Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — The main pipeline providing water to the Grand Canyon National Park has failed after a series of breaks, leading to a sudden and sweeping shutdown of overnight hotel stays during one of the busiest times of the year for the famous tourist destination. Water restrictions will
Continue ReadingALVORD, Texas (AP) — Authorities say four people were killed and 10 were injured when a van rolled multiple times after the driver veered off a Texas highway and overcorrected. The Texas Department of Public Safety said the crash happened just before 8 a.m. Wednesday on a highway northwest of Dallas. Authorities said there were
Continue ReadingMOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Executives with military shipbuilder Austal say settling an accounting fraud investigation is the best outcome for the company and that new financial controls have been put in place. Austal USA, a subsidiary of Australia-based Austal Limited, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of obstruction of a
Continue ReadingEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — A cheerleader has dropped her federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Northwestern University. Hayden Richardson filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois in January 2021. She alleged that drunken fans and alumni groped her at school-sanctioned events in 2018 and 2019 and that administrators tried to cover up her complaints. She
Continue ReadingBRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN is looking at using artificial intelligence to create personalized “SportsCenter” shows for subscribers to its Flagship streaming service that is expected to launch in fall 2025, the network’s chief executive said Wednesday. The idea is one of several in the works that were discussed at a news conference by ESPN
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — The dazed residents of a remote north Texas county sifted through their mangled homes after seven people there were killed when a tornado ripped through the region near the tiny community of Valley View. Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington says there’s “just a trail of debris left” Sunday
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe is decrying a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years. It has warned of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies as a result in countries ranging from Canada to central Asia. The findings came in the latest report by WHO Europe on health
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign was warned about not taking photographs before an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery during a wreath-laying ceremony earlier this week to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s prisons director says the state’s supply of its lethal injection drug is pure, its electric chair was tested two months ago and its firing squad has the ammunition and training to carry out its first execution in more than 13 years. Freddie Owens is schedule to be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined $3 million for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case involving allegations of a yearslong scheme to promote and profit from prostitution through classified ads. A jury convicted
Continue ReadingBENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The mayor of Benton Harbor, Michigan, has been dismissed from a lawsuit that accuses him of mismanaging problems with lead-contaminated water. A federal appeals court reversed a decision by a lower court and said Mayor Marcus Muhammad has governmental immunity. The court says Benton Harbor’s response “was far from perfect”
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds majority in both houses of congress. The ruling Morena party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Wednesday that it had won over two senators from the now-defunct Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has opened disaster recovery centers in Vermont to help residents in communities hit hard by violent flooding on July 9-11. Gov. Phil Scott said he sought another federal disaster declaration on Wednesday for the second bout of severe flooding that occurred at
Continue ReadingDELAWARE WATER GAP, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey man vacationing with his family in Pennsylvania drowned in the Delaware River while rescuing two of his children who were struggling in the water. Baruch Ber Ziemba was visiting the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area with his wife and seven children. The 39-year-old Lakewood man
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rapper-turned-actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges sparked concern from some social media followers when he knelt on an Alaska glacier, dipped an empty water bottle into a blue, pristine pool of water and drank it. Video of Ludacris tasting the glacial water and proclaiming, “Oh my God!” got millions of views
Continue ReadingDEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has joined the ranks of companies that have pulled back on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while facing pressure from conservative groups. CEO Jim Farley sent a memo to all employees early Wednesday outlining the changes. The company will no longer take part in external culture surveys and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent homicide at an aging maximum security prison in Wisconsin. The Brown County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were called to the Green Bay Correctional Institution on Tuesday evening for an inmate who didn’t have a pulse and wasn’t breathing. The inmate, identified as 19-year-old
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the predawn accident off the Florida coast. No injuries or public damage were reported. It’s too early to know how much
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An escaped water buffalo is headed to a large animal hospital days after it wandered away from a suburban Iowa property and through the neighborhood. Officials say the injured animal was located in a wooded area in Des Moines on Wednesday. Police say they responded to a call on Saturday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KHIRBET KARKUR, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter reality. Much of the small village he calls home is targeted for demolition. Qaid Farhad Alkadi is one of Israel’s 200,000 Bedouin Arabs, a poor and traditionally nomadic minority that has a complicated
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