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US gas prices are falling. Experts point to mild demand at the pump ahead of summer travel 06/11/2024 01:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks. The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA. That's down about 9 cents from a week ago — marking the l Tiger Woods returns to Pinehurst after 19 years and it's not the same. Neither is he 06/11/2024 12:51pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — This is not the same Pinehurst No. 2 that Tiger Woods saw 19 years ago when he walked away with a runner-up finish in the U.S. Open, his last time on the property. It's not the same Tiger Woods, either. Woods has never gone this long without seeing a major championship cours US Open returns to Pinehurst and LPGA heads to Michigan 06/11/2024 10:55am • UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION U.S. OPEN Site: Pinehurst, North Carolina. Course: Pinehurst No. 2. Yardage: 7,540. Par: 70. Prize money: TBA ($20 million in 2023). Winner's share: TBD. ($3.6 million in 2023). Television: Thursday, 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (USA Network), 5-8 p.m. (Peacock); Friday, 6:30 t Cop, judge, journalist, activist, prosecutor, volunteer: Women challenge the mafia in Italy's Puglia 06/11/2024 12:27am • A remarkable group of women is challenging the power structures of the Sacra Corona Unita, Italy’s fourth main organized crime group that operates in southern Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot. They are doing it at great personal risk, arresting and prosecuting clan members, exposing their crime Who testified in Hunter Biden's trial on federal firearms charges 06/11/2024 12:11am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors who are weighing whether President Joe Biden's son is guilty of federal firearms charges heard deeply personal testimony about dark moments in Hunter Biden's past. The case playing out in Wilmington, Delaware, stems from a gun the younger Biden bought in October 2018 Today in History: June 11, more than 80 killed at Le Mans auto race 06/11/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2024. There are 203 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 11, 1955, in motor racing’s worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the cars collide Dolphins agree to sign safety Marcus Maye, AP source says 06/10/2024 10:41pm • The Miami Dolphins agreed to sign safety Marcus Maye on Monday, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. Maye was released by New Orleans in a money-saving move in March after Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens after bridge collapse 06/10/2024 10:35pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which blocked most maritime traffic into the harbor. Officials announced the full reopening in a news release Monda Ex-police officer who once shared cell with Jeffrey Epstein gets life in prison for 4 murders 06/10/2024 10:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A retired police officer convicted of murdering four people, including a man he tortured and strangled over stolen drug money, was sentenced Monday to four consecutive life terms in prison. Nicholas Tartaglione, 56, who had been an officer in the Hudson River Valley village of Bria Body of Md. parole agent found under bed wrapped in plastic bags, charging documents say 06/10/2024 09:21pm • The body of a Maryland parole agent who was allegedly killed while conducting a routine visit last month was found wrapped in plastic and left underneath a bed. That's according to charging documents filed against Emanuel Edward Sewell, 54, who is being charged with first-degree murder in the kil The Latest | UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza 06/10/2024 09:00pm • The U.N. Security Council on Monday afternoon overwhelmingly approved a U.S. resolution that welcomes a proposal for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. The U.S. says Israel has accepted the three-phase plan announced by U.S. President Joe Biden, and Hamas welcomed it in a statement shortly after A dog helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a remote, steep ravine in Oregon 06/10/2024 08:11pm • BAKER COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon, authorities said. A man was driving with his four dogs on a remote U.S. Forest Service road on June 2 when he crashed into a ravine below, the Baker County Sheri 13 Orlando Theme Parks Everyone Should Visit Once 06/10/2024 08:00pm • If your family is begging for a theme park getaway, look no further than a trip to Orlando, Florida. Choose from a variety of parks to suit all tastes, from the classic rides and characters at Walt Disney World Resort to the heart-pounding thrills of Universal Orlando Resort. (And take note: these r Analysis: Race teams unhappier than ever with NASCAR's latest offer on charter agreement 06/10/2024 07:58pm • SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — NASCAR avoided one public relations nightmare last week when it granted Kyle Larson a waiver to participate in the playoffs even though he missed the Coca-Cola 600. That piece of goodwill hardly made things sunshine and roses over the weekend at Sonoma Raceway, where teams re New Jersey businessman tells jury that bribes paid off with Sen. Bob Menendez 06/10/2024 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman who prosecutors say bribed Sen. Bob Menendez testified Monday that the Democrat told him in summer 2019 that he’d look into a state criminal probe threatening his business and later assured him there was no threat and boasted about saving him. At the time