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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U-2 pilot flying high above the Chinese spy balloon took a close-up photo of the large white orb just a day before the Air Force shot it down off the South Carolina coast. The photo shows the top of the pilot’s helmet inside the U-2 cockpit with the balloon flying below. It was taken Feb. 3 as the balloon “hovered over the Central Continental United States,” […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ranchers are asking a U.S. district judge to delay what they describe as a potential mass slaughter of as many as 150 “unauthorized” cows on public land in southwestern New Mexico. Plans by the U.S. Forest Service call for shooting the cattle with high-powered rifles from a helicopter and leaving the carcasses in the Gila Wilderness. Critics say that could result in an estimated 65 tons […]

LONDON (AP) — An off-duty police officer was shot Wednesday in Northern Ireland, where paramilitary groups have previously attacked members of the security services. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the officer was injured in a shooting at a sports complex in Omagh, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Belfast. The force said the officer was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on his condition. […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Legislature is considering a proposal that would end an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members of the clergy. On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee held the first of what could be several meetings on the subject before it votes on the proposal. Attorney Benjamin Novogroski, of the office of Legislative Counsel, says Vermont’s mandated reporting law includes […]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Fox News, CNN and other major news outlets didn’t defame former coal executive Don Blankenship when they referred to him as a “felon” after he served a year in prison on a misdemeanor charge in connection with the worst U.S. mine disaster in decades, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Fourth Circuit Court Chief Judge Roger Gregory affirmed a district court’s determination that 16 outlets sued […]

The Biden administration said Wednesday it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico, a key part of a push to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030 to help fight climate change. The proposed sale, which could take place as soon as this summer, includes areas offshore Lake Charles, Louisiana and Galveston, Texas, for roughly 3.6 gigawatts of electricity, enough to […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The faces around Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang have changed over the years. Coaches have come and gone. General managers, a litany of players — some of them forever etched in Pittsburgh Penguins lore, others not-so much — and owners too. Yet Crosby, Malkin and Letang have remained. Through heartache and triumph. M ilestones and giddy early summer parades along packed downtown streets, the Stanley […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose unveiled legislation Wednesday that would clarify and standardize the way election data is organized, stored and shared across the state, a proposal that the Republican says can serve as a national model in addressing the “crisis of confidence” in American elections. “It’s a question of, ‘Do we even all speak the same language about what constitutes a registered voter, what […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Detective: Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter ran a neo-Nazi website, used gay and racial slurs online. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com