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INDIANAPOLIS — Manager Ashley Ford strode the perimeter of one of Indianapolis’ five open swimming pools, monitoring kids as they jumped off a diving board or careened into the water from a curved slide. Four lifeguards, whistles at the ready, watched from their tall chairs stationed around the water. With […]

A wildfire in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest has reached 12,000 acres, making it the state’s largest fire since 2007. State officials have reported that the “Mullica River Fire” is now 70% contained as of Monday night. “We have essentially ruled out natural causes and so we’ll continue to investigate […]

A 5-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot car in Houston as record-high temperatures struck the city. The boy had been inside the car, which was parked outside his home, for several hours before he was found dead on Monday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. The most immediate effect of the court’s 6-3 decision beyond Maine will be next door […]

Kellogg has announced that it will separate into three different companies to create “greater strategic, operational, and financial focus” for each of the new firms that will be named at a later date. Under the plans announced on Tuesday, Kellogg will separate its North American cereal and plant-based foods business […]

PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron was holding talks Tuesday with France’s main party leaders after his centrist alliance failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. The meetings at the Elysee presidential palace come after Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne formally offered her resignation Tuesday, in line with the tradition […]

SEOUL — South Korea successfully launched and put its homegrown space rocket into orbit Tuesday, becoming the seventh nation capable of launching practical satellites using a self-developed propulsion system. “The Nuri rocket launch was a success,” Lee Sang-ryul, director of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute told the press after the […]

NEW YORK — A taxi cab turning onto a narrow section of Broadway hit a bicyclist, then swerved onto a Manhattan sidewalk and into a group of pedestrians Monday afternoon, critically injuring three people, police said. The crash spurred onlookers into action, police said, with bystanders rushing to try to […]

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s only been a month since North Korea acknowledged having a COVID-19 outbreak, after steadfastly denying any cases for more than two years. But already it may be preparing to declare victory. According to state media, North Korea has avoided the mass deaths many expected in […]

The parents of victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting and other members of the community called for the resignation of embattled school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo at an emotional meeting of the Uvalde, Texas, school board Monday night. The board’s monthly meeting came nearly a month after the […]