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Associated Press TURNER STATION, Md. (AP) — As the dust settled after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, as the initial shock wore off and the breaking news coverage subsided, residents of this tiny peninsula found themselves facing an uncertain future. Many had spent decades living in the shadow of the Key

Associated Press KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than usual. The prefecture is called “the Land of Sunshine” because of its pleasant climate, but farmers working among the paddy

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A 54-year-old woman has died from injuries sustained earlier in the week when her co-worker shot her at California’s Santa Monica College. Felicia Hudson was pronounced dead Wednesday evening following the shooting late Monday at the school’s Center for Media and Design. Hudson was a custodial operations manager at the

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor is ending an emergency public health order that suspended the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in the state’s largest metro area. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday the expiration of her emergency public health order after more than a year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been arrested after federal prosecutors say he used a drone to deliver fentanyl and other drugs to customers. Officials say one customer died of a fentanyl overdose. Federal prosecutors say Christopher Patrick Laney, of Lancaster, California, was arrested Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if Laney has

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been charged in a mass shooting that left four people dead and more than a dozen wounded in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, last month. Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said Wednesday that 22-year-old Damien McDaniel was charged with one count of capital murder and 17

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five airlines are poised to win permission for new new long-haul flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The Transportation Department said Wednesday that it has tentatively awarded room for one daily round-trip flight apiece at Reagan National to Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, Southwest and United. Federal rules limit the number of

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. indictment unsealed in the District of Columbia claims that the leader of one of Mexico’s most violent gangs continued to control an offshoot group, the Northeast Cartel, from inside a Mexican prison. Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, known by the alias “Zeta 40,” has been in prison in Mexico since

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida elections officials are seeking accommodations from Gov. Ron DeSantis after multiple counties were devastated by Hurricanes Milton and Helene. County elections supervisors have written the Florida secretary of state requesting flexibility with the voting rules ahead of the November election. They noted that the storms caused

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenged a potential conflict between a 2022 state law that bans most abortions and a 1998 state Supreme Court ruling that said abortion is guaranteed in the Mississippi Constitution because of the right of privacy. Hinds County Chancery Judge Crystal Wise

Associated Press A justice on New Hampshire’s highest court has been charged for allegedly trying to interfere with a criminal investigation into her husband. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced Wednesday that New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi has been indicted by a Merrimack County grand jury for two felonies