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No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there. 06/13/2024 02:59pm • Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years. The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While gray wolves are commo Suspect in shooting of 3 deputies in Illinois had multiple firearms, sheriff says 06/13/2024 02:29pm • DIXON, Ill. (AP) ��� A man accused of shooting and wounding three sheriff's deputies during a standoff at a home in northern Illinois had multiple firearms in his possession, authorities said. A fixed-blade knife, pepper spray and ballistic armor also were found following Wednesday's shooting in the Ukrainian winemakers visit California's Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards 06/13/2024 02:05pm • RUTHERFORD, Calif. (AP) ��� As the head of an association of winemakers in southern Ukraine, Georgiy Molchanov knows a lot about how to cultivate grapes; not so much how to grow them amid undetonated mines. But that was the situation he found himself in after a Russian rocket dropped the explosives IndyCar moves to Fox Sports in 2025 after 16 seasons with NBC. Fox now has Daytona 500 and Indy 500 06/13/2024 11:40am • Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world ��� the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule. NASCAR in November an The Stanley Cup Final in American Sign Language is a welcome addition for Deaf community 06/13/2024 10:28am • GENOA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ��� Bob Madden's eyes darted from right to left, watching Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final from a couch with his son, Jonathan, at his side and the family dog, Ruby, at their feet. Madden, who is deaf, was enjoying the view with access to the commentary delivered in America Masses of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia circle the Kaaba ahead of the official beginning of the Hajj 06/13/2024 10:19am • MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam���s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to officially open the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that takes the faithful along a route taken by th NATO defense ministers thrash out new security aid and training support plan for Ukraine 06/13/2024 10:08am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday hoping to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion, after Hungary promised not to veto the proposal as long as it���s not forced to take part. The ministe Nicole Kidman gets gushes from Miles Teller, Zac Efron, on night of AFI Life Achievement Award 06/13/2024 09:44am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Nicole Kidman���s close co-stars, including Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon, paid her emotional tribute, as expected, when she received the AFI Life Achievement Award in April. But when a taped telecast of the event airs on TNT on Monday night, viewers may be surprised to se Italy's G7 venue is a faux medieval luxury resort far from public view 06/13/2024 08:44am • BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) ��� Leaders of the Group of Seven rich democracies are meeting in a faux medieval town constructed as a luxury resort on the heel of Italy���s boot. Borgo Egnazia, nestled amid olive groves and prickly pear cacti in the southern Puglia region, has reportedly hosted Madonna Poland reintroduces restrictions on accessing areas along Belarus border due to migration pressure 06/13/2024 07:05am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Poland on Thursday reintroduced restrictions on movement along parts of the border with Belarus because of increased migration pressure that has involved violence against Polish security officials. The ban taking effect Thursday will be valid for 90 days and affects 60 kilome One year later, migrants who survived wreck off Greece seek justice and struggle to cope with life 06/13/2024 04:15am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan's arms, legs and neck, and screams misted his ears, as he spat out saltwater and fought for three hours to keep afloat in the night, dozens of miles from land. Although a poor swimmer, he lived ��� one of just 104 survivors from the wreck Blinken says some of Hamas' proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not 06/12/2024 10:37pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal for Gaza after Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of which he said were ���workable��� and some not. The back-and-forth laid bare frustration ove He rambled to reporters after a downtown Atlanta shooting. Then, police say, he hijacked a bus 06/12/2024 10:33pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� As police responded to reports of multiple people shot at a downtown Atlanta food court, Joseph Grier was on the sidewalk outside, rambling to reporters about his mental health, criminal record and banking history. ���I���m bipolar, I���m gonna tell you all that, and I���m off my me Has a 'scofflaw' driver figured out how to avoid getting towed? 06/12/2024 10:10pm • WTOP is continuing its exclusive coverage on D.C.���s efforts to go after what it calls "scofflaw drivers" ��� drivers who don���t pay the automated traffic enforcement cameras and parking tickets they rack up. But one city resident is wondering whether his neighbor found a loophole. Records Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed 06/12/2024 09:29pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hezbollah vowed Wednesday to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of violence began eight months ago. ���Our response after the martyrdom of Abu Taleb will be to intensify ou