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What's behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

Oct. 12, 2024 02:03 AM EDT

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City. “It was a pretty extensive display yet...

Fisher-Price recalls over 2 million 'Snuga Swings' following the deaths of 5 infants

Oct. 11, 2024 17:41 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico due to a serious suffocation risk, following reports of five infant deaths. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned that all models of Fisher-Price's Snuga...

Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak

Oct. 11, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get...

TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with the Justice Department

Oct. 10, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution's lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years. Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...

SoFi Stadium will host the CONCACAF Nations League final four in 2025 and 2027

Oct. 09, 2024 14:56 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — The semifinals and final of the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The site was announced Wednesday by CONCACAF, the governing body of North and Central American and Caribbean soccer. Next year's event will...

What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories

Oct. 08, 2024 16:10 PM EDT

Severe weather can target any part of the globe, but each year the Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic devastation to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America all the way up through the United States and into Canada. ...

The Yukon's remote fresh waters are producing NHL-caliber talent in Dylan Cozens and Gavin McKenna

Oct. 08, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) — Buffalo Sabres center Dylan Cozens had just finished a grueling summer off-ice session when he and trainer Ben McPherson drove out into the Yukon wilderness to go fishing. “I know the spot,” McPherson recalled Cozens saying. And within 10 minutes of...

Flags fly at half-staff for Voyageurs National Park ranger who died in water rescue

Oct. 08, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Flags flew at half-staff in Minnesota and at national parks across the country Tuesday for a Voyageurs National Park ranger who died while trying to rescue a family of three stranded by high waves on a lake. Kevin Grossheim, 55, of Kabetogama, died...

Today in History: October 7, surprise attacks spark Israel-Hamas War

Oct. 07, 2024 01:40 AM EDT

Today is Monday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2024. There are 85 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours...

Billionaire Frank Stronach is facing additional sexual assault charges in Canada

Oct. 03, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Austrian-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing more sexual assault charges involving three additional complainants, court documents show. The latest charges bring the total number of accusers in his case to 13. The 92-year-old Stronach was first charged in...