'Top Gun' and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone
NEW YORK (AP) — After sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, “Top Gun: Maverick” is flying full throttle into theaters this week. Tom Cruise poses…
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Video game workers create first union at big U.S. game maker
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company. FILE - The Activision Blizzard Booth…
Theories emerge for mysterious liver illnesses in children
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world. The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug. That virus hasn’t previously caused this…
Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims
(AP) -- Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing investigative report issued Sunday. FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the…
Creator of 'Star Wars' X-wing and Death Star dies at 90
(AP) --The man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films has died. Colin Cantwell was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Cantwell’s partner, Sierra Dall, confirmed that he died at his home in Colorado on Saturday. Cantwell designed…
Some Jif peanut butter products linked to salmonella cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to double-check their jars of Jif peanut butter. Jif's creamy, crunchy, natural and reduced fat peanut butters have been linked to…
Nearly 8,000-year-old skull found in Minnesota River
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A partial skull from nearly 8,000 years ago that was found by two kayakers in a river last summer will be returned to Native American officials in Minnesota. Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said the…
78,000 pounds of infant formula arrives in US
By Michael Conroy, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles has arrived in the United States from Europe. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Sunday that the 78,000…
New York City resident tests positive for monkeypox virus
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state health officials say a New York City resident has tested positive for the virus that causes monkeypox. The unidentified patient is isolating and treating the case as positive while awaiting final confirmation by…
Recaptured Alabama escapee ordered to provide DNA sample
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A capital murder suspect who authorities say went on the lam for 10 days with the help of an Alabama jail official has been ordered to provide a DNA sample to prosecutors. A Lauderdale County judge…
