By MATTHEW BROWN BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s finding that BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people in a Montana mining town where thousands have been sickened by asbestos exposure. Following a civil trial, a jury in 2024 awarded $4 million each to the estates of…
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By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer Jack Hughes’ overtime goal, which gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980, drew an average audience of 26 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the U.S., according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel ratings and Adobe Analytics digital data. Team USA’s…
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By GHAITH ALSAYED DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A now-closed camp that housed thousands of people with suspected links to the Islamic State group in northeast Syria has witnessed “mass escape” in the weeks since government forces took control of it, with at least 133 breaches discovered, a Syrian official said Wednesday. The escapes during clashes…
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By KAITLYN HUAMANI, AP Technology Writer Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns about their privacy. The global rollout of the system is now delayed to the second half of 2026, Discord’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Stanislav…
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By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday. Summers, who has been on leave since November and whose name appeared hundreds of times in newly released Epstein files, will leave…
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Los Angeles will once again become the main slice when it comes to pizza pie as the annual Pizza City Fest returns to L.A. LIVE on April 25-26. Tickets are now on sale for the weekend celebration of the ubiquitous dish with unlimited offerings from 20 pizza artisans each day. The pizzerias will be serving…
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By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A telescope in Chile has revealed in unprecedented detail the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The picture released Wednesday by the European Southern Observatory zeros in on a region of cold cosmic gases more than 650 light-years across. A…
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Late March, April and May are often called skiing’s “secret season” because late season snow conditions, sunny weather and, best of all, diminished crowds make a few choice North American and European resorts prime destinations for carving turns. Last spring I had some of my best days of skiing and snowboarding on the slopes at…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work and paid only $1 a day in Colorado. The unanimous ruling is a procedural defeat for the GEO Group, but it’s not a final decision. The company is…
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The Fullerton Fire Department brought its ambulance services in-house this month after more than 20 years of contracting with a private ambulance transport service. Fire officials said the change will create opportunities for aspiring firefighters to work directly alongside department personnel, allowing them to gain hands-on experience and improve their chances in what is often…
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