By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A floating crane that’s been hauling away shattered steel from a collapsed Baltimore bridge played a much different role during the Cold War. In the early 1970s, it helped to build a specialized ship that would raise a portion of a sunken Soviet submarine. The barge’s powerful crane hoisted into
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By Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An attorney defending Texas’ controversial immigration law told a federal appeals court on Wednesday that state legislators may have gone “too far” when they passed the law last year. The law, known as SB4, makes entering Texas illegally a state crime and allows state judges to order immigrants
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A major spring storm was expected to drop more than a foot of snow in parts of New England on Wednesday night, while heavy rains soaked the East Coast and cleanup work continued in several states wracked by tornadoes and other severe weather blamed for
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — WEX, which has its global headquarters in Portland, has been named as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women for 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The awards recognize the efforts WEX is making
Continue ReadingWALA, MOBILE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, CNN By Mike Brantley and Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — During the execution of a search warrant Mobile County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators found approximately two kilograms of cocaine in a backpack being worn by a 3-year-old child, according to the MCSO.
Continue ReadingBy Mike Brantley and Daeshen Smith Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — During the execution of a search warrant Mobile County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators found approximately two kilograms of cocaine in a backpack being worn by a 3-year-old child, according to the MCSO. During the search of a Harvey
Continue ReadingBy McKenna Alexander Click here for updates on this story RED LION, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Friends and family remembered a York County boy on the one-year anniversary of his death. Kain Heiland was 12 when he was shot and killed on April 1, 2023, in Red Lion. During a balloon release, those who knew him
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Christopher Durang, a master of satire and black comedy who won a Tony Award for “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist with “Miss Witherspoon,” has died. He was 75. Durang died Tuesday at his home in Pipersville,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The total solar eclipse is quickly approaching. While you prepare to hit the road towards the path of total darkness or anticipate hours of traffic coming out of your watch party, you’ll need something to listen to. And we’ve got your back. Across 20 tracks,
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For Kirk Lynn, it was like a scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” He was in a library at Yale, gingerly opening three bankers boxes. Inside were hundreds of pages of an unknown and unfinished play by Thornton Wilder. He says his face “just
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By Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is not a joke,” Masisi told German tabloid Bild. The African leader criticised the German government – particularly
Continue ReadingTROY, Mo. (AP) — Forty-six years after a Missouri hunter found a body in the Mississippi River, the victim has been identified as a 15-year-old girl from Iowa. Authorities in Lincoln County, Missouri, announced Tuesday that DNA evidence and other scientific investigation were key in determining the body was that of Helen Renee Groomes, who
Continue ReadingTROY, Mo. (AP) — Forty-six years after a Missouri hunter found a body in the Mississippi River, the victim has been identified as a 15-year-old girl from Iowa. Authorities in Lincoln County, Missouri, announced Tuesday that DNA evidence and other scientific investigation were key in determining the body was that of Helen Renee Groomes, who
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — The University of Texas at Austin has sent layoff notices to an estimated 60 staff members who previously worked in diversity, equity and inclusion roles, according to the Texas NAACP and the Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors. The staffing cuts come as the university works
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By Chris Isidore and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet. Blinken and other State Department officials who are in Europe for talks about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were forced to ride by car between Paris
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games. Migrant aid groups are concerned that the police operation in central Paris on
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — An Irish basketball team says it won’t replay the final 0.3 seconds of a playoff quarterfinal after it ended in controversial fashion, despite being instructed to do so by Basketball Ireland. The Limerick Sport Eagles beat the Portlaoise Panthers 80-78 on March 23, but have yet to play their
Continue Reading By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The European Union has launched investigations into two groups of companies that include Chinese solar panel makers in the latest salvo against what it suspects is unfair competition from China’s vast manufacturing sector. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Wednesday that it would assess whether foreign
Continue Reading By Robert Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) has named its seven aid workers who were killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza on Monday, praising their “beautiful souls,” as international condemnation over the incident grows. A dual US-Canada national, a Palestinian, three Brits, an Australian, and a Pole were
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — With three Super Bowl wins, a superstar girlfriend and an upcoming music festival, Travis Kelce is feeling pretty good. In an exclusive interview with People magazine the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, who just enjoyed a vacation in the Bahamas with girlfriend Taylor Swift, shared his joy. “I’m
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