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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…

Tokens singer Phil Margo dies

NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Phil Margo of The Tokens has died at the age of 79. His family tells The New York Times Margo died Saturday in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. Margo and his younger brother Mitch…

Accidental gun discharge creates chaos at Atlanta airport

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say they've given the all-clear at Atlanta’s airport after a gun accidentally went off in the facility’s security screening area, causing chaos. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport officials said on Twitter that there was no active shooter at…

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older. The decision Friday seeks to simplify what has been a confusing list of who's eligible. Now for anyone 18…