Lockdown lifted at Montana Air Force base after active shooter threat
By Amy Simonson, Rebekah Riess, Chris Boyette and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Montana Air Force base went on lockdown for 10 minutes Thursday…
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Management issues at Oregon’s Crater Lake prompt feds to consider terminating concession contract
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Years of management issues involving facility upkeep and staff at Oregon’s Crater Lake have prompted the federal…
Continue ReadingAlaska woman gets 99 years for orchestrating catfished murder-for-hire plot in friend’s death
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled…
Continue ReadingTalks on a Gaza deal are at an impasse. Here’s what we know
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Becky Anderson, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Talks on a hostage…
Continue ReadingGodzilla, Oscar newbie, stomps into the Academy Awards
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But…
Continue ReadingMontana nuclear base lockdown lifted after suspicious person prompts active shooter report
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A lockdown has been lifted at an Air Force nuclear missile base in…
Continue ReadingVolkswagen-backed Scout Motors, in nod to past, toasts start of construction of electric SUV plant
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Volkswagen Group-backed Scout Motors is celebrating the start of construction on its $2…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania mom convicted of strangling 11-year-old son, now faces life sentence
HORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — A mother who strangled her 11-year-old son at their Pennsylvania home last year and then went to New Jersey where she drove her…
Continue ReadingBrother of dead suspect in fires at Boston-area Jewish institutions pleads not guilty
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The brother of a man suspected in four arsons involving Jewish institutions in the Boston area in…
Continue ReadingIt started as a Kansas City Chiefs celebration. Then the message spread: ‘Guns, police, run’
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Michelle Krupa, CNN (CNN) — The conquering heroes had just rolled down Grand Boulevard, waving to a crowd packed more…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina House approves Sunday liquor sales, potentially lifting another religious restriction
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to open…
Continue ReadingUS eases restrictions on Wells Fargo after years of strict oversight following scandal
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration eased some of the restrictions on banking giant Wells Fargo, saying the…
Continue ReadingParents in Miami-Dade County receive permission slips asking if children can participate in Black History Month activity
By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home…
Continue ReadingAfter record year, Tunisia reports migrant deaths from shipwreck near Libyan waters
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after…
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Much of High Desert gets blue-skies break between storms, but more snow expected
Wednesday’s snowfall and slick roads led to a few school closures and delays Thursday around the High Desert, and forecasters said a blue-sky break…
Continue ReadingKansas City mom and prominent Hispanic DJ dies in a mass shooting after Chiefs’ victory parade
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press A woman who died in the mass shooting after a parade for the Kansas City Chiefs and their Super Bowl victory DJed…
Continue Reading9 Los Angeles firefighters injured after burning truck’s fuel tank explodes
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A truck’s fuel tank exploded early Thursday in a neighborhood south of downtown Los…
Continue ReadingCatholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a…
Continue ReadingLyme disease case counts in the US rose by almost 70% in 2022 due to a change in how it’s reported
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lyme disease cases in the United States jumped nearly 70% in 2022. Health officials say it’s due…
Continue ReadingMore people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, US study finds
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new government study suggests smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking…
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