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The 25 Best Places to Live on the East Coast in 2023-2024 08/14/2024 08:00pm • Compared with the Midwest, East Coast cities don't offer the most affordable living, but they do provide access to top-notch health care, booming job markets and attractive amenities that make for a high quality of life. The East Coast also presents a variety of settings to choose from, whether you' Stonehenge's 'altar stone' originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows 08/14/2024 07:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone lying flat at the center of the monument was brought to the site in southern England from near the tip of no Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monument 08/14/2024 07:12pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of the 1908 race riot, which later fueled the formation of the NAACP. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing with rep As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans 08/14/2024 05:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the U.S. West. The Interior Department announces water availability for the coming year months in advance so Western cit Motorcyclist pleads guilty to vehicular homicide and gets 17 years for Georgia state trooper's death 08/14/2024 05:15pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A motorcyclist pleaded guilty Wednesday to vehicular homicide in the death of a Georgia state trooper during a car chase, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison, news outlets reported. Gerson Danilo Ayala-Rodriguez, 21, was facing a murder charge in the death of Trooper Not all officer video from Texas school shooting was released, Uvalde police say 08/14/2024 04:59pm • Not all officer video from the the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a court order, police said Wednesday as they announced an internal investigation into why the material was not discovered until after a large trove of footage was released over the wee Police: Antisemitic graffiti found at Montgomery County synagogue, days after school vandalized 08/14/2024 04:20pm • What police are calling antisemitic graffiti was discovered at Congregation Beth El, in Bethesda, Maryland, two days after authorities say similar language was spray-painted on a nearby elementary school. Late Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County police responded to the synagogue, located on Old White Florida woman says she fatally shot Black neighbor amid fear for her own life 08/14/2024 03:33pm • A white Florida woman told investigators she fired a shot through her door at a Black neighbor because she panicked as the other woman pounded heavily on her door and threatened her amid an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's children, according to a video statement played in court Wednesday. The mo Firefighters gain 40% containment of California's fourth-largest wildfire on record 08/14/2024 03:18pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) — California's largest wildfire so far this year was 40% contained Wednesday after scorching more than 670 square miles (1,735 square kilometers). The massive Park Fire was allegedly started by arson on July 24 in a wilderness park outside the Central Valley city of Chico and sp What we know about Ukraine's surprise push into Russian territory 08/14/2024 01:58pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their border, in the most extensive incursion by Kyiv’s forces in the 2½-year-old war. The advance has showed significant weaknesses in Russia’s border defense and embarrasse China's foreign minister meets with Myanmar's military boss as civil war strains their relations 08/14/2024 11:55am • BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat on Wednesday visited Myanmar and met with the leader of its military government as growing instability from the neighboring country’s civil war causes concern in Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit came after Myanmar's army has suffered unprecedented Edmunds: The pros and cons of buying a hybrid vehicle or plug-in hybrid 08/14/2024 11:51am • If you’re ready to move on from a purely gasoline-fueled vehicle but you’re not ready to go fully electric, you have two choices. You can get a hybrid or a plug-in hybrid vehicle. But which one is best? The experts at Edmunds will help you decide. Hybrid Pros and Cons A hybrid electric vehicle h Pieterse holds off women's Tour de France leader Vollering in sprint finish to win 4th stage 08/14/2024 10:55am • LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Dutch rider Puck Pieterse finished just ahead of defending champion Demi Vollering in a sprint to win the fourth stage of the women’s Tour de France in the rain on Wednesday. Overall race leader Vollering, Pieterse and Katarzyna Niewiadoma had carved a 30-second lead going 'The sunrise will never be the same': Ocean City ready to sue federal government over offshore wind farm 08/14/2024 10:51am • The beauty of a sunrise at the beach is something to be savored — Ocean City, Maryland, says it's worth fighting for, and plans to sue the federal government if the U.S. gives the OK to build an offshore wind farm. Mayor Rick Meehan, at an Aug. 5 city council meeting, said the town has hired a Sports on TV for Aug. 19 - 25 08/14/2024 10:00am • Adv17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 19 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 3 p.m. ESPN — Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 5 p.m. ESPN — Little League Baseball