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By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S.

WASHBURN, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say an officer accused of lying about a missing-person case has been charged with several crimes. They include falsifying a report in which he claimed he had taken the missing man to a hospital. Court records indicate Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military chief on Saturday warned that the battlefield situation in the country’s industrial east has “significantly worsened in recent days,” as warming weather has allowed Russian forces to launch a fresh push along several stretches of the more than 1,000-km long frontline. Also on Saturday, Germany announced on that it

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said. The boats eventually were pinned to the riverbank or went over a dam downstream, officials said. Pittsburgh police,

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer The Nico Iamaleava era finally has arrived at Tennessee. The No. 2 quarterback in the 2023 recruiting class debuted in the Vols’ rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Now the quarterback caps Tennessee’s spring practice Saturday giving fans a glimpse of how much he’s grown before the

ISTANBUL (AP) — The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety Saturday, nearly 23 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing one person and injuring seven when they plummeted to the rocks below. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war. A military spokesman said the launches numbered more

By KEN RITTER Associated Press BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Ten years later, Cliven Bundy and his family are still grazing cattle on disputed southern Nevada rangeland where armed protesters and federal agents stared each other down through rifle sights. Hundreds took part in the tense showdown near Bunkerville before the government backed off. Nineteen people

By RICK RYCROFT Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured. New South Wales police said they

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press The Ford Bronco initially was conceived and designed for rugged outdoorsy types, a two-door means of escape to nature from the bustling cities of mid-century America. But it had already been tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994, when O.J. Simpson cowered in the

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots. Both states’ certification deadlines precede the Democrats’ August national convention. Biden campaign lawyers have asked their election chiefs

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A University of Michigan proposal aimed at deterring disruptions on its Ann Arbor campus after anti-Israel protesters interrupted an honors convocation is sparking backlash from free speech advocates. Violations of the policy, which has yet to be implemented, could result in suspension or expulsion for students and termination for university

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election year. Universities

By BECKY BOHRER and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden has nudged further ahead in the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning the party contests in Wyoming and Alaska. As two of the least populated states, Alaska and Wyoming play small roles in both intraparty and general election voting in

By JOSH BOAK and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before what he called a “communist show trial” begins Monday. “I will be forced to sit fully

By DIDI TANG and DAKE KANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but the country’s restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he sees interest among fellow scholars wane even after China reopened. Common concerns, he said, include restrictions on academic

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was the kind of tawdry tale that Donald Trump might have relished before politics: a porn actor claiming they had had sex. But on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Trump feared the story, which he says is false, would

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters during heavy rain, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Heavy rain beginning Thursday afternoon prompted the closure of public schools Friday across Kauai and the opening of shelters. Crews were

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One is an erratic billionaire entrepreneur and self-declared free-speech absolutist, prone to profanity-laden rants against “wokeness” and obsessed with making humanity a multi-planetary species. The other is an iconoclastic Latin American leader and self-declared anarcho-capitalist, prone to cloning his dead dogs and obsessed with destroying