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Today in History: April 10, The Titanic sets sail from England, bound for New York
Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 10, the 101st day of 2024. There are 265 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 10, 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its...
Maryland lawmakers OK bill to aid to port employees after Baltimore bridge collapse at session's end
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approved a measure to help employees at the Port of Baltimore affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a decision that came Monday in the waning hours of a state legislative session that has focused on efforts to rebuild and assure the public in...
3 arrested after welfare call leads to removal of 86 dogs, girl and older woman from California home
CERES, Calif. (AP) — An anonymous call this week led California authorities to find 86 dogs and several people living in a house where conditions were described as deplorable and unlivable. The discovery Tuesday in the Central Valley city of Ceres came after the caller requested a...
Oklahoma's push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport
WILSON, Okla. (AP) — Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it wasn't uncommon to see hundreds of spectators packed into small arenas in rural parts of the state to watch roosters, often outfitted with razor-sharp steel blades, fight until a...
Kansas will pay $1 million over the murder of a boy torture victim whose body was fed to pigs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a 7-year-old boy's murder in 2015 alleging that the state's child welfare agency should have removed him from an abusive home before he was starved and tortured and his body was fed to pigs. Gov. Laura Kelly...
Maryland House OKs juvenile justice measure in response to rising auto thefts, gun possession
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday designed to improve accountability and rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system in response to an increase in some crimes like auto theft and handgun violations in parts of the state. The House, which is...
Bail set at $1 million for couple accused of hundreds of counts in animal cruelty investigation
BEDFORD, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple accused of animal neglect and cruelty were charged Friday with hundreds of offenses and jailed with bail set at $1 million. The 99 felony counts of animal cruelty and other allegations against Nyal and Renee Piper were filed two months...
A ship carrying 19,000 cattle caused a big stink in the South African city of Cape Town
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — What stinks? Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city. City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the...
Charges filed against man accused of shooting 3 Washington police officers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors have filed assault and gun charges against a Washington, D.C., man accused of shooting three police officers trying to serve an animal cruelty warrant, touching off a daylong standoff. The officers were treated for leg and arm wounds at hospitals in...
3 officers shot in Washington, leading to daylong standoff before suspect's arrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three police officers were shot trying to make an animal cruelty arrest that touched off an hourslong standoff in the nation's capitol on Wednesday, which ended late at night with a man's arrest. The officers were hospitalized and expected to recover from gunshot...
