By TAMMY WEBBER and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be ...
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sticking to encouraging low-altitude military flyovers after a fighter jet buzzed a Florida beach during a show this week, raising new scrutiny after the Pentagon has dismissed a ...
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that's previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs. The drug from Merck was OK'd on ...
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan woman accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house of squalor pleaded no contest Thursday to child abuse in an agreement that carries a six-year prison sentence, authorities said. Conditions at the Pontiac home were so offensive that police ...
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer The remains of several geese were found on a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday, strong suggestions that multiple bird strikes contributed to the ...
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to the nation's capital is being extended by more than two years and will last until the end of his term. The Pentagon confirmed the extension in an email Thursday, saying ...
