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A US veteran died at a nursing home, abandoned. Hundreds of strangers came to say goodbye 06/20/2024 08:26pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten. Then the funeral home posted a notice asking if anyone would serve as a pallbearer or simply attend his burial. Within minutes, it was turning away volunteers to carry his 7 Drone Stocks to Watch in 2024 06/20/2024 08:00pm • The worldwide drone market continues to elevate, with the commercial drone realm expected to grow from $43.4 billion to $60.4 billion by the end of 2024, according to Precedent Research. By 2033, that market should crest at $1.2 trillion, which translates to a 39.1% compound annual growth rate, Prec Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines low flight over Oklahoma City suburbs 06/20/2024 07:43pm • DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines jet that triggered a low-altitude alert as it prepared to land in Oklahoma City but was still nine miles from the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that an air traffic controller notified the Southwest Tree destroys cabin at Michigan camp, trapping counselor in bed for 90 minutes 06/20/2024 07:28pm • BENONA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A tree crashed onto a cabin with 14 people, mostly girls, inside, trapping a counselor in her bed for 90 minutes early Thursday at a camp in northern Michigan, authorities said. “Thankfully, the adult counselor walked out of the destroyed cabin and appears to be jus Arrestos de indocumentados en la frontera sur de EEUU bajan por tercer mes consecutivo 06/20/2024 06:53pm • SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Los cruces irregulares de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos disminuyeron en mayo por tercer mes consecutivo, según datos publicados este jueves por la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP). Las autoridades estadounidenses reportaron en mayo 11 Roller coaster strikes and critically injures man in restricted area of Ohio theme park 06/20/2024 06:29pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who apparently entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys at a theme park in Ohio was critically injured when he was struck by a steel roller coaster, police and park officials said. The 38-year-old man appeared to have entered a fenced area at Kings Island Wednesd Tom Kim shoots 62 to lead Travelers, with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler 3 shots behind 06/20/2024 06:17pm • CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week. When they tee it up on the big day, they’ll be fighting for the lead at the Travelers Championship. Kim shot an 8- FBI raids several California homes, including Oakland mayor's 06/20/2024 06:16pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities raided a home belonging to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao early Thursday as part of a California investigation that included a search of at least two other houses, officials said. FBI agents carried boxes out of 80 Maiden Lane, a four-bedroom home that propert The Latest | US-built pier in Gaza unloads aid again after weather setback, official says 06/20/2024 06:10pm • The U.S.-built pier in Gaza was unloading humanitarian aid again Thursday after being removed for a second time last week because of rough seas, the U.S. military said. The floating pier was anchored back on Gaza’s shoreline Wednesday after facing a number of setbacks. Aid groups have sharply crit Jury to begin deliberating in murder trial of suburban Seattle officer who killed a man in 2019 06/20/2024 05:41pm • A suburban Seattle officer who fatally shot a homeless man in 2019 ignored his training and should be convicted of murder, a prosecutor said Thursday during the trial's closing arguments, while defense lawyers argued the officer was rightfully defending himself. Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson Biden administration old-growth forest proposal doesn't ban logging, but still angers industry 06/20/2024 04:49pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis Ola de calor en el noreste de EEUU mantiene en alerta a 65 millones 06/20/2024 03:54pm • Una ola de calor continúa azotando el Medio Oeste y el Noreste de Estados Unidos y se espera que más media docena de récords se igualen o superen el jueves por la tarde. Alrededor de 65 millones de personas permanecen bajo alertas de calor en el este de los Grandes Lagos, el valle de Ohio, el Italian coast guard recovers 12 more bodies of shipwreck victims in the Ionian Sea 06/20/2024 03:22pm • MILAN (AP) — The Italian coast guard on Thursday recovered 12 more bodies from a weekend shipwreck in the Ionian Sea off the southern Italian coastline, bringing to 20 the number of known victims from the sinking. Dozens more are missing and presumed dead. The bodies, including women and children, U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry 06/20/2024 03:13pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across America, leading towns and states to ban or restrict blowers that run on gasoline. But the measures face blowback from the landscaping industry and some property owners who say that Orange County judge can stand trial for murder in wife's shooting death, judge says 06/20/2024 03:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California judge can stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife, another judge ruled Thursday, after finding there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. The decision came after a preliminary hearing for Orange County Superior Court Jud