Authorities say a massive fire has broken out at a plant nursery in central Florida. Officials tell news outlets the fire started about 2 a.m. Thursday at Nursery Supplies Inc. in Kissimmee, just …
more
2/16/23
|
Fewer Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, more evidence that the Federal Reserve’s efforts to loosen the labor market by raising interest rates hasn’t taken hold. Applications for …
more
By MATT OTT
|
2/16/23
|
Scientists say climate change isn't to blame for the nasty three-year drought still devastating Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia. A new study looked to see if there was a global warming …
more
By SETH BORENSTEIN
|
2/16/23
|
The Justice Department says it has opened a civil rights investigation after a Black man in Mississippi spent three weeks hospitalized after being shot during a drug raid by sheriff's deputies. …
more
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
|
2/15/23
|
The head of Alabama’s prison system said Wednesday that a protocol for using nitrogen gas to carry out executions should be ready this year. Nitrogen hypoxia is a proposed execution method in which …
more
By KIM CHANDLER
|
2/15/23
|
The large volume of evidence collected in the Breonna Taylor case prompted a judge to push back the trial date for a former Kentucky police officer who fired into Taylor's apartment during a deadly …
more
By DYLAN LOVAN
|
2/15/23
|
Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, has …
more
By MARK KENNEDY
|
2/15/23
|
The family of a 19-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in a confrontation with a white Memphis police officer eight years ago has asked the city’s top prosecutor to reopen the case. A lawyer …
more
By ADRIAN SAINZ
|
2/15/23
|
A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky was released into the Atlantic Ocean after spending six weeks rehabbing at Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Staff and volunteers cheered as Rocky, …
more
By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO
|
2/15/23
|
Officials in Arizona anticipate "an extended closure” of a key highway through the state, a day after a deadly crash caused a hazardous material leak and forced evacuations nearby. After liquid …
more
2/15/23
|
A pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces eating away at the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica. The glacier is nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because it has such massive …
more
By SETH BORENSTEIN
|
2/15/23
|
If you’re planning to take part in the Great Backyard Bird Count this month, or if you just love birds, there’s plenty of gear and goods to help you enjoy them. Apps that help you identify birds …
more
By KIM COOK
|
2/15/23
|
Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton insists he will not be silenced by offseason rules that prohibit drivers from speaking out on political issues. Hamilton says he will continue to use …
more
By JENNA FRYER
|
2/15/23
|
A white supremacist is set to be sentenced to life in prison for killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. Payton Gendron is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Erie County Court, where he …
more
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
|
2/15/23
|
The deadly crash of a commercial tanker truck has caused hazardous material to leak onto Interstate 10 outside Tucson, shutting down the highway and forcing evacuations within a half mile of the …
more
2/14/23
|
A fraternity chapter president, a science student and a student who wanted to become a pediatrician are among victims of a shooting at Michigan State University. Officials say Alexandria Verner, …
more
By JOHN FLESHER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
|
2/14/23
|
A Missouri man already accused of keeping a woman hidden in the basement of his home while repeatedly sexually abusing her is facing new charges. Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson announced …
more
By MARGARET STAFFORD
|
2/14/23
|
The terror induced by an alert to “Run, Hide, Fight” is not unique to Michigan State. The strategy, which follows best practices developed by the Department of Homeland Security, is familiar to …
more
2/14/23
|
The Hundred Acre Wood has seen some pretty unsettling things over the years. A honey jar shortage. Rather blustery days. The omnipresent threat of a Heffalump. But in “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and …
more
By JAKE COYLE
|
2/14/23
|
U.S. authorities have arrested four more people in the slaying of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, including the owner of a Miami-area security company that hired former soldiers from Colombia for …
more
By GISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO
|
2/14/23
|