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Police investigate a shopping mall shooting that left 2 dead in suburban Detroit
DEARBORN, Mich, (AP) - A shooting altercation between two groups of young people at a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan, left two people dead and a third injured Friday, police said. The shooting at Fairlane Town Center sent mall patrons scramblin...
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Wildfire southwest of Denver forces thousands to evacuate and destroys more than 160 structures
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A wildfire burning southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures by Friday as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties. The Aspen Acres fire is one o...
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Trump administration's interpretation of slavery under George Washington can be reinstalled
An appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's administration can reinstall interpretive panels that critics say whitewash the history of slavery at the site of President George Washington's home in Philadelphia. The signs would be in th...
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Investigators find no evidence of engine failure in fiery crash of skydiving plane that killed 12
Federal safety investigators said in a new preliminary report that they found no indication that engine failure caused the fiery crash of a plane on a skydiving outing last month in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard, including several very ex...
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Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
HOPKINTON, R.I. (AP) - At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears preserve their Indigenous knowledge of agriculture through the cultivation and keeping of three Narragansett heritage crops: white corn, succotash beans and cr...
Jul 03, 2026
Extreme heat bears down as America 250 celebrations ramp up. Trump heads to Mount Rushmore
WASHINGTON (AP) - Festivities commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up across the United States on Friday as demonstrations of national pride - and hints of political polarization - were balanced with efforts to stay saf...
Jul 03, 2026
Rescue mission launches to save NASA telescope that's falling back to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies' Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands i...
Jul 03, 2026
Australian prime minister condemns delay of changes to child social media ban
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday condemned senators who blocked changes to a world-first social media ban for children, saying tech giants would use the delay to destroy incriminating documents that cou...
Jul 03, 2026
A California farmer is giving away tons of nectarines that he's not allowed to sell
Thousands of visitors have flocked to Cesar Mora's farm in central California this week to gather free nectarines. He's giving his harvest away rather than watching it rot as he's locked in a legal battle with a company that claims exclusive rights o...
Jul 03, 2026
World shares are mixed after Dow hits a new record, as some AI shares bounce back
BANGKOK (AP) - World shares were mixed Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average set another record, as some key AI related stocks rose while others extended losses. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.3% while that for the Dow slipped 0.2%....
Jul 03, 2026














