The crane attacked potential mates. But then she fell for her keeper
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the great interspecies love stories of our time has come to an end. Walnut, a…
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California agrees to $2 billion settlement over Covid pandemic learning loss for struggling students
By Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — “I’m not getting a fat check!” joked Kelly R as she helped her daughters with homework in the kitchen of their…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court orders pause on state’s presidential ballot while it weighs Phillips case
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered the state elections commission not to transmit the…
Continue Reading38 people killed and 52 wounded in communal clashes over land in South Sudan, officials report
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Officials in South Sudan say residents of a swampy area battled with cattle herders who…
Continue ReadingFriends imprisoned for decades cleared of 1987 New Year’s killing in Times Square
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the early hours of New Year’s Day in 1987, a French tourist was mugged while walking with…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina to provide free gun training classes under open carry bill passed by state Senate
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill that would allow anyone who can legally own…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators examining collapsed Boise airplane hangar that killed 3
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal investigators were working Thursday to try to determine what caused a steel airplane…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators examining collapsed Boise airplane hangar that killed 3
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal investigators were working Thursday to try to determine what caused a steel airplane…
Continue ReadingTennessee’s strict abortion ban is under pressure, but change is unlikely under GOP control
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After begrudgingly agreeing to tweak Tennessee’s strict abortion ban last year,…
Continue ReadingWhat to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As tensions grow between Texas officials and the federal government over who can enforce…
Continue ReadingNew videos show towers of fire that prompted evacuations after last year’s fiery Ohio derailment
By JOSH FUNK and TOM KRISHER Associated Press Residents of eastern Ohio can now get an up-close view in newly released videos of the toxic towers of…
Continue ReadingAfter Washington state lawsuit, Providence health system erases or refunds $158M in medical bills
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes for assaulting, stabbing, driving into Orthodox Jews
By Samantha Beech, CNN New York (CNN) — A New Jersey man has admitted committing a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox…
Continue ReadingBruce Springsteen’s mother Adele Springsteen, a fan favorite who danced at his shows, dies at 98
By KILEY ARMSTRONG and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Adele Zerilli Springsteen, the longtime legal secretary, musical muse and…
Continue ReadingBreak away from the USA? New Hampshire once again says nay
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters won’t be asked to add a secession clause to the state constitution, nor…
Continue ReadingIndiana legislation could hold back thousands of third graders who can’t read
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican leaders in the statehouse have promised to address declining…
Continue ReadingGetting a dental X-ray? A new recommendation says you don’t need a lead apron
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer People do not need to wear lead aprons or thyroid collars when getting X-rays at the dentist. That’s according…
Continue ReadingNAACP seeks federal probe of Florida county’s jail system following deaths
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The NAACP is seeking a federal investigation of deaths in Florida’s second-largest…
Continue ReadingEx-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for what the…
Continue ReadingA Tennessee teen has pleaded guilty in the slaying of a prominent United Methodist Church leader
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree murder and carjacking in…
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