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DETROIT (AP) — A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit. Police in Harper Woods responded to a call about a stray dog last week, picked up the terrier mix and contacted an animal welfare group. The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society said it quickly […]

BALTIMORE — There are 11 cargo ships trapped in the Port of Baltimore behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge — including four that are supposed to be able to set sail at a moment’s notice to support the overseas deployment of U.S. military forces. The four ships, the SS Antares, SS Denebola, […]

The National Weather Service in Wilmington — with help from the NWS Pittsburgh office and the Licking County Emergency Management Agency — announced Thursday that “a brief and weak tornado” was confirmed Tuesday evening in southeast Licking County. The EF0 tornado, 150 yards wide, started at 8:08 p.m. in the village of Gratiot and lasted […]

Human Rights Watch said Thursday that an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City last October was an “apparent war crime,” citing no military rationale behind the attack after a months-long investigation. The Oct. 31 strike killed at least 106 civilians, including 54 children, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its report. The […]

Capt. Zachary McCormick, a US Marine Corps instructor, walks us through 43 essential items a Marine officer would bring on a mission. According to the Marine Corps, the role of an officer is to lead his or her platoon in accomplishing missions by implementing three critical skills: tactical planning, delivering combat orders, and executing orders. […]

Apr. 4—JAMESTOWN — The Stutsman County Park Board unanimously approved scheduling a special meeting to decide on whether to apply for a grant that would be used to establish a water trail at Jamestown Reservoir. The special meeting was scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 9. Park board member Henry Steinberger will get more information […]

Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) has announced plans to acquire five new diesel buses, a purchase that would contradict the transit operator’s goal of having an “emissions-free” bus fleet by 2035. TCAT officials have stated that the new acquisitions will enhance service and reliability for riders as the organization grapples with continued staffing shortages, untimely […]

McDonald’s will buy every one of its 225 franchise restaurants in Israel, it announced Thursday, just weeks after saying that the Israel-Hamas war was hurting its business. The fast food giant said it had struck an agreement with Israeli franchise Alonyal to buy the firm’s McDonald’s (MCD) franchise restaurants in the country. Omri Padan, CEO […]

GPS is being blocked across Israel in an attempt to disrupt incoming missiles and drones, as tensions rise with Iran. Iran has vowed to respond after a strike on its consulate building in Syria on Monday – which Israel was widely believed to be behind – killed 13 people, including a senior general. The Israel […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Georgia judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump‘s bid to dismiss criminal charges in the state’s 2020 election interference case against him, which the Republican former U.S. president argued violate his free speech rights. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee found that the indictment alleges statements by Trump and 14 others charged […]

The highly anticipated total solar eclipse is fast-approaching, but Mother Nature is throwing some curveballs with the weather forecast. The atmosphere looks poised to deliver an unfortunately timed lesson in the difference between day-to-day weather and long-term climatology for millions of people in the path of totality. The current forecast shows pockets of disruptive cloud […]

A lawmaker from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Petr Bystron, has denied allegations connecting him with Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns. “At no time have I received any payments or cryptocurrencies from an employee of VoE (or any Russian),” he wrote on Thursday in a statement to the party leadership made available to dpa. […]