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Wayward dolphin spotted swimming in river in Connecticut

NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — A wayward dolphin has been swimming in a Connecticut river after making its way upstream from Long Island Sound. The dolphin was first spotted Thursday morning by fishermen along the Thames River. A video posted to…

Ouch! Actor Cranston hit by liner at All-Star celeb softball

By Jolene Latimer - Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bryan Cranston was hoping to get a hit in the All-Star Celebrity Softball game at Dodger Stadium. Instead, the "Breaking Bad" actor got hit. Cranston was struck in the right…

Champion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas station. He was 37. The Westminster Police Department issued a statement Saturday identifying Robert…

Life or death for Parkland shooter? Trial will take months

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years, five months and four days after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his trial for the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to reach…

U.S. tourist falls into crater of Mount Vesuvius, is rescued

ROME (AP) - An American tourist had to be rescued on Mount Vesuvius near Naples after he apparently slipped into the volcano’s crater while trying to recover his dropped cellphone. News reports said the tourist and family members were cited…

Rapper Kodak Black is arrested on drug charges in Florida

Associated Press - undefined MIAMI (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance. The rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was booked Friday into jail…

New 988 hotline is the 911 for mental health emergencies

By Lindsey Tanner-AP Medical Writer (AP) - Quick help for suicide thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States' first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on Saturday. It connects…

5-letter word for fun? Hasbro, NYT create Wordle board game

By Mark Pratt - Associated Press (AP)-The company that makes some of the world's most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game. Hasbro Inc. and…

House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks…

West Tennesseans get chance to fight hunger with lasagna

JACKSON, Tenn. -- You can help an international movement right here in West Tennessee. Lasagna Love has been working to make sure families have been fed since the early months of the pandemic in 2020, and has grown to have…