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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics 04/05/2024 07:49am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her potential presidential ambitions. “True Gretch” is scheduled for release July 9 and a book announce Muslim athletes push boundaries to keep on training despite fasting during Ramadan 04/05/2024 06:19am • LONDON (AP) — Approaching midnight, the hard work is just beginning for Sabir Hussein. Trains running on the elevated railway above Diesel Gym in East London’s docklands are mostly empty. Inside, a mixed martial arts session awaits. Hussein’s 10:30 p.m. agenda: escaping front headlocks, plus p Menace to society: Criminal gangs in Europe are infiltrating the legal world, Europol says 04/05/2024 05:56am • Criminal networks in the European Union are penetrating legal businesses across the 27-nation bloc and rely heavily on corruption to develop their activities. That's the bleak picture emerging from a report published Friday by the EU crime agency. Europol has identified 821 particularly threatening Rescue teams in Taiwan searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following earthquake 04/05/2024 02:34am • HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years, which has left at least 12 dead. Two bodies have been found in the Taroko National Park, a tourist attraction famous for its rugged, mountainou April nor'easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands 04/05/2024 01:07am • A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman was killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb and a second woman died in a New Hampshire fire caus After six months of war, Israel's isolation grows with no end in sight 04/05/2024 12:20am • JERUSALEM (AP) — When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world following an unprecedented attack by the Islamic militant group. Six months later, Israel finds itself in a far different place: bogged down in Gaza, divid A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its war strength 04/04/2024 11:40pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing four people, local authorities said Thursday, as the Kremlin’s forces apparently set in motion their strategy for the coming months of war by escalating the b No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after trying to recruit a centrist presidential candidate 04/04/2024 08:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No L Maryland Transportation Secretary pledges to rebuild 'bridge that meets current standards' 04/04/2024 08:37pm • Thursday’s meeting of the Maryland Transportation Authority opened with a recognition of the six construction workers who were killed on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed last week. Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld told the board members present, “Tuesday, March 2 9 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $5 04/04/2024 08:00pm • Will the stock market rally keep on going? On the one hand, the growth in artificial intelligence and semiconductors is leading to a great deal of investor excitement. On the other hand, strong asset prices and seemingly sticky inflation readings may cause the Federal Reserve to forego planned inter How to File an Insurance Claim After a Natural Disaster 04/04/2024 08:00pm • Nobody wants to go through a natural disaster like an earthquake, fire or flood. It can be traumatic -- and so can filing an insurance claim. While policyholders tend to expect insurance companies to seamlessly fix any natural disaster-related destruction once you file a claim, that's not always th Big men are rolling for Purdue, NC State and UConn. Now they've got their teams in the Final Four 04/04/2024 07:10pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — DJ Burns Jr. isn't interested in spending a lot of time catching the ball on the perimeter and trying to show off a shimmying crossover dribble before chucking 3-pointers for North Carolina State. No, he's content to catch an entry pass, use his size to back down an opponen Tennessee court to weigh throwing out abortion ban challenge, blocking portions of the law 04/04/2024 06:14pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys defending Tennessee's sweeping abortion ban alleged Thursday that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies. The Tennessee At Wood pellet producer Enviva files for bankruptcy and plans to restructure 04/04/2024 03:40pm • The largest global industrial wood pellet supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, announcing its intention to cut about $1 billion of debt by restructuring agreements with creditors, including those who have invested heavily in new facilities. Maryland-based Enviva said in Boeing pays Alaska Airlines $160 million in compensation for the blowout of a panel during flight 04/04/2024 01:50pm • Alaska Airlines says Boeing has paid the carrier $160 million in “initial compensation” for a panel that blew out of an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in January. The airline said Thursday that it expects additional compensation, the terms of which it said are confidential. The payment covered