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'Homing pigeons that can't find their home' block I-95 exit

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists, of...

Jun 30, 2021

UNC trustees OK Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to accept the tenure application of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, following weeks...

Jun 30, 2021

Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary

NEW YORK (AP) - Revised vote counts in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report results went...

Jun 30, 2021

NCAA clears athletes for compensation as state laws kick in

DALLAS (AP) - The NCAA cleared the way for athletes to profit off their name Thursday, the eve of legislation becoming law in several states that would allow for such compensation. The expected approv...

Jun 30, 2021

House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) - Split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police o...

Jun 30, 2021

Wyoming man accused of torching toddler has bail set at $1M

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A Wyoming man accused of burning a toddler with a butane torch, killing him and disposing of his body in an apartment complex dumpster in February has had his bail set at $1 mill...

Jun 30, 2021

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by ...

Jun 30, 2021

UN war crimes court convicts 2 Serbs over Bosnia atrocities

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A United Nations court on Wednesday convicted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of aiding and abetting crimes committed by Serb paramilitarie...

Jun 30, 2021

European troops make low-key return home from Afghanistan

BERLIN (AP) - The last German and Italian troops returned home from Afghanistan to low-key receptions on Wednesday, nearly 20 years after the first soldiers were deployed. Their withdrawal came after ...

Jun 30, 2021

Condo searchers eye tropical forecast as effort stretches on

SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) - Florida authorities asked the federal government for an additional rescue team to comb the rubble of a collapsed condo tower, underscoring the strenuous nature of the open-end...

Jun 29, 2021