SEATTLE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections in at least half a dozen states that may have come from raw cookie dough sold at Papa Murphy's. People have been sickened in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah,...
Tina Turner, Unstoppable Superstar Whose Hits Included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ Dead at 83
Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has...
A’s Ballpark on Vegas Casino Site Gets Closer With Tentative Funding Deal
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a tentative agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium funding plan after weeks of negotiations over how much public assistance the state will contribute to a $1.5 billion ballpark in...
Nobel Peace Laureate Transferred to Brutal Prison in Belarus, His Wife Says
TALLINN, Estonia — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and hasn't been heard from in a month, his wife said Wednesday. Natalia Pinchuk told The Associated Press that Bialiatski, who is serving a 10-year sentence, has been kept in an information...
Teen’s Poem for Biden’s Inauguration Banned by Florida School
A poem written for President Joe Biden's inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent's complaint. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, poet Amanda Gorman vowed to fight back. Her poem, “The Hill We Climb” was challenged by the parent of two students...
Rejected Newborn Bison Put to Death After National Park Visitor Picks It up
National Park officials killed a newborn bison because its herd wouldn’t take the animal back after a man picked it up. The calf became separated from its mother when the herd crossed the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday. The unidentified man pushed the struggling calf up from...
States Sue Over Billions of Spam Robocalls, Spoofed Phone Numbers
Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix against Avid Telecom, its owner Michael D. Lansky...
Anxious Retirees Make Contingency Plans as Majority in U.S. ‘Concerned’ Over U.S. Default
Retiree Saundra Cole has been watching the news about the debt limit negotiations in Washington with dismay. The Phoenix resident has been limiting her air conditioning use to save money just in case her monthly Social Security check is delayed due to a default. Her cutback is no small thing in...
Half of US Public Approves of Washington’s Arms Deliveries to Ukraine in 2nd Year of Russia’s War
Like the blue and yellow flags that popped up around the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine 15 months ago, U.S. popular support for Washington's backing of Ukraine has faded a little but remains widespread, a survey by the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and NORC shows. It found that...
Russia’s Wagner Boss Says More Than 20,000 of His Troops Died in Bakhmut Battle
The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 fighters in the drawn-out battle for Bakhmut, with about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the eastern Ukrainian city. The figure was in stark contrast with claims from...