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Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms
Environment
Heavy rains, strong winds threaten California’s burn zones as ‘atmospheric river’ looms
By Ben Finley, John Raby and The Associated PressFebruary 13, 2025
A man wearing Dodgers apparel stands with a Mega Millions lottery ticket he purchased from a convenience store
Lifestyle
The Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion—and experts say larger payouts are on the horizon once ticket prices increase next year
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 27, 2024
NORAD volunteers track Santa, sitting around the table wearing headsets
Lifestyle
NORAD’s Santa tracker, now used by millions, started as a morale booster during the Cold War
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 24, 2024
woman lays out tarot cards on table
Lifestyle
Offering psychic services in this city could’ve landed you in jail. But the ban was just lifted as fortune telling becomes a $2.3 billion industry
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressJune 14, 2024
Baltimore County Police Chief
Tech
Disgruntled high school athletic director uses AI to clone principal’s voice in racist, antisemitic deep fake
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressApril 29, 2024
Robert McCullough
Tech
An athletic director used AI to fake a high school principal’s racist tirade, and police say state laws need to catch up
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressApril 25, 2024
Baltimore bridge collapse
Environment
Fixing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed this week could cost more than $800 million—and take several years to repair
By Ben Finley, Brian Witte and The Associated PressMarch 29, 2024
Francis Scott Key Bridge
Politics
Engineering professor on Baltimore’s fallen bridge: It can’t absorb ‘anywhere near the energy that this humongous ship is bringing’
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2024
Liberty University will pay $14m  for failing to disclose information about crimes on campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors
Finance
Liberty University will pay $14m  for failing to disclose information about crimes on campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2024
A civil rights leader went to see ‘The Color Purple’ with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair
Retail
A civil rights leader went to see ‘The Color Purple’ with his mother—then AMC ejected him for using his own chair
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 29, 2023
Glass vase bought at Goodwill for $3.99 turns out to be a rare masterpiece that just sold for $107,000
Lifestyle
Glass vase bought at Goodwill for $3.99 turns out to be a rare masterpiece that just sold for $107,000
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 19, 2023
Inverse version of Bud Light culture war hits Navy town mulling military-themed brewery: ‘No one is running around the brewing facility with AR-15s’
Politics
Inverse version of Bud Light culture war hits Navy town mulling military-themed brewery: ‘No one is running around the brewing facility with AR-15s’
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 10, 2023
UNLV mass shooting
Politics
Police have no motive after college professor who was denied various jobs murders several faculty at UNLV
By Rio Yamat, Ben Finley and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2023
Controversial planned trip to recover Titanic artifacts is cancelled after the expedition’s leader died in a submersible accident near the shipwreck
Lifestyle
Controversial planned trip to recover Titanic artifacts is cancelled after the expedition’s leader died in a submersible accident near the shipwreck
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressOctober 11, 2023
U.S. is fighting a planned Titanic expedition to collect historic artifacts because the shipwreck is a hallowed grave site
Lifestyle
U.S. is fighting a planned Titanic expedition to collect historic artifacts because the shipwreck is a hallowed grave site
By Ben Finley and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2023
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