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Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say 03/29/2024 12:10am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more than twice that. It all depends on factors that are still mostly unknown. They range from Today in History: March 29, US combat troops leave Vietnam 03/29/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, March 29, the 89th day of 2024. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 29, 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. On this date: In 18 Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal 03/28/2024 11:34pm • Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death. Over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blo Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry dies after medical emergency amid cancer battle 03/28/2024 10:18pm • FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry died Thursday, a day after after experiencing a medical emergency related to his stomach cancer. He was 72. The announcement from his office that the Democratic mayor had “passed away peacefully” came just hours after Henry’s family issued a 4 people die on Spain's coastlines after falling into sea during high winds 03/28/2024 10:10pm • MADRID (AP) — Four people have died after falling into the sea in three incidents on Spain's Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, emergency services said Thursday. The deaths came amid warnings of strong winds and widespread rain across many parts of the country and warnings of high waves on Portuga Joe Lieberman's death leaves a hole at No Labels as it tries to recruit a 2024 third-party candidate 03/28/2024 08:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When No Labels' critics got the loudest, it was Joe Lieberman who came to the group's defense. The former Connecticut senator was a founding chairman of the centrist organization that focused, above all, on promoting bipartisanship in national politics. Despite its benign stated mi Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky 03/28/2024 08:17pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill stripping the state's Democratic governor of any role in picking someone to occupy a U.S. Senate seat if a vacancy occurred in the home state of 82-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. The legislation cal Where Do I Fall in the American Economic Class System? 03/28/2024 08:00pm • Understanding where you fall in the American economic class system isn't as simple as pulling out a calculator or looking at a pay stub. Various forces shape individuals' economic classes and their views on where they rank among other Americans. Read on to find out more about how Americans view them Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison 03/28/2024 07:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. Though he describe Persistent rumor of Putin’s death elicits nonchalant international response 03/28/2024 07:48pm • For months, rumors have swirled about Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the heart of all the gossip is a key question. Is he still alive? (Screenshot courtesy Telegram) A claim by a mysterious Russian Telegram channel called General SVR, run by a prominent Russian political analyst, Judge rejects officers' bid to erase charges in the case of a man paralyzed after police van ride 03/28/2024 05:44pm • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Four former Connecticut police officers accused of mocking and mistreating a man after he was paralyzed in the back of a police van in 2022 were denied bids Thursday to enter a program that could have erased criminal charges against them and let them avoid trial. A judge re Sen. Bob Menendez decides not to delay May trial with appeal of judge's ruling 03/28/2024 03:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial, his lawyers said Thursday. The Democrat’s lawyers notified the Manhattan federal judge who will preside over the May 6 trial in a letter that the senat 'Stand in solidarity': Md. nonprofit raises nearly 100K for families of workers killed after bridge collapse 03/28/2024 03:37pm • Nearly $100,000 has been raised by a Maryland Latino grassroots organization for the families of the construction workers that died in the Patapsco River when the Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a cargo ship and collapsed on Tuesday.  Eight people fell into the water after the collision. Two Sawfish are spinning, and dying, in Florida waters as rescue effort begins 03/28/2024 03:23pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning behavior and dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters. Federal and state wildlife agencies are beginning an effort to rescue and rehabilitate saw US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023 03/28/2024 03:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More than 9,600 cases wer