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Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army 08/30/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It was their most challenging mission. U.S. Army soldiers in the 7th Transportation Brigade had previously set up a pier during training and in exercises overseas but never had dealt with the wild combination of turbulent weather, security threats and sweeping personnel restricti Hiker from North Carolina found dead near remote Colorado River trail in Grand Canyon 08/29/2024 11:15pm • GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities in Arizona said Thursday. The National Park Service said the 60-year-old North Carolina resident was located by helicopt A 4-year-old broke a 3,500-year-old jar at an Israeli museum. Forgiven, he's invited back 08/29/2024 10:16pm • HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A 4-year-old boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and even invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment. Alex Geller, the boy’s father, said his son — the youngest of three — is excepti Grand Canyon visitors move to hotels outside the park after unprecedented breaks in water pipeline 08/29/2024 09:20pm • GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Sharon Ellison and Fred Jernigan spent four days hiking and camping from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other, with plans to relax at a hotel within the park on Thursday. But when they reemerged from the jagged canyon at the South Rim, they soon learned Baylor opens 5th season under Dave Aranda with the coach on hot seat, calling defensive plays 08/29/2024 09:03pm • Tarleton State (1-0) at Baylor (0-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: Baylor by 26 1/2. Series record: First meeting. WHAT'S AT STAKE? Baylor coach Dave Aranda is going into his fifth season with a 23-25 record and is taking over play-calling duties on defense. The Bears al Colorado man convicted of kidnapping a housekeeper on Michael Bloomberg's ranch 08/29/2024 08:37pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal jurors found a Colorado man guilty of kidnapping a woman on a ranch owned by Michael Bloomberg during what prosecutors described as his attempt to kill the media mogul. Joseph Beecher, 51, faces seven years to life in prison after he was convicted Wednesday in Cheyen 20 Top Things to Do in Hershey, Pennsylvania 08/29/2024 08:00pm • Did you know Milton Hershey founded a successful caramel company (the Lancaster Caramel Company) before he ever mastered the art of chocolate making? That's just one of the many morsels of history you'll discover on a trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania, otherwise known as the "Sweetest Place on Earth." Y Hiker left on Colorado mountain by coworkers stranded overnight in freezing rain, high winds 08/29/2024 07:35pm • SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A man left by his group of office coworkers to complete his final push to the summit of a Colorado mountain became disoriented and fell multiple times during a night on the mountain in freezing rain and high winds. Chaffee County Search and Rescue officials said in a Facebook Woman found dead before police kill husband on I-95 bridge and discover boy's body in vehicle 08/29/2024 06:11pm • KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A man being pursued in the killing of his wife in New Hampshire was shot by police and tumbled from the Interstate 95 bridge that connects the state to Maine, officials said Thursday. Their 8-year-old boy was found dead in the back seat of the father's vehicle afterward. The 3 migrants killed and 17 injured when vehicle hits them on a highway in southern Mexico 08/29/2024 05:51pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three migrants were killed and 17 were injured Thursday when they were hit by a vehicle on a highway in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, authorities said. Officials confirmed that two of the dead — an adult and a child — were from Nicaragua. Oaxaca state prosecutors said Maryland awards contract for Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild after deadly collapse 08/29/2024 05:37pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland transportation leaders on Thursday approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after the 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer) steel span collapsed under the impact of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of its supporting co Emotional stage win for Castrillo in Spanish Vuelta on the day his team's founder dies 08/29/2024 05:21pm • MANZANEDA, Spain (AP) — Pablo Castrillo picked up an emotional stage win in the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, the day his team's founder died. Castrillo gave Kern Pharma the victory in the 12th stage a few hours after the team said its founder and former president, Manolo Azcona, died at the age of Ukraine says one of its Western-donated F-16 warplanes has crashed 08/29/2024 04:24pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died. The fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and Coming off upset of Florida State, Georgia Tech faces city rival Georgia State for the 1st time 08/29/2024 03:53pm • Georgia State at Georgia Tech (1-0), Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (ACC Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: Georgia Tech by 21 1/2. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Georgia Tech is looking to keep the momentum going from its stunning upset of No. 10 Florida State in the season opener at Du Texas Tech opens McGuire's 3rd season with first game against Abilene Christian since 1949 08/29/2024 01:00pm • Abilene Christian at Texas Tech, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: No line. Series record: Abilene Christian leads 6-3. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Texas Tech opens coach Joey McGuire's third season with its first game against Abilene Christian since 1949. That is an FCS program on