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A skijoring team competes in Leadville, Colo., on Saturday, March 2, 2024....
THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press

What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring

Nick Burri zipps past a series of gates at high speed and hurtling off jumps skijoring behind a quarter horse named Sirius.
2 months ago
The U.S. Capitol is shown in Washington, DC. Both houses of the U.S. Congress. The Religious Freedo...
Kevin Freking

Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline

On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed into law a package of spending bills passed by the Senate.
2 months ago
a bed and table are pictured, daylight saving time is coming up...
Don Brinkerhoff

Daylight saving time happens this Sunday, time to spring forward

An often-told story says Benjamin Franklin came up with daylight saving in the 18th century but experts say otherwise.
2 months ago
Small screens...
DEEPTI HAJELA and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press

For social platforms, the outage was short. But people’s stories vanished, and that’s no small thing

Even though the recent outage only lasted a handful of hours, it still meant people had less access to news and other important information.
2 months ago
Utah man arrested in connection with attempt to buy weapons for coup in South Sudan....
ANITA SNOW

A Utahn is charged with trying to illegally export arms for coup in South Sudan

A Utah man born in South Sudan is facing charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars worth of weapons to overthrow the African government.
2 months ago
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas...
Rachel Clarke and Ray Sanchez

Uvalde school shooting investigator walks out of meeting without taking questions

The ex-detective, Jesse Prado, later returned to the meeting. Earlier, he told city officials the local prosecutor made evidence gathering difficult.
2 months ago
A new bill that could ban TikTok from all US phones and tablets is set for a vote by a key House co...
By Brian Fung

House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok

The legislation would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless it is quickly spun off from its China-linked parent company, ByteDance.
2 months ago
In this image provided by Jake Molgaard, Kevin Bacon, a 450-pound porker wandered, Friday, March 1,...
COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press

Kevin Bacon, a 450-pound pig, hams it up for home security camera

He had escaped, but his family fed Kevin Bacon the pig apples, rice cakes, tomatoes and carrots to lure him home.
2 months ago
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed confers with her attorney Jason Bowles during opening arguments in Judge Mary...
Cheri Mossburg, Christina Maxouris and Josh Campbell

‘Rust’ movie armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and acquitted of tampering with evidence in a New Mexico trial.
2 months ago
boeing door hole alaska airlines flight...
DAVID KOENIG

US official says Boeing hasn’t turned over records about work on the panel that blew off a jetliner

The safety board's chair told a Senate Committee that for two months Boeing repeatedly refused to identify employees who work on door panels on Boeing 737s.
2 months ago
house speaker mike johnson, shutdown...
KEVIN FREKING

House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline

The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline.
2 months ago
Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol,...
Peter Johnston

Utah’s Attorney General calls for Supreme Court to restrict access to an abortion pill

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is calling on the Supreme Court to restrict access to the abortion pill called Mifepristone.
2 months ago
The Kirtland Temple pictured, which was bought by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Sam Herrera

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints acquires buildings, manuscripts, Kirtland Temple from Community of Christ

According to the church, the acquisition highlights its "long-standing effort to preserve religious and cultural heritage."
2 months ago
Kyrsten Sinema...
DANNY SHAPIRO, KTAR

Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema won’t seek reelection for US Senate seat

Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema, in a statement, said she would not run again because her political approach “is not what America wants right now.”
2 months ago
Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson (3) throws during the first half of an NFL football game ...
ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer

Denver Broncos inform QB Russell Wilson they’ll release him when new league year begins

Two years ago, Russell Wilson declared he intended to play a dozen years in Denver, now, it doesn't seem that plan is going to work out.
2 months ago
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, center, sits with her attorney Jason Bowles, left, during testimony in the t...
MORGAN LEE Associated Press

Ammo supplier says he provided no live rounds in fatal shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

Ammo supplier testified that he provided dummy rounds to the "Rust" set where Alex Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer.
2 months ago
Cookie Monster has taken to X to express his frustration over shrinking products, aka: "shrinkflati...
Bryan Mena

Even Cookie Monster is complaining about the US economy

“Me hate shrinkflation! Me cookies are getting smaller,” Cookie Monster posted on X. “Guess me going to have to eat double da cookies!”
2 months ago
Thousands of pounds of Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings have been recalled due to possible conta...
Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN

Trader Joe’s chicken soup dumplings recalled for possible contamination

The manufacturer, CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation, said customers found hard plastic in the dumplings. 
2 months ago
FILE - The U.S Supreme Court is photographed, Jan. 3, 2024, in Washington. (Mariam Zuhaib, Associat...
John Fritze, CNN

Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate.
2 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a Republican campaign ...
WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Haley says she raised $12M in February, can’t point to long-term plan to beat Trump

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Friday that she raised $12 million in February, a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against former President Donald Trump past next week's Super Tuesday — even though she can't point to an upcoming state where she expects to beat him.
2 months ago
FILE: Seen from an aerial view, people pass through razor wire after crossing the U.S.-Mexico borde...
ACACIA CORONADO

Judge blocks Texas law allowing police power to arrest illegal migrants

The ruling is a victory for the Justice Department. It argued that the law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last year was unconstitutional.
2 months ago
president biden shown, he and former president trump are visiting the border in texas...
SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press

Biden and Trump touch down in Texas, highlighting immigration as a major election issue

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump arrived Thursday in Texas, for dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border in a sign of how central immigration has become to the 2024 election
2 months ago
February, 29, otherwise know as leap year day, is shown on a calendar Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Ove...
LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer

What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think

Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?
2 months ago
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) heads to the floor of the Senate for a vote on Capito...
Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN

Mitch McConnell to step down from GOP leadership position in the Senate

Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, the Kentucky Republican announced on the Senate floor Wednesday.
2 months ago