Steve Martin turns down Tim Walz impersonation role on 'SNL,' dashing internet's casting hopes (apnews.com)
Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray....
From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia (apnews.com)
Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement....
2024 France election live updates: Prime Minister Attal plans to resign as projections show leftists lead (apnews.com)
Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion (apnews.com)
Boeing announced plans to acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion, a move that it says will improve plane quality and safety amid increasing scrutiny by Congress, airlines and the Department of Justice....
Alec Baldwin’s case on track for trial in July as judge denies request to dismiss (apnews.com)
A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing....
US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza is being removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday....
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider (apnews.com)
Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles (apnews.com)
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses (apnews.com)
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region....
Seoul will restart anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation against trash balloons (apnews.com)
South Korea says it will restart anti-North Korean propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in border areas in response to continuing North Korean campaigns to drop trash on the South with balloons....
Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers (apnews.com)
The hardest part of Culix Wibonele’s first job in long-term care was not getting injured....
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees (apnews.com)
Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute (apnews.com)
Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on wages....
Russian state media is posting more on TikTok ahead of the U.S. presidential election, study says (apnews.com)
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution....
Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic (apnews.com)
The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found....
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks lawmakers' help to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer (apnews.com)
Stung by paying billions of dollars for settlements and trials, chemical giant Bayer has been lobbying lawmakers in three states to pass bills providing it a legal shield from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer....
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing (apnews.com)
At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were — all because of an automated formula that calculated results for Black and non-Black patients differently. That race-based equation could delay diagnosis of organ failure...
Putin says he won't start a war with NATO. But Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets (apnews.com)
North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place (apnews.com)
A North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that local leaders who refused calls to remove a Confederate monument from outside a county courthouse acted in a constitutional manner and kept in place the statue at its longtime location in accordance with state law....
England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching (apnews.com)
Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision in England to restrict gender transitions for young people as support for their own related proposals....
Yellen urges world leaders to 'unlock' frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine (apnews.com)
Summer-like conditions with record temperatures lead to first Wisconsin tornadoes in February (apnews.com)
EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February tore through mostly rural areas on a day that broke records for warmth, setting up the perfect scenario for the type of severe weather normally seen in the late spring and summer....
Arrest warrant issued for Montana man accused of killing thousands of birds, including eagles (apnews.com)
A federal judge issued an arrest warrant Monday for a Montana man who failed to show up for an initial court appearance on charges of killing thousands of birds, including bald and golden eagles. A second defendant pleaded not guilty....
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot (apnews.com)
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot::Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system when using Autopilot.
Federal jury decides Google’s Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers (apnews.com)
The unanimous verdict reached Monday came after just three hours of deliberation following a four-week trial revolving around a lucrative payment system within Google’s Play store. The store is the main place where hundreds of millions of people around the world download and install apps that work on smartphones powered by...
