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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush emerges from the hatch atop the OceanGate submarine Cyclops 1 in the San Juan Islands, Wash., on Sept. 12, 2018. Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean raced against time Tuesday, June 20, 2023, to find a missing submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people, including Stockton, who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Lawsuit: Company's insufficient testing of Titanic sub put passengers in 'potential extreme danger'

Documents show the company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be catastrophic safety problems posed … more

By GENE JOHNSON and ROBERT JABLON | 6/21/23

FILE - The Bible is read aloud at the Utah Capitol, Nov. 25, 2013. The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools. The Davis School District said in a statement on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, that its board had determined the sacred text was age-appropriate for all school libraries. (Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry

The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned it from middle and elementary schools last month. The Davis School District said in a … more

By SAM METZ | 6/20/23

Governor: I-95 traffic to resume this weekend with interim fix; permanent repair to follow

More than a week after a section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia, Gov. Josh Shapiro says traffic will be moving on the interstate again this weekend. Shapiro on Tuesday lauded the … more

6/20/23

FILE - Wind turbines turn behind a solar farm in Rapshagen, Germany, Oct. 28, 2021. The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity, according to a report Tuesday, June 20, 2023, from the nonprofit tracking the goals. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

World well short of pace needed to meet UN's 2030 sustainable development goals

The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity. And there's a … more

By MELINA WALLING | 6/20/23

A man weeps before placing dirt into the burial site during the funeral of the five people killed in a car crash on Lake Street, at the Garden of Eden Islamic Cemetery in Burnsville, Minn., on Monday, June 19, 2023. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

Man with hit-and-run history jailed after high-speed crash kills five young women in Minneapolis

A man seving a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remains jailed pending charges after a crash in Minneapolis that killed five young women. Police say a … more

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED | 6/20/23

FILE - In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) returns to U.S. Naval Base in Guam, Aug. 19, 2021. The vessel that went missing Sunday, June 18, 2023, in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic is not a submarine, it's a submersible. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a submarine has enough power to leave port and come back to port under its own power while a submersible is not autonomous. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Naomi Johnson/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

The vessel missing near the Titanic wreck is a submersible, not a submarine: Here's the difference

The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic’s wreckage is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference. The Titan, with five people on … more

By The Associated Press | 6/20/23

FILE - Gas emissions rises from a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., July 1, 2013. Youth plaintiffs who are challenging the constitutionality of a Montana policy that does not require state agencies to consider the effect of greenhouse gas emissions in issuing permits for fossil fuel development, argue climate change caused by burning coal and other fossil fuels affects their lives by causing them to breathe smoke due to increasing forest fires, limiting their recreational opportunities and in some cases, harming their families' livelihoods. The scheduled two-week trial begins Monday, June 12, 2023, in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Young plaintiffs' attorney closes Montana climate change trial with call for action

An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs has urged a judge to strike down as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibits state agencies from considering the environmental effects when it weighs permits … more

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN | 6/20/23

This image provided by Escambia County Sheriff's Office. shows police bodycam footage of a motorist being sucked into a flooded storm drain during a torrential downpour on Friday, June 16, 2023 in Escambia County, Fla. Deputy William Hollingsworth and a motorist were sucked into a flooded storm drain during a torrential downpour, then dragged under water for around 30 seconds before emerging — soaked but unharmed — on the other side of a highway. (Escambia County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Florida deputy and motorist survive being swept through storm drain amid huge rainstorm

A Florida sheriff’s deputy and a motorist are lucky to be alive after they were sucked into a storm drain during a torrential downpour. The pair were underwater for about 30 seconds as they … more

6/20/23

A Houston Astros fan uses a hand fan to keep cool while waiting to enter Minute Maid Park for baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Texas power grid asks customers to cut electricity use as heat wave scorches southern US

Texas’ power grid operator is asking residents to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave keeps parts of the state and southern U.S. in … more

By PAUL J. WEBER | 6/20/23

In this photo provided by Blue Origin, NS-21 (New Shepard-21), astronaut Hamish Harding receives his Blue Origin astronaut pin after a successful flight to space on June 4, 2022, in Van Horn, Texas. According to Action Aviation, a company for which Harding serves as chairman, the U.K. businessman was one of the mission specialists onboard a missing submersible carrying five people to view the wreckage of the Titanic that was reported overdue late Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Felix Kunze/Blue Origin via AP)

A Titanic expert, an adventurer, and a father and son are among the passengers on missing sub

