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Ancestral lands of the Muscogee in Georgia would become a national park under bills in Congress 05/01/2024 02:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's congressional delegation introduced legislation Wednesday to protect some of the ancestral lands of the Muscogee tribe as a national park and preserve. The proposed Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve would be Georgia's first national park. The area along the Ocmulgee River 'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways 05/01/2024 02:15pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that���s just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening. The choir director, a fixture at St. Maria Goretti for nearly 40 years, was suddenly Rabid raccoon found in College Park for 2nd time in the past month 05/01/2024 01:51pm • For the second time in the past few weeks, Prince George's County officials say a rabid raccoon was found in College Park, Maryland, last Tuesday. They're cautioning residents who were possibly exposed to get in contact with the health department. The sick animal was spotted less than half a mile US says it will return to Chad for talks to keep troops in the country 05/01/2024 01:42pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� The U.S. military plans to return to Chad within a month for talks about revising an agreement that allows it to keep troops based there, an American general said Wednesday. The U.S. said last month it was withdrawing most of its contingent of about 100 troops from Chad after t Bounce house swept up by wind kills one child and injures another 05/01/2024 01:30pm • One child was killed and another injured when a bounce house was swept up by wind in Casa Grande, Arizona, in what local authorities called "a tragic accident.��� Saturday's fatality occurred after a strong gust sent the inflatable toy house ���airborne into the neighboring lot" with several childre 2 London police officers remain hospitalized after confronting sword-wielding suspect 05/01/2024 12:25pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Two London police officers remained hospitalized Wednesday, a day after suffering ���horrifically serious��� injuries as they rushed to stop a sword-wielding attacker on a suburban street, the city���s police chief said. Details about the attack, in which a teenager was killed, emerg Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability 05/01/2024 12:16pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light, causing the death of a young boy. But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of criminal liability Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk 05/01/2024 12:04pm • KRYO PIGADI, Greece (AP) ��� Skimming over miles of hills blackened by wildfires west of Athens, Fire Lt. Col. Ioannis Kolovos readies his elite fire crew crouched inside a helicopter. The 10-member group from the 1st Wildfire Special Operation Unit bristles with tools needed to hold back fires: cha AUTO RACING: Formula One goes to Miami, NASCAR to Kansas 05/01/2024 11:08am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES AdventHealth 400 Site: Kansas City, Kansas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5:05 p.m., and qualifying, 5:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FS1). Track: Kansas Speedway. Race distance: 267 laps, 400.5 miles. Last year: Denny Hamlin won after starting eighth. Last race: A 98-year-old in Ukraine walked miles to safety from Russians, with slippers and a cane 05/01/2024 07:40am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety. Lidia Stepanivna 1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas 05/01/2024 05:55am • WESTMORELAND, Kan. (AP) ��� One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Pottawatomie County officials said on Facebook that a tornado struck the city of about 700 people Tuesda Indonesia���s Ruang volcano spews more hot clouds after eruption forces closure of schools, airports 05/01/2024 04:07am • MANADO, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano spewed more hot clouds on Wednesday after an eruption the previous day forced the closure of schools and airports, pelted villages with volcanic debris and prompted hundreds of people to flee. Seven airports, including Sam Ratulangi internat Portuguese-flagged ship is hit far in Arabian Sea, raising concerns over Houthi rebel capabilities 05/01/2024 01:09am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A Portuguese-flagged container ship came under attack by a drone in the far reaches of the Arabian Sea, corresponding with a claim by Yemen's Houthi rebels that they assaulted the ship there, authorities said Tuesday. The attack on the MSC Orion, occurring some 600 kilometers (37 P��rez homers from both sides of plate in Tigers 11-6 win over Cardinals to split DH after losing 2-1 04/30/2024 10:16pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Wenceel P��rez hit homers from both sides of the plate, including a tiebreaking blast in the fifth inning, to help the Detroit Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-6 Tuesday night to split a doubleheader. ���There's some energy around Wenceel and we want more of it,��� Tigers mana Indonesia's Mount Ruang erupts again, spewing ash and peppering villages with debris 04/30/2024 09:16pm • MANADO, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesia���s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers (more than a mile) into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris. The alert level of the volcano on Sulawesi Island was again rais