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‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake

NEWPORT, Vermont (AP) — Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone’s good time but for winter swimmers who return year after year to a northern…

John McCarthy February 25, 2024

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Police arrest suspect in killing of nursing student at University of Georgia

ATHENS (AP) — Police arrested a suspect today in the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, and said there’s…

John McCarthy February 23, 2024

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Texas judge upholds school’s suspension of black student over dreadlocks

HOUSTON (BBC) — A Texas judge has ruled that a school district did not discriminate against a black high school student when it punished him over his dreadlocks. Barbers Hill…

John McCarthy February 22, 2024

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Judge Engoron’s Ruling Is a Detailed Road Map to Trump’s Thievery

The news about the eye-popping $355 million judgment against Donald Trump Friday minimized or even missed the real story in the judge’s richly detailed ruling. In justifying his findings of fact, New…

John McCarthy February 22, 2024

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USVI gets $16.5 million from feds to improve its potable water infrastructure

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said over $16.5 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda is slated for U.S. Virgin Islands drinking water and clean water infrastructure…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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Boeing ousts head of 737 jetliner program, appoints new vice president of quality

SEATTLE -- Boeing says the head of its 737 jetliner program is leaving the company immediately, paving the way for the aircraft maker to appoint new leadership at the troubled division.…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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Indiana girl, 5, dies after getting trapped in sand while on a Florida beach vacation

FORT LAUDERDALE — A 5-year-old Indiana girl died and her 9-year-old brother was hospitalized after the sand hole they were digging in at a Florida beach collapsed on top of…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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Colorado man dies after bite from one of his two pet Gila monsters

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man has died after being bitten by his pet Gila monster in what would be a rare death by one of the desert lizards if…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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Connecticut trooper who fatally shot man in stopped car set to go on trial

HARTFORD (AP) — A Connecticut state trooper who killed a 19-year-old man while firing seven gunshots into a stopped car in 2020 is set to stand trial for manslaughter. Jury…

John McCarthy February 21, 2024

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American Airlines is raising bag fees and changing how customers earn frequent-flyer points

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to…

John McCarthy February 20, 2024