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A century ago, Cyril Walker won the U.S. Open. He died years later, penniless in a prison cell 06/12/2024 04:30pm • The course that greeted Cyril Walker a century ago for the U.S. Open was a beast, the longest yet in the history of the national championship, and upon seeing it, the diminutive Englishman predicted that the winner would be ���a big fellow with the physical strength to stand the strain.��� It turned High school president writes notes thanking fellow seniors ��� 180 of them 06/12/2024 03:55pm • Emily Post would be proud. A high school class president in Massachusetts who gave a commencement speech wanted to recognize all of his fellow graduates. So he wrote them personal thank-you notes presented at the ceremony ��� 180 to be exact. ���I wish I could���ve acknowledged you all, but there More than 80 passengers killed in the latest boat accident in Congo 06/12/2024 03:34pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� A boat carrying more than 270 passengers has capsized on a river near Congo's capital of Kinshasa, leaving more than 80 dead, President F��lix Tshisekedi said Wednesday. It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed, 9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow's offensive 06/12/2024 03:19pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russian forces launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine���s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow's offensive. Ukrainian authorities said that along with the n Classes at a West Virginia school will relocate over toxic groundwater fears 06/12/2024 02:12pm • Classes at a small West Virginia school will be relocated this fall, two years after the town's contaminated groundwater was added to a national cleanup priority list. Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra R. Porter announced the move Tuesday for students, faculty and staff at Paden City Hi Kite surfer rescued from remote California beach after making 'HELP' sign with rocks 06/12/2024 01:19pm • DAVENPORT, Calif. (AP) ��� A kite surfer was rescued after using rocks to spell out the word ���HELP��� when he became stranded on a Northern California beach last weekend, authorities said. The kite surfer got stuck Sunday on a narrow beach at the base of towering bluffs with the tide coming in, ac Hungary agrees not to veto NATO support to Ukraine as long as it's not forced to help out 06/12/2024 01:07pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Hungary agreed on Wednesday not to veto NATO support for Ukraine but Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n insisted that his government would provide neither funds nor military personnel for any joint assistance effort. At a summit in Washington next month, U.S. President Joe Biden and his Edmunds: Best hybrid sedans for under $35,000 06/12/2024 11:23am • More than ever, buying a hybrid vehicle makes a lot of sense. The latest models are just as powerful ��� in some cases, more powerful ��� as related gas-only models and have such small price premiums that it���s easy to start saving money while reducing your vehicle-based carbon emissions. But what GM board approves another $6 billion share repurchase as the automaker gains momentum 06/12/2024 09:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� General Motors has approved another $6 billion share repurchase as the Detroit automaker adds to its 2024 momentum. The Tuesday announcement follows a $10 billion share buyback authorization in November of last year. Shares in the Detroit automaker rose 1.4% to $48.21 Tuesday. GM Vistas, history and a slice of rural England await hikers to the Peak District's Mam Tor 06/12/2024 09:10am • CASTLETON, England (AP) ��� Finally, a sign I couldn���t miss or misunderstand. It read, ���Mam Tor via Odin Mine.��� As we followed the line of the arrow on the sign, there it was, the popular Mam Tor (Mother Hill), off in the distance, looming above the Hope Valley and beckoning hundreds of hikers A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in southwestern South Korea cracks walls and leaves other minor damage 06/12/2024 01:29am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A magnitude 4.8 earthquake cracked walls, spilled items from store shelves and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea on Wednesday, but no injuries have been reported. The earthquake in Buan, which had an estimated depth of 8 kilomete Chinese man who sailed into a strategic river mouth in Taiwan was acting on his own, China says 06/12/2024 01:14am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The Chinese government said Wednesday that a Chinese man who sailed a small boat into a strategic river mouth in Taiwan was acting on his own and would be punished after his return to China. Taiwanese authorities have detained the man, who has been identified as a 60-year-old former Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia 06/12/2024 12:09am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country���s entire livestock holdings, endangering herders��� livelihoods and way of life. Dzuds are a combination of perennial droughts a Operations of the hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline can begin, regulators say 06/11/2024 11:44pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline was given the go-ahead Tuesday to start operating, six years after construction began at more than double its original estimated cost. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the 303-mile (500-kilometer) Mountain Connor Joe and Oneil Cruz drive in 9th inning runs and Pirates beat Cardinals 2-1 06/11/2024 11:43pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Connor Joe and Oneil Cruz drove in runs in the ninth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Colin Holderman (2-0) gave up two hits but no runs in the eighth and David Bednar earned his 14th save by pitching the ninth