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Mars Wrigley fined after workers fall into vat of chocolate

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Federal workplace safety authorities have fined a central Pennsylvania confectionary factory more than $14,500 following an accident last year in which two workers fell into a vat of chocolate. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited…

1st infant in Kentucky surrendered anonymously at 'baby box'

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has seen its first infant anonymously dropped off at one of its "baby box" safe surrender locations. At a news conference Friday, Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder and CEO Monica Kelsey said the child…

Union: Fired EMTs didn't get enough info in Nichols response

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The head of a union representing most of the Memphis Fire Department said three employees who were fired after the death of Tyre Nichols weren't given enough information as they responded to the call for medical…

US blacklists 6 Chinese entities over balloon program

BEIJING (AP) — The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it said were linked to Beijing's aerospace programs as part of its retaliation over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed U.S. airspace. The economic restrictions announced Friday followed…

How the 'boneless wing' became a tasty culinary lie

By Ted Anthony - AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One day in 2020, at the pandemic's height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of Buffalo sauce stepped up to a podium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to address…

Chick-fil-A tests its first plant-based sandwich

UNDATED (AP) - Chick-fil-A is jumping on the plant-based bandwagon. The Atlanta chain said Thursday that it’s testing its first plant-based entrée a breaded cauliflower sandwich at restaurants in Denver; Charleston, South Carolina; and the Greensboro, North Carolina, area. The…

Hugh Hudson, 'Chariots of Fire' director, dead at 86

LONDON (AP) — Hugh Hudson, a British filmmaker who debuted as a feature director with the Oscar-winning Olympics drama "Chariots of Fire" and later made such well-regarded movies as "My Life So Far" and the Oscar-nominated "Greystoke," has died at…

AP source: Trump team turns over items marked as classified

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide, a person familiar with the situation said…