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Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons in Kyiv's latest apparent war innovation 04/18/2024 06:28am • Russian air defenses downed what authorities described as five Ukrainian balloons overnight, the defense ministry in Moscow said Thursday, as the sides kept up long-range strikes that have featured heavily in what has largely become a war of attrition. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials have pr Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87 04/16/2024 11:47pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham's family announced the Arkansas lawmakers question governor's staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern cited by audit 04/16/2024 09:10pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday pointedly questioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' staff about the $19,000 purchase of a lectern that an audit says potentially violated laws on purchasing, property and government records. During a nearly three-hour hearing before the committe House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial 04/16/2024 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has ���willfully and systematically��� refused to enforce immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to hold a t The Coyotes' troubled tenure in Arizona has come down to 1 last game before an expected move to Utah 04/16/2024 01:57pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ��� The Arizona Coyotes dubbed Mullett Arena ���The Party Barn��� for its raucous, closed-quarters atmosphere. The NHL's smallest arena ended up being one of the franchise's biggest problems and will be the site of one final party that will be more like a wake. The Coyotes' game ag A Boston police officer���s body was found two years ago in a snowy yard. Now his girlfriend goes on trial for murder 04/16/2024 11:23am • (CNN) — After many months of courtroom showdowns, conspiracy theories and accusations of a cover-up, the trial in the killing of Boston Police Officer John O���Keefe starts in earnest today.O���Keefe���s body was found in the snow on January 29, 2022, outside the home of a fellow Boston police IAEA warns that attacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the world at risk 04/15/2024 06:23pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Russia and Ukraine on Monday traded blame before the United Nations Security Council for the attacks on Europe���s largest nuclear power plant, which the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said have put the world ���dangerously close to a nuclear accident.��� With Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court 04/14/2024 12:13am • GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) ��� A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town's hundreds of homeless people, then play resu Dylan Larkin scores power-play goal in OT to give Red Wings 5-4 win over Maple Leafs 04/14/2024 12:03am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Dylan Larkin scored on a power play 41 seconds into overtime and the Detroit Red Wings overcame Auston Matthews' 69th goal of the season to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Saturday night. Alex DeBrincat scored twice, David Perron had a goal and an assist, Simon Edvinsson also sc Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convenes hundreds in Iowa to try for access to November ballot 04/13/2024 06:58pm • WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to Iowa's presidential ballot as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question. Kennedy attempted to qualify by holding a convention with at least 500 eligible Iowa voter Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, must get gambling addiction treatment, judge says 04/13/2024 04:22am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani's former longtime interpreter agreed Friday to undergo court-ordered gambling addiction treatment after federal prosecutors accused him of stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball player to pay off debts. The initial federal court ap Ohtani hits 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Matsui for most by a Japanese-born player 04/13/2024 03:04am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shohei Ohtani's 175th home run in the majors was not only a milestone, it was record-tying. Ohtani equaled Hideki Matsui for the most homers by a Japanese-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the San Diego Padres on Friday Maryland lawmakers approve ���groundbreaking��� bill to require captions on some movie screens 04/11/2024 07:46am • Since 2021, Jacob Leffler has advocated for Maryland movie theaters to make moviegoing more accessible for deaf and hard of hearing people. In the last three years, legislation to require theaters to provide what's known as "open caption" screenings has been introduced but failed to pass ��� unti As many cities sour on hosting the Olympics, Salt Lake City's enthusiasm endures 04/10/2024 11:30pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The International Olympic Committee was effusive Wednesday in its support for a decadeslong effort to bring back the Winter Games to Utah's capital city in 2034. Unlike so many other past hosts that have decided bringing back the Games isn���t worth the time, money or hassle, Time Blindness ADHD Productivity Tools 04/10/2024 08:00pm • Have you ever taken a "quick" shower that made you late for a meeting? Or a five-minute work break that lasted all day? Situations like these are common for some people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, which can cause the symptom "time blindness." As its name implies, time bli