Bracing for her future: Baby giraffe fitted with orthotic
ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) By: Julie Watson — A baby giraffe was born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with an unusual disorder that caused her front limb to bend the wrong way. Ara…
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Records: 2 people in execution knew drugs hadn’t been tested
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newly released records show at two least two people connected to a planned Tennessee execution that was abruptly put on hold April 21 knew the night before that the lethal injection drugs the state planned to…
Ex-nurse sentenced to probation in patient medication death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient has been sentenced to three years of probation. RaDonda Vaught reacts to victim impact statements during her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on…
Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and British officials say Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river. In this handout photo provided by…
Americans bet $125B on sports in 4 years since legalization
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Americans have bet more than $125 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the four years since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it. [caption id="attachment_1095130"…
Nurses protest Tennessee sentence for deadly medical mistake
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nurses have traveled from around the country to protest outside the courthouse where a former Tennessee nurse will be sentenced for causing the death of a patient. RaDonda Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide…
Tennessee GOP leaders not planning to ban contraception
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top Republican leaders in Tennessee say they don’t have plans to ban contraceptives as they await a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case will be overturned. A…
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole
WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Nearly…
'Like an inferno:' Western US burning at furious pace so far
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires in the West is on a furious pace early this year. A firefighter works to put at a structure burning during a wildfire Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Laguna Niguel,…
Scientists grow plants in lunar dirt, next stop moon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists for the first time have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts. The University of Florida…
