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WASHINGTON — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. What they haven't named yet is a suspect or a motive. Whatever the reason, the shooting serves as a reminder of why experts have stressed the need to secure the country’s power grid. Authorities have warned that the nation's [...]
LUSAIL, Qatar — Less than a month before it is set to host the World Cup final, Lusail City is oddly quiet. Wide empty streets, idle lobbies and construction cranes are everywhere in the sleek district 12 miles north of the capital, Doha, built to accommodate World Cup fans and hundreds of thousands of host [...]
The Ohio artist who created a sculpture measuring 15 feet by 12 feet wide to memorialize the victims and survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic recently was joined by state officials at Great Seal State Park near Chillicothe for its unveiling. Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Mary Mertz and Gov. Mike DeWine were on hand [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Since the recovery of sunken treasure from an 1857 shipwreck began decades ago, tens of millions of dollars’ worth of gold has been sold, but some entities — including The Ohio State University — have non-monetary interest in the findings. Scientists, historians and collectors say the real fortunes began to hit [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Staffers at Bread for the City, a venerable charity in the nation’s capital, thought they were prepared for this year’s annual pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Helpers food giveaway. The pandemic had faded, but inflation was high, so they budgeted to give out 12,000 meals, 20 percent higher than normal pre-pandemic levels. They were quickly [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden told a gathering of tribal leaders in Washington last week that he intends to designate an area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument. "When it comes to Spirit Mountain and the surrounding ridges and canyons, I'm committed to protecting this [...]
NEW YORK — The rate of deaths by firearms last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published this week. The increase among women — most dramatically, in black women — is playing a tragic and under-recognized [...]
Sheetal Deo was shocked when she got a letter from her Queens apartment building's co-op board calling her Diwali decoration "offensive" and demanding she take it down. "My decoration said 'Happy Diwali' and had a swastika on it," said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights. The equilateral cross with its [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't look for plastic partitions or faraway benches when visiting Santa Claus this year. The jolly old elf is back, pre-pandemic style, and he's got some pressing issues on his mind. Santa booker HireSanta.com has logged a 30 percent increase in demand this Christmas season compared to last year, after losing [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of 30 agencies that supply water to homes and businesses throughout the western United States has pledged to rip up lots of decorative grass to help keep water in the over-tapped Colorado River. The agreement signed earlier this month by water agencies in Southern California, Phoenix, Salt Lake City [...]