Month: October 2022

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says one of its warplanes has crashed into Yeysk, a port city on the Sea of Azov, after experiencing engine failure on takeoff. The crash ignited a huge fire, killing at least two people and injuring 19 others, four of whom were in grave condition. The Russian Defense Ministry

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like the oily industrial pollution that caused Ohio’s Cuyahoga River to catch on fire in 1969. The landmark 1972 law led the newly created U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt strict pollution regulations and

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a news organization, NBC is leaning aggressively into education. The company is making its leaders available to students this week for a one-day digital seminar on how to succeed in the news business. It’s part of NBCU Academy, a nearly two-year-old education initiative that

OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say four Oklahoma men who were last seen riding their bicycles more than a week ago were shot and dismembered. And authorities say a man considered a person of interest in the case has since disappeared. Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice says the bodies found late last week in the

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is arguing that Steve Bannon should serve six months in prison and pay a $200,000 fine for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors say the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump