a northern Michigan…
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