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AP AP BEIJING (AP) – The U.S. has ordered non-emergency government workers to leave Shanghai, which is under strict lockdown to stem a COVID-19 surge. Many residents of the city of 26 million are confined to their homes for up to three weeks as China sticks to its “zero-COVID” strategy of treating outbreaks with strict isolation … Read more
BILLS, Mont. (AP) — State environmental officials unlawfully permitted a large copper mine in central Montana despite fears mining waste would pollute a river popular with boaters, a state judge ruled. Officials with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality failed to conduct an adequate review of the proposed Black Butte mine north of White Sulfur … Read more
AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk will not join Twitter’s board of directors as previously announced. The stormy billionaire remains Twitter’s largest shareholder. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted the news, which followed a weekend of Musk tweets suggesting possible changes to Twitter, including making the site ad-free. Almost 90% of Twitter’s 2021 … Read more
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of regular gasoline has fallen 10 cents to $4.27 a gallon over the past two weeks as oil prices continue to be “yo-yo,” industry analyst Trilby said Lundberg on Sunday. The price at the pump was $1.32 higher than a year ago, according to … Read more
AP SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A weekend fire has wiped out a Home Depot store in the San Francisco Bay Area, throwing up a huge plume of smoke and prompting some nearby residents to seek shelter, authorities said. The five-alarm fire in South San Jose broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday and took about … Read more
AP WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Air traffic authorities in Poland are warning travelers of possible flight delays and cancellations at Warsaw Airport following a protest and the firing of some air traffic controllers. The protest comes in response to changes made in January to the way the air traffic control authority, Poland’s air traffic control … Read more
AP AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The latest on the Masters (all times local): A big stumble for Tiger Woods at the Masters. Woods putted the difficult fifth hole at Augusta National for a double bogey. In doing so, he lost 11 shots from the lead before Scottie Scheffler even teed off. Wood’s putter was a … Read more
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Calais Campbell is returning to the Baltimore Ravens on a two-year contract. The team announced on Saturday that they had reached an agreement with the 35-year-old defender. Campbell also played with Baltimore for the past two seasons. Campbell started in 14 games last season and finished with 1 1/2 sacks. … Read more
AP MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo started the game with 27 seconds left and scored 27 points in the Miami Heat’s 113-109 comeback win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. Jimmy Butler added 20 points, Kyle Lowry finished with 16 points and Tyler Herro had 15 for the Heat. They ended with a 10-2 … Read more
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A state appeals court Tuesday said a Southern California hospital can be held responsible for sexual abuse by an employee and upheld a jury’s $6.75 million in damages for two elderly patients who were abused in a psychiatric hospital. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled that awards for pain … Read more