Month: October 2022

GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A decommissioned coal-fired power plant in western Minnesota has crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom as part of a planned implosion that marks the end of an era in Granite Falls. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that Xcel Energy used explosives to implode the Minnesota Valley Generating Station

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish prosecutor wants “a supplementary crime scene investigation” at the site of explosions that damaged two natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said Friday a preliminary probe concluded the cause was “suspected gross sabotage.” Ljungqvist said he understood the intense interest in determining what happened to

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Airbus has reported that earnings grew in the third quarter and revenue is up through the first nine months of 2022 as it benefited from a strong U.S. dollar despite supply chain issues. The France-based company said Friday that delivered 437 commercial aircraft so far this year and is maintaining its

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking last year on the House floor, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan angrily bemoaned the lack of bipartisanship after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and said Republican opposition to an investigative commission was a “slap in the face” to the law enforcement officers assaulted by then-President Donald

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A venomous king cobra which escaped from a Swedish zoo terrarium six days ago has been located inside the building where it lived but has not been recaptured. The park said Friday the reptile was located overnight and staff are now working to retrieve it. The deadly snake escaped on Saturday

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares skidded Friday in Europe and Asia, with heavy selling of technology shares pulling Hong Kong’s benchmark 3.7% lower. Germany’s DAX dropped 0.9% to 13,090.91 and the CAC40 in Paris lost 0.6% to 6,205.73. Britain’s FTSE 100 shed 0.6% to 7,029.81. The future for the S&P 500 was down

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say two Palestinians have been killed and a third was wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank. Conflicting claims emerged about the shooting near the city of Nablus. The Israeli military says troops came under fire from a moving car and shot at two suspicious vehicles.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania. Birdlife Tasmania says the bird was tagged as a hatchling in Alaska during the Northern