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New Mexico justices hear challenge to public health ban on guns in public parks and playgrounds 01/08/2024 04:45pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Advocates for gun rights urged the New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday to block emergency orders by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham restricting people from carrying guns at public parks and playgrounds in the state's largest metro area and address gun violence as a public health c Federal investigators can't determine exact cause of 2022 helicopter crash near Philadelphia 01/08/2024 04:41pm • UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Federal investigators say they have been unable to determine what caused a medical flight to go haywire before the helicopter crash-landed without losing any lives nearly two years ago. The pilot somehow avoided a web of power lines and buildings as it came out of a nose-di Mike Tomlin and the Steelers didn't panic during their December swoon. Now they're in the playoffs 01/08/2024 04:20pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers hold a team meeting every Monday afternoon. In it, longtime head coach Mike Tomlin — in a language that everyone on the roster, from the stars to his assistants to the practice squad guys simply happy to have a job in the NFL can easily understand — Maryland governor signs executive order guiding AI use 01/08/2024 04:10pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Monday announced a starting point for addressing the use of artificial intelligence in state government, as well as efforts to bolster cybersecurity. The governor signed an executive order that he described as setting fundamental principles and v More women join challenge to Tennessee's abortion ban law 01/08/2024 04:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state's broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The legal challenge is part of a handful of lawsuits filed across the U.S. in Republican-dom What to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout 01/08/2024 03:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing's Max lineup of jets. Here is what to know about the Max 9 plane involved, and what comes ne Virginia lawmakers set to take up proposal to help fund new arena for Capitals, Wizards 01/08/2024 03:25pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Advocates of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's plan to build a new professional sports arena and entertainment district in northern Virginia say the project would be a generational job-creator so lucrative it will pay for itself. Critics, meanwhile, argue the proposal to lure Judge in Trump's DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting 01/08/2024 03:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days. Police r Italian influencer under investigation in scandal over sales of Christmas cakes for charity: reports 01/08/2024 02:39pm • ROME (AP) — A popular Italian influencer has been placed under investigation by prosecutors looking into the purportedly charitable sales of traditional Christmas cakes sold with her logo. Chiara Ferragni, who has 29.5 million followers on Instagram, was already fined 1 million euros by Italy’s Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/08/2024 01:17pm • 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 Mary Lou Retton says she's a 'fighter' as she recuperates at home following pneumonia scare 01/08/2024 12:09pm • Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton said she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren't sure whether she would survive. In an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Retton said while wearing a breathing tube pumping oxygen t In first interview since conviction, Jonathan Majors says he hopes to work in Hollywood again 01/08/2024 12:09pm • In his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction last month, actor Jonathan Majors said he hopes to work in Hollywood again. “I pray I do, but it’s God’s plan and God’s timing,” Majors said in the interview that aired Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Asked w Hundreds evacuate homes, 38 rescued from floods in southeast Australia after heavy storms 01/08/2024 09:06am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate their homes on Monday after flooding inundated parts of Victoria state, as wild weather continues to batter Australia’s southeast. The issue was ordered for badly hit areas in the small towns of Seymour and Yea, about 70 mil Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light 01/08/2024 07:11am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three different flights, a federal official said Sunday. Alaska Airlines decided to re COVID-19 cases are rising. What do you need to know now? 01/08/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: ER visits for respiratory viruses skyrocketing, CDC says It's winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing