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A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread 07/26/2024 09:23pm • Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, as a fast-moving blaze sparked by lightning sent people fleeing on fire-ringed roads in rural Idaho and a human-caused inferno forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in northern California. In eastern Oreg New York City turns to AI-powered scanners in push to keep guns out of the subway system 07/26/2024 08:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is turning to AI-powered scanners in a new bid to keep guns out of its subway system, but the pilot program launched Friday is already being met with skepticism from riders and the threat of a lawsuit from civil liberties advocates who say the searches are unconstitut Scores of wildfires are scorching swaths of the US and Canada. Here's the latest on some of them 07/26/2024 08:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Alberta and beyond, forcing evacuations and road closures, as well as destroying and threatening structures. Air quality advisorie s and alerts have been is Senators call on Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers' sale of driving data to brokers 07/26/2024 06:56pm • DETROIT (AP) — Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers' driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies. In a letter to FTC Chairwoman Linda Khan, Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Edward Markey of Ma Georgia wide receiver Rara Thomas suspended following arrest on cruelty to children, battery charges 07/26/2024 05:06pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia wide receiver Rodarius “Rara” Thomas has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest on charges of cruelty to children and battery early Friday, adding to the team's recent legal woes. Athens-Clarke County jail records show Thomas was booked at 3:20 a.m. on felo 'He cared about being a good teammate': Vikings coach celebrates life of rookie Khyree Jackson 07/26/2024 04:55pm • Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell choked back tears during Friday's funeral service for Khyree Jackson at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden. O’Connell recalled a difficult conversation he had with the rookie cornerback several months ago, before Jackson died in a car crash in P Tennessee man convicted of inmate van escape, as allegations of sex crimes await court action 07/26/2024 04:44pm • GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury on Friday found a Tennessee man guilty of escaping an inmate transport van but not guilty of trying to break out of jail, deciding the first of multiple trials that include criminal charges of raping children to create pornography and lawsuits accusing him of sexua Family sues after teen's 2022 death at Georgia detention center 07/26/2024 02:59pm • ROME, Ga. (AP) — The family of a 16-year-old girl who died at a Georgia youth detention center in 2022 are suing over her death, contending she was denied care that would have saved her life. Melanie Hogan Sluder and Ricky Shawn Curtis filed the federal complaint Tuesday in the Northern District o Verstappen in defensive mode against hard-charging McLaren, takes 10-place penalty at Belgian GP 07/26/2024 01:06pm • SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — When Max Verstappen raced at the Belgian Grand Prix last season, he was cruising to a third straight Formula One world championship. One year later, the Dutch driver heads into the same race on Sunday with what's looking like a fight on his hands from a pack of ch Alpine principal Bruno Famin to step down. F1 team may drop homemade Renault engine in 2026 07/26/2024 12:38pm • SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Struggling Formula 1 team Alpine is switching team principals midseason and may also ditch its homemade Renault engines in 2026. Alpine team principal Bruno Famin will be out of his post “by the end of August,” with his replacement announced “in due course," Kevin Spacey's waterfront Baltimore condo sold at auction after foreclosure 07/26/2024 12:01pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin Spacey’s $5.6 million waterfront condominium in Baltimore has been sold at auction amid the disgraced actor's financial struggles following a slew of sexual misconduct allegations. Last summer, a London jury acquitted Spacey on sexual assault charges stemming from allegati Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside 07/26/2024 10:56am • WINSTED, Conn. (AP) — Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Connecticut home. State environmental conservation police were called by the startled vehicle o Typhoon Gaemi wreaked the most havoc in the country it didn't hit directly — the Philippines 07/26/2024 10:52am • BEIJING (AP) — What was Typhoon Gaemi was heading to inland China on Friday after weakening to a severe tropical storm soon after making landfall on the east coast the previous night. The storm felled trees, flooded streets and damaged crops in China but there were no immediate reports of casualt Harris will carry Biden's economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset 07/26/2024 10:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A key question is looming for Vice President Kamala Harris as she edges closer to gaining the Democratic presidential nomination: Can she turn the Biden-Harris economic record into a political advantage in a way that President Joe Biden failed to do? In some ways, her task would Fed's preferred inflation gauge cools, adding to likelihood of a September rate cut 07/26/2024 10:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve's favored inflation measure remained low last month, bolstering evidence that price pressures are steadily cooling and setting the stage for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates in September. Prices rose just 0.1% from May to June, the Commerce Department