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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 Barges break loose on Ohio River in Pittsburgh, damaging a marina and striking a bridge 04/13/2024 11:00pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said. The boats eventually were pinned to the riverbank or went over a da Capitals' Nick Jensen walks out of arena, avoids hospital trip after being stretchered off 04/13/2024 09:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nick Jensen walked out of the arena with his family, avoiding a trip to the hospital after the Washington Capitals defenseman crashed headfirst into the boards and was stretchered off the ice Saturday. That update from coach Spencer Carbery came after the team said Jensen was con What’s open, closed in the District on DC Emancipation Day? 04/13/2024 09:00pm • On Tuesday, the D.C. government will observe DC Emancipation Day in commemoration of the 1862 act that ended slavery in Washington and freed over 3,000 individuals. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Friday that, while some services may be affected Tuesday, “many District employees will continue serving Pakistani police search for gunmen who abducted bus passengers and killed 11 in the southwest 04/13/2024 03:40pm • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police searched for gunmen who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest. The same attackers earlier killed two people and wounded six in another car they forced to stop. The abductions took place on Friday in Bal Google removes links to California news sites, citing proposed state law requiring payment to publishers 04/13/2024 03:33pm • New York (CNN) — Google is removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content, the company announced Friday in a blog post. Google, which is a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOGL), wrote the move woul 174 people stranded in the air are rescued, almost a day after a fatal cable car accident in Turkey 04/13/2024 03:02pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety Saturday, nearly 23 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing one person and injuring seven when they plummeted to the rocks below. Interior Minister Ali Yerli The last day of the NBA regular season is Sunday. Expect chaos and lots of it 04/13/2024 01:39pm • Maybe it’s parity. Maybe it’s chaos. Either way, the final day of the NBA’s regular season should be wild. Oklahoma City, Minnesota and Denver all have a shot at No. 1 in the Western Conference. Every seed from No. 2 to No. 8 is up for grabs in the Eastern Conference. Sunday's slate, with all 'Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot 04/13/2024 12:56pm • SYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured. New South Wales police said Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe? 04/13/2024 12:39pm • A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation's largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S. food supply remains safe and stable. District's Emancipation Day celebration means road closures Sunday 04/13/2024 11:47am • Each year D.C. recognizes April 16 as Emancipation Day, since on that day 162 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District. But this year, the festivities come two days early. D.C.'s Emancipation Day celebration will take place Sunday, with a full day of even Coyotes players are informed the team is expected to move to Salt Lake City, AP source says 04/13/2024 11:43am • Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, a person with knowledge of the meeting said Friday night. General manager Bill Armstrong flew to Edmonton, Alberta, to tell players about the team’s potential move to Utah before its game against the Utility bills assistance program isn’t reaching enough low-income Virginians, state report says 04/13/2024 11:30am • A recent state report shows that federal help for people struggling to pay utility bills is decreasing, reaching only a fraction of the Virginians who need it and covering only a fraction of the costs they face. Dana Wiggins, director of a Consumer Advocacy at the Virginia Poverty Law Center, sai Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave 04/13/2024 10:05am • It's water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country's traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causin Tennessee Vols wrap up spring practice with Nico Iamaleava finally under center 04/13/2024 06:00am • The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. Sure, the No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class debuted in the Vols' rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Now the quarterback caps Tennessee's spring practice Saturday giving fans a glimpse of how much he's grown before the Vols' season o