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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Volunteers have joined a search for Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who went missing in Los Angeles more than two weeks ago after not making a connecting flight to New York. Kobayashi, a budding photographer from Maui, was heading to New York City on Nov. 8 for a new

YORKTOWN, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Navy says a sailor has been charged in the death of a fellow service member during a military boating incident in Virginia. The military stated in a news release that the accused sailor operated a patrol boat in a negligent manner. The Navy says it’s not releasing the accused

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — State health officials say the bird flu virus was detected in a retail sample of raw milk from a dairy in Fresno, California. Officials said Sunday that the sample obtained at a store tested positive Nov. 21 during routine screening by Santa Clara County health officers. The dairy, Raw Farm, issued

Associated Press Writers Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season. But prices are still far from the recent peak they reached almost two years ago. And the American Egg Board, a trade group, says egg shortages at grocery stores

WINDHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and a rescue dog he was transporting to an animal shelter were killed when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though two other dogs were later found to have survived. The Greene County sheriff’s office says Seuk Kim of Springfield, Virginia,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Biden administration plans on reducing part of Intel’s $8.5 billion in federal funding for computer chip plants around the country, according to three people familiar with the grant who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The reduction is largely a byproduct of the $3 billion that

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida sheriff’s motorcycle deputy has died from injuries suffered last week in a crash that killed two of his colleagues. Officials say Palm Beach County Deputy Ignacio “Dan” Diaz died Monday. The 51-year-old was struck early Thursday in the accident that killed Cpl. Luis Paez and Deputy

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military launched airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, unleashing explosions throughout the country and killing at least 31 while Israeli leaders appeared to be closing in on a negotiated ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group. Israeli strikes hit commercial and residential buildings in Beirut as well as in the port

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair of the Democratic National Committee has informed party leaders that the organization will elect his successor just days after Donald Trump is inaugurated. Jaime Harrison set the guidelines for an election that will speak volumes about how the party wants to present itself during four more years of

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Medical marijuana businesses in Mississippi don’t have the right to advertise on billboards or other places because marijuana itself remains illegal under federal law, an appeals court says. The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary argued that the First Amendment protects the right to advertise because Mississippi law permits

Associated Press A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting death pleaded not guilty Monday in the same courthouse where they worked together and where the attack occurred, and one of his attorneys later predicted they will present a compelling case in his defense. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of

Associated Press Scientists who study a critically endangered species of whale that lives off New England say encouraging early signs suggest the animals could have a strong season for feeding and breeding. The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest whale species in the world and it is thought to number about 370.