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BNSF Railway says it didn't know about asbestos that's killed hundreds in Montana town 04/19/2024 08:10pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal Superfund pollution program. Attorneys for the c Miles Russell is 15. He sets Korn Ferry Tour record as the youngest player to make the cut 04/19/2024 08:02pm • LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Miles Russell became the youngest player to make the cut in the 35-year history of the Korn Ferry Tour when the 15-year-old posted a 5-under 66 Friday in the Lecom Suncoast Classic. Russell opened with a 68 and left little doubt he would be sticking around all four days. He m 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana's high holiday 04/19/2024 07:58pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. This year’s edition provides an occasion for activists to reflect F2 champion Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut as Malukas' injury keeps McLaren driver on sidelines 04/19/2024 07:25pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire will make his IndyCar debut on the streets of Long Beach with Arrow McLaren as the 20-year-old Frenchman becomes the latest replacement for injured driver David Malukas. Pourchaire said Friday that he was initially contacted abo Idaho group says it is exploring a ballot initiative for abortion rights and reproductive care 04/19/2024 07:07pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying strict abortion bans that have been blamed for a recent exodus of health car 10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say 04/19/2024 06:04pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 10-year-old boy has confessed to an unsolved killing in Texas, telling investigators that he shot a man he did not know while the victim slept, authorities said Friday. The boy, who was just shy of his eighth birthday when the man was shot two years ago, has been evaluated The Latest | Opening statements in Trump hush money trial set for Monday after latest appeal fails 04/19/2024 06:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money case are set to begin next week after a jury of 12 people and six alternates was seated Friday. The seating of the jury sets the stage for weeks of testimony in a case charging Trump with falsifying business records to suppress storie Attorneys argue that Florida law discriminates against Chinese nationals trying to buy homes 04/19/2024 05:56pm • An attorney asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a controversial Florida law signed last year that restricts Chinese citizens from buying real estate in much of the state, calling it discriminatory and a violation of the federal government's supremacy in deciding foreign affairs. Attorn National Guard delays Alaska staffing changes that threatened national security, civilian rescues 04/19/2024 05:02pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Air National Guard has delayed its plan to downgrade the status of about 80 members of its Alaska unit, a move that would have threatened national security and civilian rescues in the nation’s most remote state. The Alaska Air National Guard confirmed the delay in an FAU hires Isaiah Austin, whose NBA playing plans were derailed, as an assistant coach 04/19/2024 04:13pm • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Isaiah Austin never wanted to become a coach. And now, he sees it as his calling. The former Baylor center — whose plans to play in the NBA were thwarted when he was diagnosed in 2014 with Marfan syndrome — was introduced Friday as an assistant coach on new coach John J Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska's petroleum reserve 04/19/2024 03:57pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm. The decision — part o Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry 04/19/2024 03:33pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments — including commercial, state-authorized supplies — as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that more than $300,000 worth of marijuana has been confiscated in recent months at highway che Crews turn sights to removing debris from ship's deck in Baltimore bridge collapse cleanup 04/19/2024 03:29pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Salvage crews at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore are turning their focus to the thousands of tons of debris sitting atop the Dali, a massive cargo ship that veered off course and caused the deadly catastrophe last month. An estimated 3,000 to 4,0 Catholic priest resigns from Michigan church following protests over his criticism of a gay author 04/19/2024 02:47pm • BEAL CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret that a gay author had read a book to preschool children. Gay rights activists and others have held regular Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands 04/19/2024 02:32pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that's meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition