Workers: ‘Rotten egg’ smell before chocolate factory blast
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Workers at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory smelled rotten eggs before a powerful natural gas explosion that…
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Marijuana moonlighting: Oregon official quits due to pot job
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has announced her resignation amid sharp criticism from…
Continue ReadingCash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed in the heart and lung in a fatal attack, autopsy report says
By Cheri Mossburg, Carma Hassan and Holly Yan, CNN Tech executive Bob Lee suffered knife wounds that pierced his heart and lung, according to a newly…
Continue ReadingNo criminal charges will be filed for former Memphis police officer Preston Hemphill in Tyre Nichols stop
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Nick Valencia, CNN No criminal charges will be filed against one of the Memphis police officers who was fired for his…
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Chegg’s stock plunges on fears of competition from ChatGPT
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Shares of the education technology company Chegg lost nearly half their value Tuesday after its CEO warned that…
Continue Reading Upon further review, Fox sets viewer record for Super Bowl
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Upon further review, this year’s Super Bowl ended up setting a viewer record. Nielsen released a revised number…
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Film and TV writers go on strike, bringing production on many shows to a halt
Originally Published: 02 MAY 23 00:10 ET Updated: 02 MAY 23 15:00 ET By Chris Isidore and Juliana Liu, CNN (CNN) — More than…
Continue Reading Shot fired at Memphis TV station; suspect in nearby business
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis television station says a shot was fired at its building, but no one was wounded. WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Justice Stevens’ private papers open to public
By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging selection of papers that belonged to liberal Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Overhaul of Supreme Court ethics runs into GOP opposition
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are promising to pursue stronger ethics rules for the Supreme Court in the…
Continue Reading No charges for ex-officer who hit Tyre Nichols with stun gun
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal…
Continue Reading 2 fatal stabbings, 1 attempt rattle California college town
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are frightened and on edge after three people were stabbed within a week…
Continue Reading Almost half of midterm voters cast ballots early or by mail
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Almost half of all voters in the 2022 midterm elections cast their ballots before Election Day either by mail or…
Continue Reading Woman testifies that she too was sexually attacked by Trump
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman testified Tuesday that Donald Trump molested her with what seemed…
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California Rodeo Salinas and Big Week Bull Riding tickets on sale Thursday
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Tickets for the California Rodeo Salinas and Big Week Bull Riding will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. Rodeo fans can…
Continue Reading 12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders
By The Associated Press The College Football Playoff released on Tuesday a schedule for the 12-team format that will be used in the 2024 and 2025…
Continue ReadingMistrust in police among Latinos may hinder search for suspect in Texas mass shooting, advocates say
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Authorities in Cleveland, Texas, placed large posters in Spanish around the city asking for help finding a man wanted for the…
Continue Reading 2 fatal stabbings, 1 attempt rattle California college town
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California university town are frightened and on edge after three people were stabbed within a week…
Continue Reading LA Sparks part ways with team president Vanessa Shay
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks are parting ways with team president Vanessa Shay after nearly a year on the job. Shay, who was in charge…
Continue Reading ‘La Bohème’ in space returns to Paris, 6 years after uproar
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Claus Guth’s controversial staging of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” set on a spaceship and a planet’s…
Continue Reading Media coalition challenges gag order again in Idaho slayings
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A media coalition is trying again to get a gag order lifted in the criminal case of a man…
Continue Reading Apple, Google partner to combat creepy tracking tactics
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and Google are teaming up to thwart unwanted tracking through Bluetooth devices that were created to help people find…
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3rd stabbing in a week near UC Davis leaves campus on edge as officials lift overnight shelter-in-place order
CNN — Officials in Davis, California, have lifted an overnight shelter-in-place order after they were unable to find a suspect in a knife attack…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t order ivermectin use for COVID
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled a hospital…
Continue Reading Why Bob Baffert won’t be at Kentucky Derby 2nd year in a row
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The Kentucky Derby is a tradition that’s never been canceled. Postponed once by World War II and again by the…
Continue Reading No cancer risk found at nuclear bases so far, Air Force says
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A review of a Montana nuclear missile base where an unusual number of troops have been diagnosed…
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Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge
By COLLEEN LONG, AAMER MADHANI and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the…
Continue Reading Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms…
Continue Reading US tracking balloon over Pacific; not China’s, not a threat
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon…
Continue Reading Vermont allows out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow…
Continue Reading Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms…
Continue Reading State senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting
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Continue Reading Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge
By COLLEEN LONG, AAMER MADHANI and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will send 1,500 active-duty troops to the…
Continue Reading AP sources: Biden admin seeks 1,500 troops for US-Mexico border amid expected migrant surge as COVID restrictions end
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden admin seeks 1,500 troops for US-Mexico border amid expected migrant surge as COVID restrictions…
Continue Reading Opponents make last-ditch effort to stop French pension law
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Opponents of a law that would raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64 are making last-ditch…
Continue Reading Russian defense chief wants wartime missile output doubled
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense chief is urging a state company to double its missile output, as a…
Continue Reading Crown comes to Parliament in pre-coronation Charles visit
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before the glory of his coronation weekend, King Charles III visited Parliament Tuesday, to get a…
Continue Reading FIFA warns Europe of Women’s World Cup broadcast blackout
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s tactic of publicly criticizing broadcasters for offering…
Continue Reading Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained…
Continue Reading Wrexham party goes on in Wales and maybe Las Vegas, too
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham’s celebrations aren’t over yet. The Welsh soccer team owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob…
Continue Reading PGA Tour elevates at Quail Hollow; LPGA has 8-team event
By The Associated Press PGA TOUR WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Charlotte, North Carolina. Course: Quail Hollow Club. Yardage: 7,538. Par: 72. Prize…
Continue Reading UN summit in Qatar on Afghanistan ends, another planned
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A closed-door summit on Afghanistan has ended in Qatar without any formal acknowledgment of the…
Continue ReadingOfficer who held back crowd during George Floyd’s murder convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter
By Eric Levenson and Brad Parks, CNN A Minnesota judge found former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting second-degree…
Continue Reading 300 arrested in global crackdown on dark web drug market
By MIKE CORDER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. and Europe have arrested nearly 300…
Continue Reading Emirates suggest more airline alliances possible for carrier
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The president of long-haul carrier Emirates is suggesting that it could reach…
Continue Reading On Illinois highway, blinding dust, then ‘crash after crash’
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press DIVERNON, Ill. (AP) — Winds stirred up a wall of dust from farm fields that engulfed a stretch of busy…
Continue ReadingHundreds of hazardous sites in California are at risk of flooding as sea level rises, study finds
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Hundreds of hazardous industrial sites that dot the California coastline — including oil and gas refineries and…
Continue Reading HBCUs get donations 178 times lower than Ivy League: study
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The average historically Black college and university received 178 times less funding from foundations than the…
Continue ReadingI’ve covered race for 25 years. But this was one story I didn’t know how to tell
By John Blake, CNN I was about five years old when I was abducted. It was one of the most beautiful days of my childhood. A couple of strangers lured…
Continue Reading Ugandan lawmakers pass new version of tough anti-gay bill
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan lawmakers have passed a new version of an anti-gay bill to remove a clause which…
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