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HENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge after an accident. No serious injuries were reported after the accident Thursday. State police say the eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of Interstate 90 in the Rochester, New York,

By NICK INGRAM and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected at this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kansas City, where they should expect much tighter security measures than in past years due to last month’s deadly mass shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration.

MAMMOTH, Wyo. (AP) — Actor Pierce Brosnan, who pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone National Park, was caught after posting pictures online, court records said. Brosnan, who called in to the court hearing in Mammoth, Wyoming, was fined $500 and ordered to make

By BABACAR DIONE and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been released from prison ahead of the country’s presidential election later this month. His lawyer Bamba Cisse said Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both released. Sonko left the prison complex in his car

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require ride-hailing services to increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local hourly minimum wage of $15.57. A statement from Lyft calls the ordinance “deeply flawed” and says it

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has started requiring migrants without passports to submit to facial recognition technology to take domestic flights under a change that prompted confusion this week among immigrants and advocacy groups in Texas. It is not clear exactly when the change took effect, but many

RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles. Louisiana State Police said Tuesday that Ronald Britt was operating a

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care. The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Senate Democrats in Delaware have given final approval to a bill requiring anyone wanting to buy a handgun to first be fingerprinted, undergo training and obtain permission from the state.  The bill cleared the Senate on a straight party-line vote Thursday and now goes to Democratic

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has revealed the identity of his new wife with a photo of the couple on social media. She is Mamiko Tanaka, a former professional basketball player. Ohtani was photographed standing in front of Tanaka in front of an airplane alongside his Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The photo

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have the green light to bid on a tract of land in north Phoenix in their yearslong bid to build a new arena. The Arizona State Land Department Board of Appeals unanimously approved the $68.5 million appraisal of the 95 acres. The decision sets the stage for the Arizona

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district have sued San Francisco for streets free of drugs and tent encampments. The complaint filed in federal court Thursday says San Francisco uses the neighborhood as a containment zone for drugs, violence and illegal vending so

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee House has advanced a proposal that would require law enforcement agencies in the state to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in the the country illegally. The legislation passed by the House on Thursday also would broadly mandate cooperation

By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking muddy puddle by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness. Valle, as the reservoir has been known since

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University. A bill was advanced to the Senate floor on Thursday. It comes days after the Virginia governor signed legislation barring consideration of

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy trying to curb “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke out against it on the Senate floor Thursday and joined with two other GOP

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure, released Thursday with less than a month to go in the session, would

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Purple Heart recipient who lost Nevada’s 2022 GOP Senate primary has filed his formal candidacy for the seat held by first-term Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen. It is a race Republicans have targeted nationally as one of their best chances to knock off an incumbent Democrat. Retired Army Capt. Sam

By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ former first lady Ana García de Hernández says her decision to seek the presidency next year is about showing the world the injustice that was done to her recently convicted husband, not an attempt to protect herself from prosecution as some allege. In an interview

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — House Republicans are huddling in West Virginia for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election. But many didn’t bother to show up. It was the first annual retreat for House Speaker