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DeSantis presidential campaign is cutting staff as new financial pressure emerges 07/16/2023 01:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch former President Donald Trump in the GOP's crowded primary contest while facing unexpected financial pressure. DeSantis, the Florida governor, let go fewer than 10 paid staffers late l People evacuated, 5 sent to hospital after possible carbon monoxide exposure in Florida prison 07/16/2023 01:15pm • SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — People were evacuated from a federal prison camp in Florida on Sunday for suspected carbon monoxide exposure that sent two employees and three inmates to the hospital, U.S. Bureau of Prisons officials said. The incident occurred at around 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the minimum-s Passenger takes controls of small airplane from ailing pilot and crash lands in Martha's Vineyard 07/16/2023 09:31am • BOSTON (AP) — A passenger of a small airplane took the controls and crash landed on a Massachusetts island on Saturday after the pilot suffered a medical emergency, police said. The crash happened on Saturday afternoon near Martha's Vineyard Airport in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. The 79-year-old Better weather conditions help slow down La Palma wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands 07/16/2023 09:13am • MADRID (AP) — More favorable weather conditions have helped firefighters slow down the advance of a wildfire on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands that has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 residents, authorities said Sunday. The blaze, which started Saturday, has affected an area of abo Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie 07/16/2023 09:01am • PIPESTONE, Minn. (AP) — Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes essential to prayer and communication with the Creator. Only a dozen Dakota ca DC’s two HBCUs team up to create more homegrown healthcare workers 07/16/2023 08:00am • There were many lessons learned during the pandemic. Two local universities say one of them is that the District doesn’t have enough healthcare workers who know how to use cutting-edge data and technology. The University of the District of Columbia and Howard University are teaming up to fill t Earthquake off the Alaska coast triggers brief tsunami advisory, sending some residents to shelters 07/16/2023 07:59am • A 7.2 magnitude earthquake triggered a brief tsunami advisory for southern Alaska late Saturday, but the advisory was canceled about an hour later, monitoring bodies reported. The earthquake was felt widely throughout the Aleutian Islands, the Alaskan Peninsula and Cook Inlet regions, according to Fargo police don't yet have a motive for the shooting that killed 1 officer and injured 2 07/16/2023 01:17am • FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A gunman opened fire on police and firefighters “for no known reason” as they responded to a traffic crash in North Dakota, killing one officer and wounding two others before another officer killed him, Fargo’s police chief said Saturday. A 25-year-old woman was also inju US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track 07/15/2023 09:59pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous heat wave threatened a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures in the triple digits on Saturday as some cooling centers extended their hours and emergency rooms prepared to treat more people with heat-related illnesses. “Near record temperatur The Iowa caucuses are six months away. Some Republicans worry Trump may be unstoppable 07/15/2023 09:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — He's been indicted twice. Found liable for sexual abuse. And he's viewed unfavorably by about a third of his party. But six months before Republicans begin to choose their next presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump remains the race's dominant front-runner. Early le Inside the school teaching North Korean defectors how to live in the outside world 07/15/2023 08:17pm • Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Before she left North Korea, the woman known as “C” had caught glimpses of life across the border through smuggled television shows.People caught with foreign materials like books and movies, which are banned in the hermit nation, can face severe punishment. But Merrifield, Bichette HR as Blue Jays beat Diamondbacks for seventh win in eight games 07/15/2023 07:25pm • TORONTO (AP) — Whit Merrifield and Bo Bichette hit solo homers, George Springer drove in two runs and emergency starter Chris Bassitt pitched six strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays won for the seventh time in eight games, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Saturday. Merrifield broke a 2- Using DC 'as an example': House, Senate bills tackle home rule with abortion, elections riders 07/15/2023 03:15pm • As the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate look to appropriations and administrative committee bills, representatives and senators highlight the District as a place to test wide-ranging legislation. As bills move toward a floor vote, local leaders are pushing back, calling emphasized Congres People and pets seek shade and cool as Europe sizzles under heat wave that's only going to get worse 07/15/2023 01:40pm • ROME (AP) — Scorching temperatures across Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day as officials warned Saturday of even hotter weather next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several popular Mediterranean tourist de Fire causes explosions at Louisiana chemical plant; residents warned to stay indoors for hours 07/15/2023 12:58pm • PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency officials to urge a few hundred nearby residents to shelter indoors for several hours and to turn off their air