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Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
Feb 10, 2025 by Sam Parsons
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies…
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Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to nearly 5 years in sports betting case
Feb 07, 2025 by Sam Parsons
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from the Los Angeles…
The heist of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania becomes a whodunit that police have yet to crack
Feb 06, 2025 by Sam Parsons
ANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack. Four days after the theft that law…
Waffle House is passing along the sky high cost of eggs to diners with a 50 cent surcharge
Feb 05, 2025 by Sam Parsons
NEW YORK (AP) — The Waffle House restaurant chain is putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge in place because of the biggest bird flu outbreak in a decade. The 24-7 restaurant said that the…
Dramatic drop in monarch butterfly count nears record 30-year low
Feb 04, 2025 by Sam Parsons
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing habitat and climate change take…
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
Feb 03, 2025 by Sam Parsons
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania. Phil was welcomed…
NFL says it will look into allegations by massage therapists about Justin Tucker's behavior
Jan 31, 2025 by Sam Parsons
BALTIMORE (AP) — The NFL will look into allegations that Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker behaved inappropriately toward massage therapists at four spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area, a league spokesman said. The…
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Jan 30, 2025 by Sam Parsons
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.…
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni get March 2026 trial date for her 'It Ends With Us' lawsuit
Jan 29, 2025 by Sam Parsons
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With…
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says it was hit with 'large-scale malicious attacks'
Jan 28, 2025 by Sam Parsons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users' ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech…
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