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Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state. Eight Russian military planes and four navy vessels, including two submarines, have come close to Alaska in

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan’s militaries say North Korea had test-fired multiple ballistic missiles. The launches Wednesday were made days after North Korea showcased a secretive uranium enrichment facility. Leader Kim Jong Un had been calling for a rapid expansion of his nuclear weapons program. Japan’s Defense Ministry didn’t

BOSTON (AP) — A small airplane has landed safely at Logan International Airport in Boston despite having just one of its landing wheels deployed. The Cape Air Cessna 402 had two passengers and one crew member when it landed Tuesday afternoon. It had taken off from Logan and then returned, according to an official at

Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has amplified debunked internet rumors about Haitian

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in more than two months, the Secret Service that protects the highest echelon of American leaders is under scrutiny — this time after a gunman hid in the shrubs along the fence of former President Donald Trump’s golf course for 12 hours. The man didn’t get

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have identified more than 50 square miles of government-owned property across the U.S. as having great potential for renewable energy projects. The parcels are all located within the boundaries of national laboratories and other research sites that share a legacy centered around development of the nation’s nuclear

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — It’s a good thing seals aren’t on a humpback whale’s menu. A photograph by a whale-watching naturalist captured a seemingly bewildered seal in the mouth of a humpback whale after the giant marine mammal accidentally gulped it last Thursday in the waters off Anacortes, Washington. The food mix-up began while

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week. The announcement comes after a Sept. 4 shooting at the Winder school that killed four and injured nine others. The school will run with shortened periods and dismiss students at 12:40 p.m. That schedule

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service on Tuesday were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to or received by elections officials in more than 15 states, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or that any of the packages contained hazardous

Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The father of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket says he thought his son may have been possessed by an evil spirit before the attack. Moustafa Alissa testified Tuesday at the murder trial of Ahmad Alissa. Sometime before the attack in 2021, Moustafa

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The families of the six construction workers killed in the collapse of Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge plan to file legal claims against the owner and manager of the container ship that lost power and struck the bridge. Maria del Carmen Castellón lost her husband in the collapse that sent