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Woman pleads guilty to shooting rural Pennsylvania prosecutor, sentenced to several years in prison 05/20/2024 06:55pm • A Pennsylvania woman pleaded guilty Monday to shooting a county prosecutor after a confrontation about a property transfer and was sentenced to several years in prison. Porice Diamond Mincy pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for shooting Cameron County District Attorney Paul J. Malizia in the leg Tennessee professor swept away by wave during Brazil study-abroad trip has died 05/20/2024 05:16pm • COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Tennessee community college professor who was swept away by an ocean wave during a study-abroad trip in Brazil has died, his school said Monday. Clifford Gordon, associate professor of art, was walking with three students along an oceanside road in Paraty, Brazil, when the Memorial Day weekend 2024 could break travel records. Here's what to know. 05/20/2024 05:04pm • ▶ Watch Video: Record travel expected as millions make plans for Memorial Day Despite another month of spring technically still ahead, travelers often view Memorial Day weekend��as an unofficial kickoff to the summer season ��� and traffic notoriously reflects that. Based on current fo What's next for a crackdown on Haitian migrants as the Dominican Republic leader enters a new term? 05/20/2024 04:40pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� After Dominican President Luis Abinader coasted into a second term over the weekend, he promised in a nationalistic speech that ���the best is yet to come.��� But as one of the region's most popular leaders spoke of economic prosperity and constitutional reforms, he notably left Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment fails in acrimonious end to legislative session 05/20/2024 04:22pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Minnesota lawmakers failed to pass a state Equal Rights Amendment that would have enshrined protections for abortion and LGBTQ+ rights in the state Constitution as the 2024 legislative session came to an acrimonious end. The Minnesota ERA was the one of the biggest casualtie Tugboats escort ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse back to port 05/20/2024 04:19pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� The recovery from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse reached a significant milestone Monday as tugboats escorted the ill-fated container ship Dali back to port, its damaged bow still covered with smashed shipping containers, fallen steel trusses and mangled concrete. Nearly two Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature 05/20/2024 04:16pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� A plan to boost pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota that lawmakers believe would prevent the companies from leaving the market advanced in the state Legislature on Sunday before the midnight deadline. The House passed the compensation bill but the measure was held up Modern agriculture celebrated on National Mall with stunning display of innovative farming equipment 05/20/2024 03:59pm • This content is sponsored by Clean Fuels Alliance America. The National Mall is typically known for its iconic monuments and historic significance, but it was recently transformed into a showcase of agricultural innovation as big pieces of farming equipment took center stage. Against the backd Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world 05/20/2024 03:41pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Ask almost any hardcore motorsports fan who the best driver in the world is right now and the answer is probably going to be Formula 1's three-time reigning champion. But Alexander Rossi has raced against Max Verstappen, just as he has raced against NASCAR star Kyle Larson. An The Latest | Iran's president, foreign minister and others die in helicopter crash 05/20/2024 03:13pm • Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country���s foreign minister and others were found dead Monday at the site of a helicopter crash after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region in the country���s northwest, state media reported. State TV gave no immediate cause for the crash Sunda DC police officer wounded after suspect fires at his vehicle; 2 arrested in Prince George's Co. 05/20/2024 03:02pm • A D.C. police officer was taken to the hospital after a person shot at his car while he was on his way to work Monday afternoon. Two suspects sought by police in the shooting were later arrested in Prince George's County after their car crashed and flipped over. It all began unfolding around 12:1 Book Review: 'Cujo' character returns as one of 12 stories in Stephen King���s ���You Like It Darker' 05/20/2024 02:48pm • In Stephen King���s world, ���It��� is a loaded word. It���s hard not to picture Pennywise the Clown haunting the sewers of Derry, Maine, of course, but in the horror writer���s newest collection of stories, ���You Like It Darker,��� ���It��� ranges from a suspicious stranger on a park bench, to an What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran's president and others 05/20/2024 02:43pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� The helicopter crash that killed Iran���s president and foreign minister has sent shock waves around the region. Iranian state media on Monday said that President Ebrahim Raisi, the country���s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and others had been found dead after an hourslo Texas bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island reopened after barge collision 05/20/2024 02:32pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A bridge near Galveston, Texas, that was damaged last week when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat has reopened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic after safety inspections deemed it safe, officials said. The barge crashed into a pillar supporting the Pelican Island Cause California congressman urges closer consultation with tribes on offshore wind 05/20/2024 02:31pm • A congressman who represents California���s north coast has sent a letter to federal regulators asking that they ���urgently place��� a senior official in the state to respond to tribal needs as wind power is developed offshore. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman sent the letter as the U.S. offshore wind indus