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Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Conservation experts in Virginia's capital have opened a time capsule - the second this month - found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Rob...

Dec 28, 2021

Mama bear, 3 cubs climb tree, take nap in urban Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - A mama black bear and three cubs clambered up a tree and napped in the middle of a Virginia neighborhood before voluntarily ambling on hours later, wildlife officials said Tuesd...

Dec 28, 2021

North Dakota man convicted of killing 4 gets life in prison

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - A man convicted of killing four people at a North Dakota property management company was sentenced Tuesday to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. South Ce...

Dec 28, 2021

Mama bear, cubs spotted napping in tree in Va. neighborhood

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a tree there. Chesapeake Animal Services asked residents ...

Dec 27, 2021

Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations

BRUSSELS (AP) - As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the globe ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immedi...

Dec 27, 2021

Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92

BOSTON (AP) - Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ...

Dec 27, 2021

Jury resumes deliberations at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after a long holiday weekend. The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenag...

Dec 27, 2021

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President C...

Dec 26, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell turns 60 behind bars as verdict looms

NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell reached her 60th birthday behind bars Saturday as she awaited the outcome of her sex trafficking trial. The British socialite is scheduled to return to a Manhattan co...

Dec 25, 2021

Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe has died

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed the death on Saturday to The A...

Dec 25, 2021