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Published on July 27, 2019 - Page 11
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago...
Published on July 17, 2019 - Page 9
MOSCOW (AP) — Residents of a city in Siberia don’t need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters....
Published on July 10, 2019 - Page 2
Spaceflight firm goes public LONDON (AP) — Richard Branson’s space-tourism venture, Virgin Galactic, is planning to go public, creating the first...
Published on July 8, 2019 - Page 4
PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Five people were hospitalized after the opening bull run of this year’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona, including two...
Published on June 17, 2019 - Page 4
EVERETT, Mass. (AP) — A $28 million statue of Popeye by the artist Jeff Koons. Luxury, “European-style” water shuttles. Five-star hotel rooms...
Published on June 17, 2019 - Page 10
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp. Vaccinations have been made...
Published on June 8, 2019 - Page 23
CARY, N.C. — Kasey Turcol has just 75 minutes to explain to her high school students the importance of D-Day — and if this wasn’t the 75th...
Published on June 4, 2019 - Page 19
MIAMI (AP) — Carnival Corp. reached a settlement Monday with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay a $20 million...
Published on June 4, 2019 - Page 19
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — High tides and flooding associated with May storms that buffeted parts of Texas caused the stranding of about 100 young...
Published on May 29, 2019 - Page 11
WARSAW, Poland (AP) —On a cold day in March 2017, a group of young adults stripped naked at the former Auschwitz death camp and chained themselves...
Published on May 28, 2019 - Page 10
LOS ANGELES (AP) —James Holzhauer’s “Jeopardy” winning streak is still going and he may be on track to surpass Ken Jennings’ record earnings in the...
Published on May 27, 2019 - Page 7
BAKER, Nev. (AP) — A 137-year-old rifle found five years ago leaning against a juniper tree in Great Basin National Park in Nevada is now part of an...
Published on May 27, 2019 - Page 12
MAUI, Hawaii (AP) — A California man who died after being attacked by a shark while swimming here Saturday was pulled ashore missing a leg, according...
Published on May 26, 2019 - Page 7
LUDRES, France (AP) — After decades of searching, Andre Gantois had lost hope. The retired French postal worker figured he’d likely go to his grave...
Published on May 20, 2019 - Page 17
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. —Parking at a spot near the edge of an Arizona canyon where the Colorado River makes a sharp U-turn now comes at a cost. You can...
Published on May 13, 2019 - Page 1
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The French and the Americans are working together again on a D-Day project — this time to give museum visitors the opportunity to...
Published on May 13, 2019 - Page 21
PARIS (AP) — One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war. Bernard Dargols lived almost long enough to join the celebrations next...
Published on April 22, 2019 - Page 4
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas couple is turning the concept of covered wagons that pioneers once used to journey west into a luxury experience for...
Published on March 25, 2019 - Page 6
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s whaling industry will be allowed to keep hunting whales for at least another five years, killing up to 2,130...
Published on March 21, 2019 - Page 5
NEW ORLEANS (AP) —Patches of black mold on the ceiling. Water marks on the dingy walls. Toys, furniture and a baby grand piano tossed about and...
Published on March 16, 2019 - Page 6
PHOENIX (AP) — Greyhound Lines Inc. is no longer allowing U.S. authorities to drop off immigrant families inside bus stations, forcing those who have...
Published on March 16, 2019 - Page 6
DENVER (AP) — A judge has dismissed an indecent exposure charge against a United Airlines pilot. Carolyn Tyler, a spokeswoman for the Denver...
Published on March 3, 2019 - Page 8
HONOLULU (AP) — The rate of shark bites in Hawaii has been increasing slightly in recent years, but the risk remains extremely low — roughly 5-in-1...
Published on March 3, 2019 - Page 22
LOS ANGELES — The world of Star Wars is coming from a galaxy far, far away to become the largest single-themed land created in a Disney park. Star...
Published on February 27, 2019 - Page 11
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Faeroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago between Iceland and Scotland, is closing for tourists for a weekend in April...
Published on February 27, 2019 - Page 21
MILWAUKEE — A new museum in Milwaukee may hold the largest collection of bobbleheads anyone has ever seen, displaying more than 6,500 figures of...
Published on February 24, 2019 - Page 8
Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes...
Published on January 2, 2019 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) —Human feces, overflowing garbage, illegal off-roading and other damaging behavior in fragile areas were beginning to overwhelm some...
Published on December 26, 2018 - Page 9
ATLANTA (AP) — As Atlanta prepares to host the Super Bowl, artists there are painting murals that highlight the city’s civil rights and social...
Published on December 23, 2018 - Page 7
DETROIT (AP) — The Motown Museum’s expansion plans are getting a year-end boost of more than $2 million from various organizations. The Detroit...