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A Southern California man pleads not guilty to setting a fire that exploded into a massive wildfire 09/17/2024 05:22pm • RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man has pleaded not guilty to starting a fire that authorities said ballooned into a massive wildfire and forced the evacuation of thousands of homes. Online court records show Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, entered the plea from jail in a video arraignm Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply 09/17/2024 04:19pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana's drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third year in a row, an underwater levee is being built to slow the brackish intrusion and prevent it from reachin Greek firefighters contain a blaze at a major oil refinery that injured 3 workers 09/17/2024 04:13pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Three workers suffered light injuries during a fire Tuesday at a major oil refinery west of Athens that prompted Greek authorities to issue an evacuation alert for the surrounding area. The blaze near the seaside town of Agii Theodori, some 70 kilometers (40 miles) from Athen NASCAR Cup playoffs to run under the lights at Bristol bullring; F1 preps for streets of Singapore 09/17/2024 04:13pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race. Site: Bristol, Tennessee. Schedule: Friday, practice, 4 p.m.; qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (USA Network) Track: Bristol Motor Speedway. Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles. Last year: Denny Hamlin started second in t Police shift focus from woods to road patrols in search for Kentucky interstate shooter 09/17/2024 03:36pm • Authorities shifted their strategy Tuesday while trying to track down an interstate highway shooter in Kentucky, pulling searchers from the woods to bolster patrols in communities near where the gunman opened fire, hitting a dozen vehicles and wounding five people. After searching 28,000 acres (11,3 Mark O'Meara to retire after PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach 09/17/2024 02:16pm • Mark O���Meara is ready to retire, and he has picked the ideal spot in Pebble Beach. O���Meara won the California State Amateur in 1979, the first of his six titles over three decades at Pebble Beach. Five of those were the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the last one in 1997 when at age 40 he held of Cyprus approves electricity cable to link its power grid with Greece's 09/17/2024 02:10pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cyprus has given the green light for construction of a 1.9 billion euro ($2.1 billion) undersea electricity cable linking its grid with Greece's, aiming to sharply reduce electricity bills and end its energy isolation, the country's energy minister said Tuesday. Minister Geo College football guarantee games pay millions to small-budget schools but opportunities could shrink 09/17/2024 12:26pm • Ohio State and Kent State, separated by 135 miles in the same state, occupy extreme ends of the spectrum of major college football. Buckeyes football pulled in $127 million in revenue in 2023. Golden Flashes football has a budget of about $9 million. Still, Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork an Boston Marathon lowers qualifying times for most prospective runners for 2026 race 09/17/2024 10:14am • BOSTON (AP) ��� Runners hoping to qualify for the 2026 Boston Marathon are going to have to pick up the pace. The Boston Athletic Association has updated its qualifying times for the world's oldest annual marathon, asking most prospective competitors to run a 26.2-mile race five minutes faster than Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea leave more than 35 people dead, police say 09/17/2024 04:39am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea���s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead, a police official said on Tuesday. Police Assistant Commissioner Joseph Tondon in Enga province said the death toll from the violence blamed on illegal miners was st Massive pipeline fire burning near Houston began after a vehicle struck a valve, officials say 09/17/2024 01:56am • DEER PARK, Texas (AP) ��� A towering flame gradually subsided Tuesday morning in the aftermath of a massive pipeline explosion after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve, officials said. Deer Park officials said police and local FBI agents initiated investigations and fou 2 people reported dead in China as Typhoon Bebinca is downgraded to a tropical storm 09/17/2024 12:28am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Two people died in China���s eastern Jiangsu province as Typhoon Bebinca brought torrential rains and powerful winds before easing into a tropical storm, state media reported Tuesday. Two residents of Zhoushi Town, about 80 kilometers (31 miles) northwest of Shanghai, were hit by a US Coast Guard says Russian naval vessels crossed into buffer zone off Alaska 09/17/2024 12:11am • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it tracked a group of Russian naval vessels as they crossed into U.S. waters off Alaska in an apparent effort to avoid sea ice, a move that is permitted under international rules and customs. Crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter witnessed th The Titan's former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready 09/16/2024 11:19pm • The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic testified Monday that he felt pressured to get the vessel ready to dive and refused to pilot it for a journey several years earlier. ���'I'm not getting in it,'��� Tony Nissen said he told Stockton R Keith hits 2-run homer as Tigers overcome Witt's grand slam and rally for 7-6 win over Royals 09/16/2024 11:15pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Colt Keith hit a two-run homer, Matt Vierling had three hits while driving in the go-ahead run, and the Detroit Tigers rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on Monday night in a crucial game for their playoff hopes. Pinch-hitter Wenceel P