Mexican military helicopter crashes at sea, leaving 3 Navy personnel dead and 2 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says one of its helicopters crashed into the Pacific shortly after taking off from the deck of a patrol…
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Ground cinnamon sold at discount stores is tainted with lead, FDA warns
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Reporter Ground cinnamon sold by U.S. discount retailers is contaminated with high levels of lead and should be discarded,…
Continue ReadingOscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s (1 hour earlier) show
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the show’s producers are…
Continue ReadingAmid Louisiana’s crawfish shortage, governor issues disaster declaration
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a disaster declaration…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa urges top UN court to impose more emergency orders on Israel to end starvation in Gaza
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa is urging the United…
Continue ReadingHalf of US states join GOP lawsuits challenging new EPA rule on deadly soot pollution
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-five Republican-led states have joined lawsuits challenging a new Biden administration…
Continue ReadingMissouri governor offers ‘deepest sympathy’ after reducing former Chiefs assistant’s DWI sentence
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has offered his “deepest sympathy” to the family of a 5-year-old girl who was seriously…
Continue ReadingSen. Katie Britt will stride onto the national stage to deliver GOP’s State of the Union response
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After only a year in the Senate, Katie Britt of Alabama is wielding her influence and…
Continue ReadingJury picked in trial of 2nd parent charged in Michigan school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the trial of a man whose son killed four students at a Michigan school…
Continue ReadingPressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger worsens
By TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked…
Continue ReadingIndiana lawmakers in standoff on antisemitism bill following changes sought by critics of Israel
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address…
Continue ReadingFilipino seafarers killed in first fatal Houthi attack on commercial shipping
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the…
Continue ReadingHouse Republicans invite Hunter Biden and former associates for a public hearing in mid-March
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have invited Hunter Biden and his former business associates to appear at a…
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Late snowfall causes accidents and cleanup for Bend police, fire and the city
(Update: Adding video, comments from Bend Fire, city of Bend) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week’s snowfall marked the fourth month in a row for Bend…
Continue ReadingMourners honor Liza who fled Belarus to Warsaw for a new life but was raped and died in a hospital
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners in Poland have paid tribute to a young Belarusian woman who died after being…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft engineer sounds alarm on AI image-generator to US officials and company’s board
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A Microsoft engineer is sounding alarms about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by…
Continue ReadingSocial media outages hurt small businesses — so it’s important to have a backup plan
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To businesses that rely on social media platforms for advertising, client communication or…
Continue ReadingTexas man arrested in alleged scam attempt against disgraced former congressman George Santos
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Texas man has been arrested on accusations he schemed to dupe disgraced former congressman…
Continue ReadingPanel says New York, Maryland and maybe California could offer internet gambling soon
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry…
Continue Reading‘Rust’ armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on movie set
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal…
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