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Misdemeanor obstruction charges against Atlanta Falcons rookie receiver Zachariah Branch have been dismissed, his attorney announced Wednesday. The former Georgia standout was arrested on April 19 in Athens, Ga., and charged with obstructing a police officer and obstructing public sidewalks/streets. The following weekend, the Falcons selected Branch in the third round (79th overall) of the 2026 NFL Draft. “After reviewing all evidence, including videos, and discussing the case with us, […]

By Cassandra Garrison, Heather Schlitz and Tom Polansek CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY, June 3 (Reuters) – Samples of a suspected infestation of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite on a cattle farm in La Pryor, Texas, have been sent to a federal government lab in Iowa to be tested, Texas Representative Don McLaughlin said Wednesday.   The samples were taken from two calves on the same ranch on Tuesday, McLaughlin said, adding that he had seen […]

The season-opening football game between North Carolina State and Virginia will no longer be played in Brazil. Both ACC schools announced Wednesday that the contest will be held on Aug. 29 in Charlottesville, Va. Billed as the first college football game played in South America, it originally was scheduled to take place at Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The decision to relocate came after an “extensive review with […]

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu has been ruled out for Wednesday’s game against the visiting Toronto Tempo due to a back injury and general soreness. The four-time All-Star initially had been questionable for the contest after missing the last three games. She sat out the season’s first five games with an injured foot before collecting 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds in New York’s 91-76 setback to the […]

June 3 (Reuters) – Tesla said on Wednesday it was rolling out its unsupervised robotaxis in the Austin Metro area in Texas, as the electric-vehicle maker looks to speed up its autonomous ride-hailing operation. Expanding the robotaxi service and wider adoption of its full self-driving software – a version of which underpins the technology – is key to Tesla’s growth strategy after CEO Elon Musk pivoted the company’s focus from […]

June 3 (Reuters) – Shares of Applied Aerospace & Defense rose 3.8% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, valuing the firm at $3.54 billion. The Huntsville, Alabama-based space and defense hardware provider’s stock opened at $20.75 apiece, compared with the offer price of $20. Applied sold 32.5 million shares within the marketed range of $18 and $21 ​apiece to raise $650 million. The IPO market has regained […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s waxy abode within the hive. Worker bees perform a myriad of jobs to keep up the hive, including collecting food, nurturing young bees and caring for the queen, who lays all the eggs. New research reveals that the honeybees responsible for crafting the queen’s home effectively run a fever to […]

. (AP) — A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank and a school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said Wednesday. All the hostages are free and none was harmed, the Bakersfield Police Department said in a statement. The suspect was killed in “an officer-involved shooting involving Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel,” the department said. The standoff in downtown […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft at Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. Launched in 2013 to study the red planet’s atmosphere from orbit, Maven mysteriously fell silent in early December after passing behind Mars. Data indicated the spacecraft went into a fast spin, which disrupted […]