Medal of Honor recipient watches as warship bearing his name is christened in Maine
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Marine 1st Lt. Harvey “Barney” Barnum jumped to the ground when he came under fire during an…
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10 people died at the Astroworld music festival two years ago. What happens now?
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KEN MILLER Associated Press Nearly two years after 10 people were crushed to death during the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s opposition leader charged with conspiracy against the state and calls for insurrection
By ZANE IRWIN and BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s public prosecutor said the opposition leader has been charged…
Continue ReadingUkraine moves official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25, denouncing Russian-imposed traditions
By FELIPE DANA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving…
Continue ReadingBronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, five days after the teenager went into…
Continue ReadingCLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
By The Associated Press Police say at least eight dogs died after air conditioning stopped cooling the back of a van that they were being transported…
Continue Reading5 people injured after shooting in Seattle parking lot, police say
By Melissa Alonso and Kaylene Chassie, CNN (CNN) — Seattle police are investigating a mass shooting that left five people injured in a parking…
Continue ReadingWagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland’s prime minister says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish prime minister says that over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved…
Continue ReadingBike ride across Iowa puts vibrant small-town America into sharp focus
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLFAX, Iowa (AP) — It’s become easy to say that “small-town America” is slowly dying. That opportunities…
Continue ReadingWagner troops moving towards Polish border and could try sneaking across, PM says
By Martin Goillandeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Oleg Racz, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 troops from the Russian mercenary group Wagner are moving…
Continue Reading‘The Few, the Proud’ aren’t so few: Marines recruiting surges while other services struggle
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Pres PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Not long ago, Marine Col. Jennifer Nash, a combat engineer with war deployments…
Continue Reading2nd break found on North Carolina roller coaster
CNN, WSOC By Carrington Peavy and Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — Another break or crack has been found on a North Carolina amusement park ride, weeks…
Continue ReadingHistorically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Doksuri brings heavy rain to north China, rainfall alert issued for Beijing
By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri has brought heavy rainfall to several regions in northern China, including the capital Beijing,…
Continue ReadingKansas man sentenced to nearly 57 years in death of 2-year-old daughter who went days without food
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man whose 2-year-old daughter died after going days without food while he was passed out drunk has been sentenced to…
Continue ReadingEx-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels’ effort to lay…
Continue ReadingBangladesh opposition supporters clash with police in protest over election oversight
DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh’s capital have clashed with supporters of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh…
Continue ReadingUncovering a lost Maya city in the jungle
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first time I watched “Raiders of the Lost Ark” as a kid, it inspired me to explore the little forest…
Continue ReadingA 6-year-old girl died after being struck by a boat propeller in Arizona
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old girl who was accidentally struck by a boat propeller on Lake Pleasant in Arizona Friday morning, has…
Continue ReadingBlinken tells Australia that WikiLeaks founder is accused of ‘very serious’ crime
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday pushed back against Australian…
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