(AP) – Senators from both parties pushed Thursday for changes to a massive defense bill after crash investigators and victims’ families warned the legislation would undo key safety reforms stemming from a collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood on Thursday after obliterating at least one home, blowing out windows and shaking nearby homes. Six people were taken to hospitals for injuries, fire officials said.
A federal grand jury indictment has been unsealed, charging Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, of Oklahoma City, with wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S.
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(AP) – Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Declaring Las Vegas a “cowboy town,” dozens of riders on horseback have traditionally kicked off the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo by galloping into the arena and then lining up their horses side by side as the riders tip their hats to cheers.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a cityowned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a oncesegregated country club, despite vocal opposition from local residents and historians.
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