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Texas heat brings the state's power grid closest it has been to outages since 2021 winter storm 09/07/2023 10:19pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat. The request carried fresh urgency, coming the day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a d New Mexico governor seeks federal agents to combat gun violence in Albuquerque 09/07/2023 09:40pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico is asking the U.S. Justice Department to deploy more federal agents to the state in the aftermath of the shooting death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday sent a letter U Slave descendants on Georgia island fighting to keep protections that helped them keep their land 09/07/2023 09:34pm • DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting their local government, this time over a proposal to eliminate protections that for decades helped shield the Gullah-Geechee residents from high taxes and pressure to sell their land to d Company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves as Massachusetts investigates teen's death 09/07/2023 09:01pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The maker of an extremely spicy tortilla chip sold as the One Chip Challenge and popularized as a dare on social media is pulling the product after the family of a Massachusetts teenager blamed the stunt for his death. The cause of Harris Wolobah's death last Friday hasn't Texas AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial defense includes claims of a Republican plot to remove him 09/07/2023 07:17pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has long denied corruption accusations that have dogged him for years. But as his impeachment trial gets underway, another defense is emerging: that fellow Republicans plotted to oust him. His attorneys have so far presented no evidence in the Pelicans say Trey Murphy has arthroscopic surgery and is likely out 10-12 weeks 09/07/2023 07:03pm • METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III, who hurt his left knee during a workout this week, has undergone arthroscopic surgery to repair his meniscus and is expected to return to “basketball activities” in 10 to 12 weeks, the club said Thursday. In addition to a menis Howard Co. is first in Maryland to give paramedics ability to do blood transfusions 09/07/2023 06:43pm • For many paramedics, when a patient has lost a lot of blood, the only chance to save them involves stopping the bleeding and rushing them to the hospital as fast as possible. That has changed in Howard County, with the county’s Fire and EMS department's new ability to perform blood transfus A man is back in prison despite a deal reducing his sentence. He's fighting to restore the agreement 09/07/2023 06:34pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for a man sent back to prison in South Carolina after a deal reducing his sentence was canceled said he plans to ask for the agreement to be restored. Attorney Todd Rutherford said Wednesday that he and his client Jeroid Price did nothing wrong to warrant the state An ailing American explorer trapped 3,000 feet deep in Turkish cave awaits difficult rescue 09/07/2023 06:02pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey on Thursday, launching an operation to save an American researcher who became trapped almost 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the cave's entrance after suffering stomach bleeding. Experienced caver Mark Dickey, 40, suddenly beca Police officer killed, another injured in Hartford after their cruiser is struck by a speeding car 09/07/2023 05:04pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A police officer was killed and another was seriously injured Wednesday night when their cruiser was struck by a car speeding through a red light while fleeing a traffic stop in Connecticut's capital city, authorities said. The driver of the car was arrested. Officer Robert Catholic-Jewish research backs reports Catholic convents sheltered 3,000-plus Roman Jews during WWII 09/07/2023 04:07pm • ROME (AP) — Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II, providing names of at least 3,200 Jews whose identities have been corroborated by the city’s Jewish community, officials said Th Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off 09/07/2023 03:58pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread flooding in central Greece left at least six people dead, six missing and dozens trapped, with severe rainstorms feeding raging torrents that burst dams, washed away roads and bridges, hurled cars into the sea and left large areas without power or drinking water. F Cowboys will try to beat the Giants for the fifth straight meeting and for the 12th time in 13 games 09/07/2023 03:21pm • DALLAS (13-6) at NEW YORK GIANTS (10-8-1) Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EDT, NBC FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Cowboys by 3 1/2. SERIES RECORD: Cowboys lead 73-48-2. LAST MEETING: Cowboys beat Giants 28-20 on Nov. 24, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. COWBOYS OFFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (9), PASS (14), SCORING (4). COW Report blames deadly Iowa building collapse on removal of bricks and lack of shoring 09/07/2023 02:08pm • A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused by the removal of brick and inadequate shoring of the 116-year-old structure, according to a report released by officials Thursday. The 113-page investigative report by two engineering companies also blamed the collapse o Bruce Springsteen has peptic ulcer disease. Doctors say it's easily treated 09/07/2023 02:00pm • Bruce Springsteen announced Thursday that he’s postponing a slate of concerts in September on the advice of doctors who treating him for peptic ulcer disease. Fans who aren’t familiar with this common and potentially serious gastrointestinal problem may wonder how it could sideline The Boss, who