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Trucker describes finding 'miracle baby' by the side of a highway in Louisiana 07/12/2024 02:41pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Reginald Walton had just rolled his 18-wheeler into Louisiana, eastbound on Interstate 10 after making a Texas delivery, when he spotted what looked like a discarded baby doll sitting on the embankment. Then he saw movement. “I noticed that it moved and I called 911 and told For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out 07/12/2024 01:42pm • TAHOLAH, Wash. (AP) — Standing water lies beneath the home Sonny Curley shares with his parents and three children on the Quinault reservation a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in Washington's Olympic Peninsula. The back deck is rotting, and black mold speckles the walls inside, leaving the 46-ye Albania's supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison 07/12/2024 12:48pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes. A Supreme Court statement said that it upheld the verdicts of the court of first inst Philipsen wins Stage 13 of Tour de France in sprint finish and Pogacar keeps overall lead 07/12/2024 12:47pm • PAU, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen won the 13th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish and two-time champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey on Friday. Several riders fell in a crash a few hundred meters from the line but Pogacar, who was just ahead, avoided it. Philipsen held off Be Tour de France Results 07/12/2024 12:07pm • Friday, July 12 In France 13th Stage A 102.7-mile race from Agen to Pau. 1. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, Alpecin-Deceuninck/BEL, 3:23:09s. 2. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, Team Visma/Lease a Bike/NED, same time. 3. Pascal Ackermann, Germany, Israel-Premier Tech/ISF, same time. 4. Biniam Girmay, Erit Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the surfing competition 07/12/2024 11:03am • A roadmap to follow for the surfing competition at the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Carissa Moore, United States: The Olympic and five-time world champion has announced she’s stepping away from top-tier competitive surfing after the Paris Games. She won the first Olympic gold medal awarded Finnish lawmakers approve controversial law to turn away migrants at border with Russia 07/12/2024 10:17am • HELSINKI (AP) — Finnish lawmakers on Friday narrowly approved a controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia and reject their asylum applications because Helsinki says Moscow is orchestrating an influx of migrants Sports on TV for July 13 - 14 07/12/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 13 ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2:30 p.m. CBSSN — Salina at Albany 10 p.m. CBSSN — Nashville at Billings AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Essendon at North Melbourne 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Gre Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the triathlon competition 07/12/2024 10:10am • A roadmap to follow for the triathlon competition at the Paris Games: Athletes to Watch —Alex Yee, Britain: The silver medalist in Tokyo three years ago won a test event on the Paris course last August. He is a former 10,000-meter runner on the track. —Léo Bergere, France: No. 1 in Olympic men' 2 buses carrying more than 50 people were swept into a river by a landslide in Nepal 07/12/2024 09:48am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A landslide swept two passenger buses carrying more than 50 people into a swollen river in central Nepal early Friday, while continuous rain and more landslides were making rescue efforts difficult. Three survivors apparently swam to safety, but rescuers by late morning had Man sentenced to life over plot to kidnap, rape and murder UK TV personality Holly Willoughby 07/12/2024 09:18am • LONDON (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, one of Britain’s most high-profile television personalities. At the sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court, around 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of London, Judge Edward Murr British police arrest man on suspicion of crossbow murders of 3 women near London 07/12/2024 07:48am • LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of killing two sisters and their mother in a crossbow attack. In a statement Friday, Hertfordshire Police said that they arrested the suspect on Thursday evening. He remains in a serious condition in a Inmates escape from one of Niger’s most fortified prisons where jihadis are held 07/12/2024 07:24am • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Nigerien authorities enforced a curfew Friday as they searched for inmates who escaped from one of the country's most fortified prisons in the Tillaberi region after it was breached under unclear circumstances. Niger’s Ministry of Interior alerted government agencies to the Should you use a credit card or cash on vacation? 07/12/2024 07:20am • Cash is king, but credit can offer greater security when you travel. Before you head out on vacation, make plans for whether you'll pay for expenses such as meals, souvenirs and local transportation with cash or credit. Consider how you plan to spend, where you're going and how flexible your money n Wildfire risk rises as Western states dry out amid protracted heat wave 07/12/2024 07:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires amid a protracted heat wave that has dried out the landscape while setting temperature records and putting lives at risk. Forecasters, meanwhile, said Thursday that some relief was due by the weekend. Californi