PORTLAND, Maine — Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average, raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions, federal officials said. Fuel supplies are lower than normal across the country for a variety of reasons, including the war […]
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Army program gives poor-performing recruits a second chance
FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Chaz Andrews has wanted to join the Army since he was 19, but he has failed the service’s academic test more than 10 times over the past decade. Now, at age 29, Andrews thinks he has a real shot to pass, thanks to a new Army […]
Cities near Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian rocket and artillery strikes hit areas across the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as fears persisted that fighting in the vicinity could damage the plant and cause a radiation leak. Russian forces took control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power […]
Medic who cared for Mariupol wounded heads for Ukraine front
KHARKIV, Ukraine — For 22 days, Serhiy Chornobryvets barely slept and rarely took off his red paramedic uniform. Day and night, he raced around his hometown of Mariupol, rescuing those wounded by the Russian bombs and shells that pummeled the southern Ukrainian city. When he finally escaped Mariupol — whose […]
Matt Araiza released by Buffalo Bills after rape allegations
The Buffalo Bills released rookie punter Matt Araiza Saturday after he was named in a lawsuit that accused him and two others of gang rape. “We have released Punter Matt Araiza,” the NFL team said in a statement Saturday. An additional post attributed to GM Brandon Beane expanded as to […]
Intelligence officials assessing national security risk from Trump documents
Intelligence officials are assessing the potential risk to national security after classified documents were found at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines sent a letter Friday to top lawmakers in Congress confirming the assessment is underway, a spokesperson for the agency told ABC News. […]
Diana’s car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears
A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death LONDON — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th […]
D.C. children’s hospital harassed over trans youth services
WASHINGTON — Medical providers at Children’s National Hospital in Washington have become the latest targets of social media campaigns harassing U.S. hospitals for the treatments they offer transgender youths. In an audio recording posted Thursday by the conservative Twitter account Libs of TikTok, a Children’s National employee appears to say […]
School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout
CONCORD, N.H. — With Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” blaring in the background, about 20 New Hampshire educators grabbed wooden sticks and began pounding their tables to the beat. Emily Daniels, who was leading a two-day workshop on burnout, encouraged the group including teachers, school counselors, occupational therapists and social workers to […]
Man falls 100 feet when cliff crumbles beneath him
A man is lucky to be alive after he fell about 100 feet off of a cliff edge when it reportedly crumbled beneath him as he walked on it. The incident occurred at around dawn when the unnamed man was walking along cliffs in Moss Beach in San Mateo County, […]