Pipeline restores gas flow after lightning-sparked inferno
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — Natural gas is flowing again in a Mississippi pipeline after a towering blaze Friday that officials believe was caused by a…
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A rare ‘wanted’ poster for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln sold for over $160,000
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A rare reward poster seeking the capture of the men responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination has sold at…
Continue Reading Known for laughs, DC dinner spotlights risks to journalism
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — known for its fun albeit…
Continue Reading Minnesota woman who left newborn to die sentenced to prison
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for leaving her newborn son to die on the banks of the…
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Rams draft Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in 4th round
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stetson Bennett will get the chance to deliver for the Los Angeles Rams. Los Angeles grabbed…
Continue Reading Be tough in seizing Iran oil, bipartisan senators urge Biden
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the…
Continue Reading Two Amur leopard cubs born at Pittsburgh Zoo
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Pittsburgh Zoo has welcomed two adorable — and critically endangered — new bundles of joy. The zoo announced the…
Continue Reading NYC partly shutters 4 parking garages after deadly collapse
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building…
Continue Reading New Orleans restaurant employee was target of fatal shooting, police say
By Jay Croft and Paradise Afshar, CNN The New Orleans Police Department said an employee of the popular Mandina’s Restaurant was the intended…
Continue Reading 3 indicted in Alabama mail thefts involving stolen keys
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Three Alabama residents have been indicted in a federal investigation that found that a letter carrier illegally sold keys…
Continue Reading US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war
By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly…
Continue Reading Louis Vuitton turns Seoul bridge into massive runway
By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Louis Vuitton transformed a bridge spanning the Han River into a massive runway for its…
Continue Reading Spain is 1st Black woman to lead South Carolina Democrats
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, has been elected as chair of South Carolina’s…
Continue Reading Life-size sculpture of euthanized walrus unveiled in Norway
HELSINKI (AP) — A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized…
Continue Reading Jill Biden uses workout to honor military kids’ sacrifices
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has welcomed military families to the White House lawn for a workout…
Continue Reading Wrongfully convicted Kansas man to get $7.5 million payment
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit will receive $7.5 million from the…
Continue Reading Forte, Angel of Empire finish major Kentucky Derby workouts
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby points leader Forte clocked 49.80 seconds over four furlongs in the last major workouts for several Derby…
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A brief history of the US draft
Stacker compiled information on the history of conscription in the U.S. from government reports, academic archives, legislative files, and media…
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Warmest states in America
Stacker compiled data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information to rank the…
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What summer was like the year you were born
To illustrate what summer weather was like in the U.S. from 1920 to 2022, Stacker consulted data from the…
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5 iconic pieces of furniture in movies and TV
Lazzoni Modern Furniture compiled a list of five iconic furniture pieces that appeared in movies and television…
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Oldest cities in America
Though the United States doesn’t have as long of a history as some Old World countries, it still has plenty of historical charm. Stacker brings you a…
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10 of the most expensive paintings sold over the past decade and the artists behind them
Singulart researched the most expensive paintings ever sold and highlighted 10 from the past decade from 10 different…
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Teachers earn the most after graduating from these 25 colleges
Teachercertification.com sourced data from the Department of Education to determine which colleges yield the highest-earning students with…
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States with the most quitters
To find out where people quit their jobs the most, Stacker ranked all 50 states using Bureau of Labor Statistics data from February…
Continue Reading What do Mormons believe?
By AJ Willingham, CNN Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on…
Continue Reading 210 migrant bodies wash up on Tunisia coast in under 2 weeks
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard says that under two weeks it has recovered around 210 bodies…
Continue Reading Judge in Catholic bankruptcy recuses over church donations
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that…
Continue Reading AP Interview: Pelosi says Ukraine, democracy ‘must win’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — “We thought we could die.” The Russian invasion had just begun when Nancy…
Continue Reading Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago…
Continue Reading Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts…
Continue Reading Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago…
Continue Reading ‘Mom, these bad men have me’: She believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice in a fake kidnapping
By Faith Karimi, CNN Jennifer DeStefano’s phone rang one afternoon as she climbed out of her car outside the dance studio where her younger…
Continue Reading A California woman is found guilty of lying to police that a couple tried to kidnap her children
By Taylor Romine, CNN A jury in California has convicted a woman of lying to authorities about a couple attempting to kidnap her children at a Bay…
Continue Reading Police officer, wife found dead in their North Carolina home
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer and his wife were found shot to death in their North Carolina home after the officer…
Continue Reading Texas man allegedly shot and killed a man who scammed him of $40 in parking fees. Then he resumed his date
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man who was allegedly scammed of $40 in parking fees while on a date shot and killed the man who posed…
Continue Reading Neighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says
By Raja Razek, Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including a child, in a…
Continue Reading As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400
By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Gunfire and heavy artillery fire has persisted in parts of Sudan’s capital…
Continue Reading 3 killed, 1 wounded in Philadelphia shooting; 2 in custody
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two teenagers have been charged with firearms and related offenses following the slaying of three people and the wounding of a…
Continue Reading Judge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s…
Continue Reading Erdogan unveils Turkey’s first astronaut on election trail
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by…
Continue Reading Counselor and inmate stabbed at private prison in Indiana
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) — A female mental health counselor and a male inmate have been stabbed by another inmate during an attack at a private prison…
Continue Reading Texas mass shooting suspect could be anywhere, sheriff says
By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they…
Continue Reading Pope in Hungary meets with Ukrainian refugees, Russian envoy
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into both sides of Russia’s war with…
Continue Reading Nevada governor’s support for ambitious bills is uncertain
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — At the end of a hearing for a bill that would further expand coverage…
Continue Reading Ukraine welcomes EU deal on continued farm exports
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine has welcomed the European Union’s hard-fought deal to keep farm exports flowing into and…
Continue Reading A veto and a switch: Kansas to see no big tax cuts this year
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — No big tax cuts are coming for Kansas residents even though the state treasury is bulging…
Continue Reading After killings, calls to protect S. Africa’s whistleblowers
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An accountant working on a high-profile corruption case was killed along with his son by…
Continue Reading US ex-security adviser calls for closer ties with Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former U.S. national security adviser called for deeper interaction between his country and Taiwan during a visit Saturday…
Continue Reading Royal Drama: King’s fractious family on stage at coronation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s…
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