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TikTok 'de-influencers' want Gen Z to buy less - and more

NEW YORK (AP) — At a time when consumers are inundated with so-called social media influencers peddling the latest products online, a slew of TikTok users are leveraging their platforms to tell people what not to buy instead. [caption id="attachment_1327986"…

Ohio derailment aftermath: How worried should people be?

Plumes of smoke, questions about dead animals, worries about the drinking water. A train derailment in Ohio and subsequent burning of some of the hazardous chemicals has people asking: how worried should they be? A black…

Police seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police say the gunman who killed himself hours after fatally shooting three students at Michigan State University was 43-year-old Anthony McRae. Authorities said Tuesday that five people in critical condition Tuesday are also students. The…

Rumors swirl about balloons, UFOs as officials stay mum

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials have offered few details about four aerial objects recently shot down over North America, helping to fuel conspiracy theories and conjecture on the internet. One popular claim circulating suggested, with no evidence, that the U.S. deployed…

Officer fired in Tyre Nichols case had minor reprimands

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Records obtained by The Associated Press show a Memphis police officer who hit Tyre Nichols with a stun gun during a traffic stop that preceded Nichols’ brutal beating by other officers had a prior record of…

Nikki Haley announces run for president, challenging Trump

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday. She becomes the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. The announcement,…

Aliens? Lack of US info on shootdowns breeds wild ideas

WASHINGTON (AP) — With few confirmed details from President Joe Biden’s White House, the downing of three unknown aerial objects in as many days by U.S. fighter jets has prompted wild speculation about what they were and where they came from. It…

Hamlin makes appearance on field at Super Bowl

By DAVID BRANDT - AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills safety made his third appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week, this time on the field at…

'Unidentified object' downed over Lake Huron, 3rd this week

By Colleen Long and Lolita C. Baldor and Ellen Knickmeryer - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said an "unidentified object" has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron,…