FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
By FRANK BAJAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized…
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Alabama describes proposed nitrogen gas execution; seeks to become first state to carry it out
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s proposed procedures to carry out executions with nitrogen gas include fitting…
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Commercial Matsutake mushroom harvesting season begins Sept. 5, extends for two months
The 2023 season for commercially harvesting Matsutake mushrooms will open for the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema, Umpqua and Willamette National Forests…
Continue ReadingAcuña’s encounter and Guaranteed Rate Field shooting raise questions about safety of players, fans
By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier has played through the scenario in his head. There is a…
Continue ReadingGuatemala’s president-elect faces legal challenges that seek to weaken him. Here’s what’s happening
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal…
Continue ReadingOher seeks contract and payment information related to ‘The Blind Side’ in conservatorship battle
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Lawyers for former NFL player Michael Oher are seeking his school records and information…
Continue ReadingCourt rejects Connecticut officials’ bid to keep secret a police report on hospital patient’s death
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court says police reports about deaths and other incidents in…
Continue ReadingA new Titanic expedition is planned. The US is fighting it, says wreck is a grave site
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical…
Continue ReadingX marks the spot as Oregon’s Bo Nix and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. return for one more season
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Neither Bo Nix or Michael Penix Jr. expected to spend five or six years in college, let alone at…
Continue ReadingStunning new images reveal Ring Nebula in unprecedented detail
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. The new images…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM orders ministries to get his OK before secret talks, as drama over Libya meeting persists
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued an order mandating that his office approve…
Continue ReadingMuslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced…
Continue ReadingIndia’s moon rover confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the lunar south pole
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on…
Continue ReadingFour people found dead in apparent murder-suicide at home in north Texas city of Allen
ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Police in the north Texas city of Allen found four people dead in what investigators say was an apparent murder-suicide. Police…
Continue ReadingSupermoon could team up with Hurricane Idalia to raise tides higher just as the storm makes landfall
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press A rare blue supermoon could be playing a role in worsening the impact of Hurricane Idalia as the storm lashes…
Continue ReadingWhat does Florida’s red flag law say, and could it have thwarted the Jacksonville shooter?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A young, white gunman’s killing of three Black people over the weekend in Jacksonville,…
Continue ReadingBreaking impasse, Tennessee lawmakers adjourn tumultuous session spurred by school shooting
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have ended a special session initially touted…
Continue ReadingFamily of South Carolina teacher killed by falling utility pole seeks better rural infrastructure
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of a teacher killed last week in a small South Carolina town…
Continue ReadingFormer Republican congressman Mike Rogers expected to run for US Senate in Michigan, AP sources say
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is expected to soon announce a bid for…
Continue ReadingHurricane Idalia is expected to hit Florida as a Category 4 storm as officials warn of ‘potential for death and catastrophic devastation’
CNN By Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Idalia could hit Florida’s west coast as an “extremely dangerous”…
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