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Alaska Airlines cancels flights on certain Boeing planes through Saturday for mandatory inspections 01/10/2024 06:18pm • Alaska Airlines is canceling through Saturday all flights on Boeing 737 Max 9 planes like the one that suffered an in-flight blowout of a fuselage panel last week as it waits for new instructions from Boeing and federal officials on how to inspect the fleet. The development came as signs indicate Florida welcomes students fleeing campus antisemitism, with little evidence that there's demand 01/10/2024 05:11pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week directed the state’s universities to make it easier for out-of-state students facing antisemitism and other religious harassment in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war to transfer to Florida campuses. DeSantis’ directive on Tuesday piggyba Tribal flags celebrated at South Dakota Capitol, but one leader sees more still to do 01/10/2024 05:01pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem and tribal leaders celebrated the new display of two tribal nations' flags on Wednesday at the South Dakota Capitol as a symbol of unity. But at least one tribe sees more to be done before it gives its flag. Representatives of the Standing Rock and Rosebud Siou 'We have an emergency' — can DC bill address spike in crime? 01/10/2024 04:57pm • While most parts of the country have seen decreases in crime, including violent crime, that has not been the case in D.C. After finishing 2023 with big spikes in homicides, carjackings, car thefts and other violent crimes, the chair of the D.C. Council’s public safety committee wants to move ag New Mexico Legislature confronts gun violence, braces for future with less oil wealth 01/10/2024 04:06pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Legislature convenes Tuesday for a rapid-fire 30-day session amid a multibillion-dollar financial surplus and concerns about violent crime, homelessness and childhood wellbeing in an election year for House and Senate legislators. Lawmakers are searching for new Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and the New York Giants part ways 01/10/2024 03:48pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and the New York Giants have parted ways after coach Brian Daboll fired two of his most trusted assistant coaches. The Giants, coming off a disappointing 6-11 season, announced the separation on Wednesday after more than a day of t Somali extremists kill 1 person and capture 5 others from UN helicopter after its emergency landing 01/10/2024 02:48pm • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with al-Qaida's East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the extremists in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others, officials said. The minister of in NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/10/2024 01:34pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Couple found dead in blazing hot South Carolina home where furnace appeared to overheat 01/10/2024 01:24pm • SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — An elderly couple found dead in their South Carolina home where the temperature was about 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius) had trouble with their furnace days before their deaths, their family told police. Family members called Spartanburg police Saturday after France’s youngest prime minister is a rising political star who follows in Macron’s footsteps 01/10/2024 12:06pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to appoint a 34-year-old prime minister surprised many because of his age and relatively short career. But Gabriel Attal has become one of the most prominent and ambitious figures on the French political scene in recent years, saying there Art of the Steal: Notre Dame freshman Hannah Hidalgo leads the way in NCAA steals 01/10/2024 12:06pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A fast shuffle of feet, a quick stab at the ball and an open lane to the basket — Notre Dame freshman Hannah Hidalgo loves everything about stealing the basketball. “I think the whole sequence of picking somebody's pocket is definitely my favorite,” Hidalgo told The Ass Japan's nuclear safety agency orders power plant operator to study the impact of Jan. 1 quake 01/10/2024 11:44am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit by a powerful New Year’s Day quake to study its potential impact. The Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, asked for further investigation even though initial assessments showed the Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse 01/10/2024 11:38am • DENVER (AP) — River basins around the world that were once regularly snowbound are increasingly seeing their snowpack shrink and climate change is to blame, a new study found. “Many of the world’s most populous basins are hovering on the precipice of rapid snow declines,” concluded the study Guyana turns to US to help boost its military as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens 01/10/2024 11:02am • GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government said it is seeking help from the U.S. to improve its defense capabilities amid fears that neighboring Venezuela might one day seize a disputed region in western Guyana that is rich in minerals and oil. The announcement follows two days of talks among Maryland Senate president wants to ‘prioritize’ investments during 2024 session 01/10/2024 10:45am • Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) expressed cautious optimism for the Senate’s legislative priorities in the upcoming General Assembly session, even in a challenging state budget year, during an interview in his State House office Monday. “There are a lot of places to make sm