TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A dog chomping on a lithium-ion battery sparked a serious house fire in Oklahoma, and video of the moment the sparks began to fly has been enlisted by a fire department to show the potential dangers of those batteries. The footage taken from the home and posted last week on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Medical marijuana remains unavailable in Alabama amid an ongoing legal fight over licenses. State lawmakers approved the creation of a medical marijuana program in 2021. However, the program remains on hold. Companies have challenged the process used by the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission to award and contest licenses. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state’s largest county for its handling of the vote. Georgia’s State Election Board voted 3-2 Wednesday to ask the state’s attorney general to investigate the Fulton County government. The majority seeks to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to a report by an energy think tank released Thursday. Last December, countries at the U.N. COP28 climate conference committed to tripling all renewable electricity by 2030. Wind power
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced to the November general election in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District race. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse advanced in Tuesday’s primary election in his bid for a
Continue ReadingAssolciated Press Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills on him. The rapper’s attorney said an “overzealous” officer targeted him and conducted an improper search. The arrest occurred about 4:45 a.m., and Nelly, 49, was held and then
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. federal judge in Massachusetts has again dismissed a $10 billion Mexican government lawsuit against six U.S. gun manufacturers. Mexico had argued the companies knew weapons were being sold to traffickers who smuggled them into Mexico and decided to cash in on that market. However, the judge ruled that Mexico
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press/Report for America It was a weekend to celebrate a beloved family matriarch, surrounded by generations of her loved ones at her disco-themed 80th birthday party. But it ended in absolute tragedy, after an SUV carrying 10 family members through South Florida careened off a two-lane country road and into a canal, killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Residents of a southwest Baltimore neighborhood are outraged after police officers shot and killed a fleeing teenager. Authorities have released few details about the Monday night shooting and have not publicly identified the teen. Officials say he ran away when officers tried to engage with him. Police caught up to
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Roxane Gilmore, a teacher and professor who served as first lady of Virginia during her husband Jim Gilmore’s term as governor from 1998 to 2002, has died. She was 70. The former governor said on social media that she died Wednesday morning after a long illness. He did not disclose the
Continue ReadingFORT NOVOSEL, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama coroner says a helicopter crash at a military base has killed one person and injured another. Dale County Coroner John Cawley says an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during routine flight training on Fort Novosel Army base on Wednesday afternoon. The base is the Army’s primary training facility for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several bronze plaques commemorating figures from New York City’s rich history have been pried off the buildings they were affixed to this summer, apparently to be sold for scrap metal. The thefts are part of a disturbing trend that includes the theft of a statue of Jackie Robinson from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The mystery French street artist known only as “Invader” has struck Paris again, this time to celebrate the Olympics. Invader has been cementing his quirky mosaics to Paris walls since the 1990s, usually at night and without permission. He’s become France’s most international, invasive and intriguing contemporary street artist. His
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have unseated a fellow Democrat who consistently voted against her in the Legislature. GOP voters meanwhile ousted a lawmaker many Republicans blamed for Kelly’s narrow reelection two years ago. The losers in Tuesday’s primary included Democratic state Rep. Marvin Robinson, of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, defended on Wednesday a false claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ racial identity, suggesting wrongly that Harris had downplayed her Black heritage in trying to suggest she’s inauthentic. “What I took it as was an attack on Kamala Harris being
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — What should have been a quick trip to the International Space Station may turn into an eight-month stay for two NASA astronauts if they have to switch from Boeing to SpaceX for a ride home. There’s lingering uncertainty over the safety of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule, NASA
Continue ReadingAssociated Press POOLER, Ga. (AP) — Residents of one Georgia neighborhood are cleaning up homes flooded by tropical weather for the second time in eight years. Tappan Zee Drive is located in suburban Pooler, west of Savannah and about 30 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. Still, several homes there got swamped by an overflowing canal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Superintendent of Schools Richard Woods now says school districts may teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies after all, now that Georgia’s attorney general said the state’s law against teaching divisive racial concepts specifically exempts such college-level courses. Woods said Wednesday that a letter from Attorney
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Supreme Court considered a petition Wednesday to shutter a desert military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinians, as a new video emerged purporting to show the sexual assault of a Palestinian detainee. Rights groups have been engaged in a legal battle since June to shut
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria says it has detained seven Polish nationals, including six students and a lecturer, for allegedly displaying Russian flags amid protests against economic hardship in the country. The Poles were arrested on Monday, according to Nigerian and Polish officials. It was not clear if the Poles were participating in
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