MIAMI (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a
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Hurricane Helene aftermath: More than 223 dead as hope fades in search for survivors
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The weary and worn residents of Julianne Johnson’s neighborhood in Asheville have been getting by without electricity since Hurricane Helene tore through the
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Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers’ 1996 murder conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should
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Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims
ATLANTA (AP) — Obie Williams could hear babies crying and branches battering the windows when he answered his daughter’s daily phone call last week as Hurricane
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National Hurricane Center tracking 3 systems in tropics
MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical disturbances, including two that could affect Florida over the weekend or early next week. Hurricane Kirk is a
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Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her
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A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest
MINNEAPOLIS — Sam Dutcher had just finished running errands when the 18-year-old’s Honda Pilot suddenly began to accelerate, even though his foot wasn’t on the
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Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to “hang Mike Pence,” Donald Trump told his vice president that people are going
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Florida woman on probation for burglary and child neglect detained at St. Thomas airport
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman who was on probation in Florida was arrested at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas for being a
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Peru celebrates 2 decades of a fast-growing breed of guinea pigs eaten as a delicacy
LIMA (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has
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