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Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in a record-high Colorado helicopter rescues
Rescuers fetched two men struck by lightning from a Colorado peak in what they believe were the highest helicopter rescues on ...
Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston barred the Republican administration from carrying out much of its plans to reorganize and ...
Appeals court won’t reconsider ruling that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5M in sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President ...
Met Opera attendance dropped in spring as tourism fell, coinciding with immigration crackdown
NEW YORK (AP) — Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration ...
Sam Burns sets the target at Oakmont with a 65 in the second round at the US Open
Sam Burns is a birdie machine at Oakmont, a label not many expected at this U.S. Open. By avoiding another sloppy finish, ...
Mexico’s president calls for no ICE raids during Mexico-Dominican Republic soccer match
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged U.S. officials on Friday not to target individuals attending a ...
Reds pitcher Wade Miley accused in court documents of being drug supplier for the late Tyler Skaggs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati Reds left-hander Wade Miley is accused in court documents of providing drugs to the late Tyler ...
A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas
In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the commission asks members of the Organization of American States, OAS, for ...
Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for ‘superintelligence’ team
Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to ...
Iranian missiles penetrated Israel’s air defenses Friday. How ironclad is the system?
The attack was a stiff challenge for Israel’s air-defense system, which has intercepted projectiles fired from Gaza, Lebanon, ...
Ping, ping ping. Here’s what it’s like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science
Gensini is in a command vehicle that tracks and deploys the teams based on weather in real time. At times he has to rein in ...
The National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term.