A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing Sunday … more

6/20/23

This jail booking photo released by the Chatham County Sheriff's Office in Savannah, Ga., shows Tyquian Terrel Bowman, a rapper also known as Quando Rondo. Bowman was jailed on gang and drug charges on Friday, June 16, 2023. (Chatham County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Rapper Quando Rondo jailed on drug, gang charges in Georgia

The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Court records show the 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian … more

6/20/23

File - A 2023 R1T pickup truck is charged in a bay at a Rivian delivery and service center Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Denver. Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla's charging network next year. The startup truck, SUV and delivery van maker says Tuesday, June 20, that like GM and Ford, it will include ports with Tesla’s connector on future Rivian vehicles starting in 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Electric vehicle maker Rivian to join Tesla charging network as automakers consider company's plug

Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging network starting next year. The startup truck, SUV and delivery van maker says Tuesday that it … more

By TOM KRISHER | 6/20/23

FILE - Team USA celebrates after winning the Women's World Cup soccer final against the Netherlands at the Stade de Lyon in Decines, outside Lyon, France, Sunday, July 7, 2019. The United States will be playing for an unprecedented three-peat at the Women's World Cup this summer. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

FIFPRO releases report on disparities in Women's World Cup qualifying

The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand next month. A report released global players’ union FIFPRO has outlined the disparity in … more

By ANNE M. PETERSON | 6/20/23

FILE - Tennis star Billie Jean King speaks about sexual equality before the Senate education subcommittee in Washington, Nov. 9, 1973. Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the meeting on June 21, 1973, at the Gloucester Hotel — about a mile south of Hyde Park in the heart of the British capital — where King and nearly 60 other players agreed to form what today is known as the Women’s Tennis Association or WTA. (AP Photo/File)

Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women's tennis tour 50 years ago

Billie Jean King thinks back on the landmark gathering of female tennis players at a London hotel shortly before they competed at Wimbledon a half-century ago and acknowledges she wasn’t sure how … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH | 6/20/23

FILE - Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 16, 2017. An effort to disbar Eastman, who devised ways to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat the 2020 election, will begin Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. Eastman is expected to spend the day testifying before the State Bar of California in a proceeding that could result in him losing his license to practice law in the state. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Disciplinary hearing against Trump attorney John Eastman begins in California

An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised ways to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat the 2020 election, is beginning in Los Angeles. … more

By STEFANIE DAZIO AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD | 6/20/23

FILE - This 2004 photo provided by the Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, shows the remains of a coat and boots in the mud on the sea bed near the Titanic's stern. A search is underway for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic, according to media reports. The U.S. Coast Guard told BBC News that a search was underway Monday, June 19, 2023, off the coast of Newfoundland. (Institute for Exploration, Center for Archaeological Oceanography/University of Rhode Island/NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, File)

What we know about the Titanic-bound submersible that's missing with 5 people onboard

A search is underway for a deep-sea vessel that was reported missing with five people aboard after it dove toward the deteriorating wreck site of the Titanic ocean liner. The small craft, named … more

By The Associated Press | 6/20/23

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, arrives to the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton says she will 'carry out my duties' in husband's impeachment trial

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton has broken her silence following her husband's impeachment but did not outright say whether she will recuse herself from voting in his upcoming trial. Republican … more

6/19/23

Milwaukee police investigate a shooting along North King Drive near Locust Street, in Milwaukee, Monday, June 19, 2023. At least six people were shot around where Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up, according to Milwaukee police and fire officials. (Bill Glauber/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

At least 6 teens shot after Milwaukee Juneteenth celebration ends

Milwaukee police and fire officials say at least teenagers were shot Monday afternoon around where the city's Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up. The shooting happened about 4:20 p.m. outside … more

6/19/23

The sun sets behind land-based wind turbines in Atlantic City N.J. on Feb. 10, 2022. The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday, June 15, 2023, agreed to look into the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on the U.S. East Coast, fulfilling a long time demand from opponents of such projects. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Offshore wind foes in New Jersey gathering force legally and politically

Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the new industry. Within the last week, three residents groups sued New … more

By WAYNE PARRY | 6/19/23

Big Pokey performs during the birthday celebration for Z-Ro at The House of Blues in Downtown Houston on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the city's hip-hop scene, died Sunday, June 18, 2023, after collapsing during a show in Texas, according to a local justice of the peace. He was 48. (Jamaal Ellis/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston rapper Big Pokey dies after collapsing at show in Texas

Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey, has died after performing a show in Texas over the weekend. He was 48. Justice of the Peace Tom Gilliam III said Monday that an … more

6/19/23