Wayward 450-pound pig named Kevin Bacon hams it up for home security camera
In Hollywood, actor Kevin Bacon is a big star. In Wisconsin’s Kenosha County, Kevin Bacon is one big pig! The 450-pound porker wandered away from…
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TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Vegas airport as ‘a step into the future’
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal airport security officials unveiled a passenger self-screening system Wednesday at busy…
Continue ReadingNo. 18 Colorado women steamroll Oregon 79-30 in Pac-12 opener, Formann scores 17
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frida Formann scored 17 points and 18th-ranked Colorado handed Oregon its worst loss of the season, 79-30 in the opening game of…
Continue ReadingSouthern Baptist agency says U.S. investigation into sexual abuse has ended with ‘no further action’
Associated Press A Southern Baptist Convention leader said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice has ended its investigation of a top…
Continue ReadingFDA warns consumers to stop using six brands of ground cinnamon found to have high levels of lead
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded its investigation into tainted cinnamon products, and its…
Continue ReadingBetty Ford forever postage stamp is unveiled at the White House
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new forever postage stamp bearing the portrait of former U.S. First Lady Betty Ford was…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts debates how long homeless people can stay in shelters
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House lawmakers have approved a proposal that would limit how long homeless people…
Continue ReadingDefense Department analyzing possible spy balloon discovered off Alaskan coast
By Oren Liebermann, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department is analyzing a balloon…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s government sets March 24 as the new date for the delayed presidential election
BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Senegalese government has announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s…
Continue ReadingTexas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press MCALLEN, TX (AP) — SpaceX is set to acquire public land from Texas after the Texas Parks and Wildlife…
Continue ReadingMaryland abortion clinics could get money for security under bill in state Senate
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Abortion clinics in Maryland could pay for enhanced security and greater access through a…
Continue ReadingGeorgia bill would punish cities and counties that break law against ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring…
Continue ReadingWhich streamer will target password sharing next? The former HBO Max looks ready to make its play
By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — MAX, the streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and formerly known as HBO Max, is ready to…
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest hunger crisis looms in Sudan, UN warns, as humanitarian response hits ‘breaking point’
By Richard Roth, Eve Brennan and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — The war in Sudan is “triggering the world’s largest hunger crisis,” with…
Continue ReadingA Texas GOP brawl is dragging to a runoff. How the power struggle may push Republicans farther right
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Republican primary saw more than a dozen incumbents defeated or forced into…
Continue ReadingLawyer behind effort to remove Fani Willis from Georgia Trump case testifies before state lawmakers
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The lawyer who initiated the effort to remove Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference…
Continue ReadingStates in Colorado River basin pitch new ways to absorb shortages but clash on the approach
By AMY TAXIN and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are…
Continue ReadingHouse passes key government funding bills as lawmakers rush to beat shutdown deadline
By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted on Wednesday to pass a package of six government funding bills as lawmakers race…
Continue ReadingStudy raises questions about plastic pollution’s effect on heart health
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer A study raises more questions than it answers about how tiny specks of plastic might affect the heart. We…
Continue ReadingNanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice as likely to have a heart…
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