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Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures 03/01/2024 10:22pm • STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday, describing how the largest blaze in state history scorched everything in its path, leaving ashes in its wake. Texas officials warned that the threat was no Stretch of I-80 shut down as monster blizzard dumps snow on mountains in California and Nevada 03/01/2024 10:18pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — California authorities shut down 100 miles of Interstate 80 on Friday as the biggest snow storm of the season bore down on the Sierra Nevada, where residents were urged to take shelter and stay off roads as they prepared for up to 10 feet of snow in some areas and damaging winds. California authorizes expansion of Waymo's driverless car services to LA, SF peninsula 03/01/2024 09:41pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Friday authorized Waymo to expand services of its fleet of robotaxis into Los Angeles and to cities on the peninsula south of San Francisco. The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's application for the expansion of its self-driving t Bud Cauley, who not long ago wondered if he was done with golf, leads after 2 rounds at PGA National 03/01/2024 07:24pm • PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Bud Cauley is leading on the PGA Tour. That might not have seemed likely a few years ago. Cauley — who was seriously injured in a 2018 car crash and is playing a tour event for only the third time in nearly 4 1/2 years — shot a 6-under 65 on Friday at PGA Nation 2 children found safe in New Hampshire with their father, who is accused of killing their mother 03/01/2024 06:20pm • MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Two young children who were the subject of an extensive search by New Hampshire police were found safe at a restaurant parking lot Friday with their father, who is accused of killing their mother, authorities said. Police had earlier issued an Amber Alert after finding the ch Family and advocates want solution to legal loophole after the death of Audrii Cunningham 03/01/2024 06:06pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As mourners prepare for the funeral of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, who was killed near Houston, the community wants answers about how the suspect in her death was allowed to remain free despite a long criminal history of violence. Nearly two decades years before Don McDouga Mother's boyfriend is the primary suspect in a Florida girl's disappearance, sheriff says 03/01/2024 05:40pm • KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A teenage girl who went missing in central Florida earlier this week is likely dead, though her body hasn't been recovered, investigators said Friday. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the boyfriend of 13-year-old Madeline Soto's mother is the primary suspect in the girl' Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity 03/01/2024 05:30pm • Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said that when he bankrolled OpenAI's creation, he secured New York man who killed a woman after a wrong turn in his driveway gets 25 years to life 03/01/2024 04:24pm • FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York was sentenced Friday to more than 25 years to life in prison. Kevin Monahan, 66, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death last New Jersey businessman pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate in Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption case 03/01/2024 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, admitting that he gave the senator's wife a car to influence him and agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that calls for him to testify in the corruption case against the powerful Democrat. Jos Teen girl dies in 'train surfing incident' near Silver Spring Metro station 03/01/2024 04:10pm • A teen girl died Friday morning in an "apparent train surfing incident" near the Silver Spring Metro station, according to the transit agency. Train surfing is defined as riding on the outside or on top of a moving railcar. "We are deeply saddened to learn that a teenage girl lost her life thi Former MIT researcher pleads guilty to 2021 killing of Yale grad student 03/01/2024 03:19pm • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has pleaded guilty to the 2021 killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car in Connecticut. Qinxuan Pan faces 35 years in prison following his guilty plea Thursday in a New Haven co Verstappen on pole for F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix overshadowed by scrutiny of team boss 03/01/2024 01:04pm • SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Three-time reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen qualified on the pole Friday for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as scrutiny of Red Bull's boss overshadows the start of the new season. Verstappen, who won the title in each of the last three seasons, was fastest f A car strikes a crowd at a tram stop in Poland, injuring at least 19 people. The driver was arrested 03/01/2024 11:47am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A car struck a crowd of people waiting at a tram stop Friday in the northwestern Polish city of Szczecin, injuring at least 19 people, and then collided with three other vehicles as the driver tried to flee the scene, local police said. The injured included three children, S Chevrolet heads to Las Vegas undefeated in 2024 across all three NASCAR national series 03/01/2024 11:17am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks into the new NASCAR season, Chevrolet heads into Las Vegas Motor Speedway undefeated. And not just in the top Cup Series, where Daniel Suarez of Trackhouse Racing won a three-wide photo finish at the checkered flag last week at Atlanta and William Byron of Hendrick Moto