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Death toll from bridge collapse in China's Shaanxi province raised to 38. Two dozen still missing 08/03/2024 05:04am • BEIJING (AP) — The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday evening, while a separate tunnel collapse and landslides in southwestern Sichuan province i 1 of 3 killed in Nevada prison brawl was white supremacist gang member who killed an inmate in 2016 08/03/2024 12:52am • RENO, Nev. (AP) — One of three inmates killed in a Nevada prison brawl this week was a member of a white supremacist prison gang who was serving a life sentence for his role in a murder at another Nevada prison, authorities said Friday. The local county sheriff identified Anthony Williams, 41, as Steven van de Velde, Olympic beach volleyball player convicted of rape, advances to round-of-16 08/03/2024 12:23am • PARIS (AP) — Dutch Olympian Steven van de Velde, who was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old girl in England, advanced to the knockout round of the beach volleyball tournament on Friday, even with a loss in the final match of pool play. Van de Velde and Matthew Immers will play in the round Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire 08/02/2024 11:29pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend, when expected thunderstorms may unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds that could erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot condit Election 2024 Latest: DNC chair says Harris secured enough delegate votes to become party nominee 08/02/2024 08:00pm • Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but Harris' campaign marked the moment when she crossed Idaho prosecutor says he'll seek death penalty against inmate accused of killing while on the lam 08/02/2024 06:56pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against an Idaho inmate charged with killing a man while he was on the lam during a 36-hour escape from prison. Skylar Meade, 32, has already been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the March escape from Baseball team's charter bus catches fire in Iowa; no one is hurt 08/02/2024 06:22pm • A charter bus caught fire early Friday as it was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game in a Chicago suburb. Members of the Sioux City Explorers made it off the bus safely, although several lost their gloves when the overhead bins melted. The fire started as the bus approache Jubilant boxer David De Pina secures the first-ever Olympic medal for Cape Verde 08/02/2024 05:19pm • VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Cape Verde boxer David De Pina clinched his island nation's first Olympic medal with a quarterfinal victory Friday in the boxing tournament at the Paris Games. Cape Verde, a nation of about 600,000 people on 10 isles more than 300 miles west of continental Africa, had nev A North Carolina county is losing its 2 top election officials weeks before balloting begins 08/02/2024 05:11pm • ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina county will soon lose its top two election administrators mere weeks before the first general election ballots go out to voters. The elections board in Pasquotank County, along the Virginia border about 170 miles (274 kilometers) northeast of Raleigh, Florida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near 08/02/2024 05:04pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday will likely dump torrential rains over the Florida peninsula this weekend, a forecast that’s especially concerning for low-lying coastal and urban areas that were inundated by dangerous floods this year. The National Hurricane C Olympic Beach Volleyball Results 08/02/2024 04:49pm • Friday Men Preliminary Phase Pool B Chile (Esteban Grimalt; Marco Grimalt), def. Italy (Alex Ranghieri; Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich), 21-15, 23-21. Norway (Anders Berntsen Mol; Christian Sandlie Soerum), def. Netherlands (Matthew Immers; Steven van de Velde), 21-16, 21-19. Pool E Canada (Daniel International Seabed Authority elects new secretary general amid concerns over deep-sea mining 08/02/2024 04:48pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Members of the International Seabed Authority elected Leticia Carvalho of Brazil as the group's new secretary general Friday amid growing support for a preliminary halt to deep-sea mining. Carvalho received 79 votes compared to incumbent Michael Lodge’s 34 votes. The ISA Ex-Louisiana mayor is arrested and accused of raping minor following abrupt resignation 08/02/2024 04:41pm • DERIDDER, La. (AP) — A woman who abruptly resigned her mayoral seat in a small southwest Louisiana city a week ago is now facing a rape charge involving a minor. Louisiana State Police arrested Misty Clanton Roberts, 42, on Thursday on charges of third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquen Report: Pilot reported 'pretty significant problem' before fatal crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore 08/02/2024 04:35pm • The pilot of a small plane reported a "pretty significant engine problem" before a crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore earlier this month took his life. Robert Eugene Merlini, 56, of Annapolis, was the only one on board the twin-engine Cessna 402, when it crashed into the water in Easton on July 16 Periodic flooding hurts Mississippi. But could mitigation there hurt downstream in Louisiana? 08/02/2024 04:29pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi's capital city in 2020 — a recurring problem when heavy rains push the Pearl River over its banks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it intends to make a final recommendation by the end of this yea