Southwest High School hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new aquatic center
Southwest High School held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new state-of-the-art Aquatic…
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Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid…
Continue ReadingWisconsin city’s mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the elections clerk in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison announced on Monday that…
Continue Reading NY judge denies governor’s bid to toss lawsuits seeking to reinstate Manhattan congestion fee
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has denied Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request to toss out lawsuits challenging her decision to halt a…
Continue Reading Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast…
Continue Reading Top election official in Nevada county that is key to the presidential race takes stress leave
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The top election official in a key northern Nevada swing county is taking a stress-related leave of absence with…
Continue ReadingLawrence brothers on top of the motocross world after first sibling 1-2 finish
AP Sports Writer Hunter and Jett Lawrence’s parents sold nearly everything they had so their sons could pursue professional motocross careers…
Continue ReadingAlabama police officer shot and killed a 68-year-old knife wielding man with dementia
Associated Press/Report for America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer in northern Alabama allegedly shot and killed a…
Continue ReadingTorrential rains flood North Carolina mountains and create risk of dam failure
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Days of torrential rain in North Carolina culminating with tropical downpours from what was Hurricane…
Continue ReadingFederal judge dismisses a challenge to Tennessee’s school bathroom law
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law that bans transgender students and…
Continue Reading Rescue missions after Helene’s flooding include dozens stranded on Tennessee hospital roof
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As floodwaters from Hurricane Helene quickly surrounded a small Tennessee hospital near a riverbank,…
Continue ReadingTunisia passes law to strip courts of power over election authority appointed by president
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s parliament has amended a law to strip power from courts over decisions made by an embattled election authority…
Continue ReadingVan Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery were vandalized Friday when a…
Continue Reading What to stream: Coldplay, an unhinged Charlie Puth, ‘Salem’s Lot,’ Sarah Paulson and NHL 25
Coldplay’s 10th studio album, Charlie Puth starring as himself in Roku’s mockumentary series “The Charlie Puth Show” and EA Sports’…
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Harris heads to the US-Mexico border for first time since becoming Democratic presidential nominee
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee to…
Continue Reading At the UN, young people push to make sure the generational shift is faster — and more substantial
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a big young cohort comes of age in a troubled world, it’s coming with ideas about inclusion,…
Continue Reading5 people killed in a 4-vehicle chain reaction crash on central Utah highway
PRICE, Utah (AP) — Four people from Minnesota and a Utah man were killed in a four-vehicle chain reaction crash in central Utah. The Utah Highway…
Continue ReadingChappell Roan drops out of All Things Go music festival: ‘Things have gotten overwhelming’
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chappell Roan has dropped out of the All Things Go music festival scheduled for this weekend. The decision comes as…
Continue ReadingPlaintiffs won’t revive federal lawsuit over Tennessee’s redistricting maps
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of Tennessee voting and civil rights advocates says it won’t refile a federal lawsuit alleging that…
Continue Reading App State cancels football game against Liberty in North Carolina after Helene causes flooding
Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of…
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