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Ashley Bryan, acclaimed children's author, dead at 98

ISLESFORD, Maine (AP) — Ashley Bryan, a prolific children’s book illustrator and storyteller who often retold African folktales he had heard as a child, has died. He was 98. The Ashley Bryan Center in coastal Maine says Bryan died Friday…

10 Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off Florida

MIAMI (AP) — Ten Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast. A Coast Guard boat spotted the vessel Thursday about 40 miles off Key Largo. Capt. Shawn Koch says the boat didn't have life-jackets or…

Frank Reich among groups going to LA to combat trafficking

(AP) --- Frank Reich is heading to Los Angeles this week for an important mission. A year after he became head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, Reich and his wife, Linda, formed kNot Today, a nonprofit that works to prevent…

Bill seeks to tackle high cost of prescription drugs

BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at addressing the increasing costs of prescription drugs is scheduled to come up for a vote in the Massachusetts Senate this week. The legislation would establish a process for identifying drug price thresholds that…

US military faces crisis in Hawaii after leak poisons water

HONOLULU (AP) — The Navy is scrambling to contain a major crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm. It seeped into a drinking water well and polluted water streaming out of faucets in Pearl…

Police: Gunman killed four, then himself in Texas

CORSICANA, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas say a gunman killed four members of his own family, including a child, before fatally shooting himself as officers approached. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson told the Corsicana Daily Sun on Saturday that…

Delta asks DOJ to put unruly passengers on no-fly list

NEW YORK (AP) — Delta Air Lines has requested that the U.S. Department of Justice put any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight to the national “no fly” list. In a letter to the Justice Department Attorney…

Millions in tax dollars flow to anti-abortion centers in US

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Anti-abortion centers across the country are receiving tens of millions of tax dollars to talk women out of ending their pregnancies. An Associated Press tally shows that the spending is a nearly fivefold increase from a…

Jennifer Garner celebrated as Hasty Pudding's Woman of Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — “Alias” actor Jennifer Garner is being celebrated for her star power both on- and off-screen. Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals is parading Garner through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon before roasting her as…