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Rain helps 1,000 firefighters slow big New Mexico blazes as Biden approves disaster relief 06/20/2024 11:09pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — More than 1,000 firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of a break in the weather on Thursday to get the upper hand — for now — on a pair of wildfires that have killed two people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to flee. President Joe Biden issued a dis Donovan homers, Cardinals beat Giants 6-5 in game at Rickwood Field honoring Mays and Negro Leagues 06/20/2024 11:06pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and a double and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 in the Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field on Thursday night. The 114-year-old Rickwood Field is the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and for After decades of advocacy, Fairfax Co. community gets school bus service 06/20/2024 10:40pm • For decades, students who lived in the Mount Vernon Square community have had to cross busy residential streets and walk along an unpaved and unmaintained path to get to the nearby Hollin Meadows Elementary School. Some of the trek for the Fairfax County, Virginia, students included a wooded area A US veteran died at a nursing home, abandoned. Hundreds of strangers came to say goodbye 06/20/2024 08:26pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a pallbearer or simply attend his burial. Within minutes, it was turning away volunteers to carry his 7 Drone Stocks to Watch in 2024 06/20/2024 08:00pm • The worldwide drone market continues to elevate, with the commercial drone realm expected to grow from $43.4 billion to $60.4 billion by the end of 2024, according to Precedent Research. By 2033, that market should crest at $1.2 trillion, which translates to a 39.1% compound annual growth rate, Prec Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines low flight over Oklahoma City suburbs 06/20/2024 07:43pm • DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines jet that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine miles from the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that an air traffic controller notified the Southwest Tree destroys cabin at Michigan camp, trapping counselor in bed for 90 minutes 06/20/2024 07:28pm • BENONA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A tree crashed onto a cabin with 14 people, mostly girls, inside, trapping a counselor in her bed for 90 minutes early Thursday at a camp in northern Michigan, authorities said. “Thankfully, the adult counselor walked out of the destroyed cabin and appears to be jus Arrestos de indocumentados en la frontera sur de EEUU bajan por tercer mes consecutivo 06/20/2024 06:53pm • SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Los cruces irregulares de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos disminuyeron en mayo por tercer mes consecutivo, según datos publicados este jueves por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP). Las autoridades estadounidenses reportaron en mayo 11 Roller coaster strikes and critically injures man in restricted area of Ohio theme park 06/20/2024 06:29pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who apparently entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys at a theme park in Ohio was critically injured when he was struck by a steel roller coaster, police and park officials said. The 38-year-old man appeared to have entered a fenced area at Kings Island Wednesd Tom Kim shoots 62 to lead Travelers, with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler 3 shots behind 06/20/2024 06:17pm • CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week. When they tee it up on the big day, they’ll be fighting for the lead at the Travelers Championship. Kim shot an 8- FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor's 06/20/2024 06:16pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that included a search of at least two other houses, officials said. FBI agents carried boxes out of 80 Maiden Lane, a four-bedroom home that propert The Latest | US-built pier in Gaza unloads aid again after weather setback, official says 06/20/2024 06:10pm • The U.S.-built pier in Gaza was unloading humanitarian aid again Thursday after being removed for a second time last week because of rough seas, the U.S. military said. The floating pier was anchored back on Gaza’s shoreline Wednesday after facing a number of setbacks. Aid groups have sharply crit Jury to begin deliberating in murder trial of suburban Seattle officer who killed a man in 2019 06/20/2024 05:41pm • A suburban Seattle officer who fatally shot a homeless man in 2019 ignored his training and should be convicted of murder, a prosecutor said Thursday during the trial's closing arguments, while defense lawyers argued the officer was rightfully defending himself. Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson Biden administration old-growth forest proposal doesn't ban logging, but still angers industry 06/20/2024 04:49pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis Ola de calor en el noreste de EEUU mantiene en alerta a 65 millones 06/20/2024 03:54pm • Una ola de calor continúa azotando el Medio Oeste y el Noreste de Estados Unidos y se espera que más media docena de récords se igualen o superen el jueves por la tarde. Alrededor de 65 millones de personas permanecen bajo alertas de calor en el este de los Grandes Lagos, el valle de Ohio, el