Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said. Three people were transported to Ketchikan Medical Center following the landslide, which…
‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was…
Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for…
Trump uses a stretch of border wall and a pile of steel beams in Arizona to contrast with Democrats
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a…
Southern Arizona man arrested after alleged threats against Trump as candidate visited border
Associated Press Story BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A southern Arizona man was arrested for allegedly making death threats against Donald Trump on social media, authorities said Thursday, the same day the Republican former president and 2024 candidate was in the area to visit…
The ‘joyful’ Democratic convention is over. The real test for Kamala Harris’ campaign now begins
By STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Over and over, from the massive stage in the electric convention hall, the Democrats this week predicted Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump. They described her as a historic figure, the embodiment…
Powell at Jackson Hole: ‘The time has come’ for the Fed to soon begin reducing interest rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON, Wyoming (AP) — With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Powell…