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Lahaina residents begin returning to sites of homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

HONOLULU (AP) - Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by wildfire nearly seven weeks ago. Authorities allowed res...

Sep 25, 2023

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims. Patric...

Sep 25, 2023

Democratic Sen. Menendez says cash found in home was from his personal savings, not bribe proceeds

UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey defiantly pushed back against federal corruption charges and the erosion of Democratic support in his home state Monday, saying ...

Sep 25, 2023

Dolphins rout Broncos 70-20, scoring the most points by an NFL team in a game since 1966

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - The Miami Dolphins scored the most points in a game by an NFL team since 1966, overwhelming the Denver Broncos 70-20 on Sunday behind rookie speedster De'Von Achane's 203 ya...

Sep 24, 2023

President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger and pull ambassador after coup

PARIS (AP) - President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was de...

Sep 24, 2023

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft

NASA's first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule fro...

Sep 24, 2023

Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) - Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from thei...

Sep 23, 2023

Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

United Nations (AP) - Russia's top diplomat lashed out at the U.S. and the West on Saturday as self-interested defenders of a fading international order, but he didn't discuss his country's war in Ukr...

Sep 23, 2023

A black student’s family sues Texas' governor and AG over his suspension for his hairstyle

HOUSTON (AP) - The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state's governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his ...

Sep 23, 2023

Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with heavy rain

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall on the North Carolina coast early Saturday, lashing coastal areas with damaging winds and dangerous surges of water, the U.S. National Hurric...

Sep 23, 2023