Old Alabama fossil plant’s smokestacks toppled by dynamite
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (AP) — Workers have used dynamite to demolish six smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Alabama. The implosion took place…
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Coach Prime eager to raise profile of Jackson State, HBCUs
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Former NFL star Deion Sanders is eager to put Jackson State on the football map and help raise the profile of…
Continue Reading 2nd hiker dies within days in Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park rangers are reminding visitors to limit stressful activities during summer…
Continue Reading Giants finally activate veteran TE Kyle Rudolph off PUP list
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph is finally getting on the field with the New York Giants. The Giants announced Rudolph has…
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Parents recall agonizing moments before their 7-month-old twins were killed in Tennessee flooding
By Jason Hanna, CNN The nightmare was only beginning for Matthew Rigney and his partner, Danielle Hall, when floodwaters swept her away from him and…
Continue Reading Mexico welcomes 124 Afghan refugee journalists, families
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has welcomed a group of 124 Afghan media workers and their families who fled their country after the Taliban takeover.…
Continue Reading Man protecting his baby fatally shot in Florida restaurant
By TERRY SPENCER and DAVID FISCHER MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A gunman walked into a Miami Beach restaurant and fatally shot a tourist who was…
Continue Reading Olympic champ Thompson-Herah keeping Flo-Jo’s time in view
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah believes she can break Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old record in the…
Continue Reading Colorado high school volleyball coach says school administrators asked him to denounce being gay or leave his job
By Carma Hassan and Kay Jones, CNN A volleyball coach says administrators at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, forced him to…
Continue Reading Women’s rights activist recounts pain of leaving Afghanistan
By DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — A former mayor of a central Afghanistan city is in Germany after having fled her…
Continue Reading Conservative hoaxers face $5.1M fine for election robocalls
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal…
Continue Reading Visualizing the stark maternal health inequities in the United States
By Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Black women in the United States are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic — and the…
Continue Reading Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press A federal report finds that in the run up to the 2020 presidential election U.S. states and territories had spent…
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Report: Most federal election security money remains unspent
By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press A federal report finds that in the run up to the 2020 presidential election U.S. states and territories had spent…
Continue Reading Second beluga in failing health after move to Connecticut
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Mystic Aquarium says that a second of the five beluga whales it imported in May from a marine park in Canada is in…
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House approves $3.5 trillion budget plan
The House of Representatives took a big step in helping President Biden achieve a signature agenda…
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Recommended age for Type 2 diabetes lowered
Health experts are dropping the recommended age for Type 2 diabetes screenings from 40-years-old to 35-years-old for patients who are overweight or…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?
By BEN FOX and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban…
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2nd hiker dies within days in Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park rangers are reminding visitors to limit stressful activities during summer…
Continue Reading Atlético signs Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha
MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has signed young Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha Berlin. The defending Spanish league champion says the…
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