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Fighting gas prices, US to release 50 million barrels of oil

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ordering 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs. He said Tuesday he is acting in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including China,…

Chief: No evidence parade-crash suspect knew anyone on route

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Police say the suspect in a deadly Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee was in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he killed five people and injured 48. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said Monday there's…

Harris announces $1.5B investment in health care workforce

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding will go to the National Health…

Was SUV driver in Wisconsin parade crash fleeing a crime?

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A law enforcement official says investigators are examining whether the person who drove an SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee may have been fleeing from a crime when he crashed into the paradegoers. The…

Billy Hinsche, longtime Beach Boys collaborator, dead at 70

DENVER (AP) — Friends and associates say Billy Hinsche, a singer-songwriter and musician in a 1960s pop band with Dino Martin Jr. and Desi Arnaz Jr. who later performed for decades with The Beach Boys, has died. He was 70.…

'Tiger King' Joe Exotic moved to North Carolina facility

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — A defense attorney says the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis. Defense lawyer John Phillips says…

Jackson to join Kenosha march to protest Rittenhouse verdict

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to join a march in Kenosha to demand criminal justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. A statement by Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition says the march Sunday afternoon is…

Phone companies must allow texting new '988' suicide line

(AP) --- U.S. communications regulators are requiring that phone companies allow people to text as well as call a new “988” number for the suicide-prevention hotline. The Federal Communications Commission last summer voted to require phone companies support the 988…

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ captures $44 million in theaters

(AP) --- The latest attempt to revive “Ghostbusters” has drawn a sizable audience to movie theaters while the awards darling “King Richard" is struggling. With a reverence for nostalgia and a few high-profile cameos in its arsenal, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” opened…