Gusty winds fan wildfires in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland…
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Sheriff: Deputy charged after stun gun sets biker on fire
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida deputy who accidentally set a gasoline-covered motorcycle rider on fire with a stun gun is facing a…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico firefighter accused in illegal migration case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A lfirefighter lieutenant in Puerto Rico has been accused of transporting and harboring migrants who entered the U.S.…
Continue ReadingEx-deputy gets 18 years after detainees drown in locked van
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy in South Carolina whose police van was swept away by floodwaters in the…
Continue ReadingBoeing crew capsule launches to space station on test redo
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s crew capsule rocketed into orbit Thursday on a repeat test flight without…
Continue ReadingSenate OKs overhaul of baby formula rules in aid program
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bill Thursday aimed at easing the baby formula shortage for families…
Continue ReadingArizona developer’s lawyer wants to rebut US House charges
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney for an Arizona real estate developer who was referred to the Department of Justice for…
Continue ReadingSurvey: Chesapeake’s crab population at lowest since 1990
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials say the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population is estimated to be at its lowest since an annual…
Continue ReadingEllen DeGeneres: proud of what she, daytime TV show achieved
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres relishes what her daytime show has given viewers in its nearly two-decade…
Continue ReadingBallot fiasco delays results in Oregon, vote-by-mail pioneer
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and SARA CLINE Associated Press OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of ballots with blurry barcodes that can’t be read by…
Continue ReadingCarbon removal technologies to get $3.5B federal investment
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is investing in machines that suck giant amounts of carbon dioxide out…
Continue ReadingEx-Virginia Tech player pleads not guilty in beating death
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech football player accused of fatally beating a man he met on an online dating site and initially…
Continue ReadingCourt says McCloskeys can’t advise right-wing group for free
By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a request by U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife to give free…
Continue ReadingCornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ’embarrassment’
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal woes as an “embarrassment.” The senator on…
Continue ReadingPrince William, Kate join Tom Cruise for ‘Top Gun’ premiere
LONDON (AP) — Tom Cruise has said he and Prince William “have a lot in common” as the Hollywood star and the royal met on the red carpet in…
Continue ReadingCDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government…
Continue ReadingMercedes claims record price for rare winged car at auction
BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Mercedes-Benz said Thursday that it has auctioned an extremely rare car from its company collection for a roaring…
Continue ReadingChicago cop shoots, seriously wounds, 13-year-old boy
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a Chicago police officer shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy who fled after he was pulled over in a car that had been…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Victim of Massachusetts fire had sued InfoWars
By MARK PRATT Associated Press One of the four people who died in a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building last weekend had filed a defamation…
Continue ReadingCanada bans China’s Huawei Technologies from 5G networks
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Wireless carriers in Canada won’t be allowed to install Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G…
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