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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. A Border Patrol agent’s affidavit states that Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she

MOAB, Utah (AP) — A hiker has died in a fall on a popular trail at Arches National Park in Utah. Park officials say the 68-year-old man from Paramus, New Jersey, fell Tuesday morning. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. The fall happened near an overlook on Devils Garden Trail. That’s a popular trail in the park

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. humanitarian officials say aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in months and warn that critical lifelines in the territory’s north have been cut off. A U.N. spokesman delivered the grim news Friday, saying the main crossings into the north have been closed and no food or

Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The president of Guyana has announced several perks ahead of next year’s general elections, including free college tuition and a one-time cash payment of nearly $1,000 for every household in the oil-rich South American country. Irfaan Ali also promised to cut power bills by half and increase minimum monthly

AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some in Washington and elsewhere believe there may be a window for a new push to break the political deadlock in Lebanon to try to ease escalating war. That’s after Israel’s sabotage and military operations in Lebanon have taken out many of Hezbollah’s senior leaders. Secretary of State Antony

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A founding member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend after prosecutors in California found an audio file the victim recorded on her phone as she fought for her life. A jury in Santa Cruz deliberated for

AP Sports Writer U.S. women’s water polo star Maddie Musselman Woepse is mourning the loss of her husband, Pat, who died from a rare form of lung cancer. He died Thursday night at 31 years old. Pat Woepse was diagnosed with NUT carcinoma in September 2023. Woepse, a former water polo player himself, set a

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is again refusing to acknowledge that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election over former President Donald Trump. The New York Times reported Friday that Vance evaded the question five times during a podcast interview set to be released on Saturday. The Ohio senator repeated

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen who pleaded guilty to beating his high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat must serve 35 years in prison before the possibility of parole, the state’s high court reaffirmed Friday. Willard Miller was 16 when he and another teen killed Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin judicial regulators have filed a misconduct complaint against a Dane County judge who allegedly left court to try to arrest a hospitalized defendant and got into an argument with another defendant. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the state Judicial Commission filed the complaint against Ellen Berz on Thursday. According

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. That’s because of a serious suffocation risk following reports of five infant deaths. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that all models of Fisher-Price’s Snuga Swings should never be used for