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As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans 08/14/2024 05:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the U.S. West. The Interior Department announces water availability for the coming year months in advance so Western cit Sweet and salty deal worth $30 billion would put M&M's and Snickers alongside Cheez-It and Pringles 08/14/2024 04:50pm • M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion in an effort to broaden its snacking portfolio and expand globally. Kellanova was created last year when the Kellogg Co. split into two companies. Chicago-based Kellanova sells many of the former c Wings getting Sabally and Siegrist back from injuries when WNBA resumes after Olympic break 08/14/2024 04:48pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Satou Sabally is set to make her season debut for the Dallas Wings after recovering from a shoulder injury and playing for Germany in the Olympics. The Wings said Wednesday that Sabally, Maddy Siegrist (broken finger) and rookie Jaelyn Brown have been medically cleared to r Diamondbacks demote outfielder Alek Thomas to Triple-A, promote infielder Blaze Alexander 08/14/2024 04:48pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Arizona Diamondbacks demoted Alek Thomas to Triple-A on Wednesday, hoping that the outfielder can regain the batting form that made him a postseason star last year. The 24-year-old Thomas was the team's starting center fielder to begin the season, but strained his left hamstring Naomi Osaka, fellow past champions Wawrinka, Thiem and Andreescu given US Open wild cards 08/14/2024 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Two-time champion Naomi Osaka and fellow past U.S. Open winners Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem and Bianca Andreescu were given wild cards Wednesday into this year's tournament. Osaka won the first of her four Grand Slam titles at Flushing Meadows in 2018 and took the title again in 2 Review: 'Jackpot!' has a winning star in Awkwafina but never pays off 08/14/2024 04:33pm • Finally, a movie for everyone who read Shirley Jackson���s ���The Lottery��� and wished it had been a comedy. Paul Feig���s ���Jackpot!��� is a farcical twist on an old story that, if it doesn���t remind people of Jackson's short story will surely sound familiar to those who enjoyed ���The Purge��� Proposal to allow local police to make arrests near Arizona border with Mexico will appear on ballot 08/14/2024 04:07pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a proposal that would let local police make arrests near the state���s border with Mexico will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters to decide. That sets up the biggest push to draw local authorities into immigration enforcement since the st Seeds are gifts from nature, one organic producer says. It's ending sales and giving them away 08/14/2024 04:06pm • NAPLES, New York (AP) ��� An organic seed company with national reach has surprised its supporters by announcing it will end sales and give hundreds of varieties away, declaring ���we can no longer commodify our beloved kin, these seeds, or ourselves.��� The Cocozelle zucchini, now $14.25 per 100 se NASA still deciding whether to keep 2 astronauts at space station until next year 08/14/2024 03:57pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� NASA said Wednesday it's still deciding whether to keep two astronauts at the International Space Station until early next year and send their troubled Boeing capsule back empty. Rather than flying Boeing���s Starliner back to Earth, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams woul Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law 08/14/2024 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn���t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her to ���let nature take its course" before discharging her without treatment for Oh snap! Jets' Thomas Hennessy details what goes into perhaps the NFL's most underappreciated job 08/14/2024 03:41pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Thomas Hennessy's journey to the NFL began with one big snap decision in high school. The self-described ���late bloomer��� always had a pretty good arm, but playing quarterback didn't seem realistic. Hennessy wanted to be part of Don Bosco Preparatory's team in Ramsey, N Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say 08/14/2024 03:29pm • Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents. The strikes came on the eve of new talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the 10-month war. The United States, Qatar and Egypt ar Family of man killed by Connecticut police officer files lawsuit, seeks federal probe of department 08/14/2024 03:26pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights investigation of the department. The mother and sister Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates 08/14/2024 02:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September. Wednesday's report from the Labor Department showed 2 fighter jets crash in northeastern France, search underway for two onboard 08/14/2024 01:57pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Two French fighter jets collided and crashed Wednesday in northeastern France, French military authorities said. One pilot was found unharmed and a search is ongoing for two other people. According to France's Army of Air and Space, a branch of the French Armed Forces, two Rafale figh