Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water
DES MOINES, Iowa — In the dim light just after dawn, Bill Blubaugh parks his Des Moines Water Works pickup truck, grabs a dipper...
Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals...
Extra pair of jeans? Student wants them for a good cause
MUNCIE, Ind. — While volunteering at Hearts and Hands United’s Coats Against the Cold event a few years ago, Averie Jamison watched a fellow...
3 killed in late-night crash in Clinton County
FRANKFORT, Ind. — Three people died in a car crash in central Indiana on Friday night.
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Indiana State Fair secures funding to replace swine barn
INDIANAPOLIS — The century-old Swine Barn at the Indiana State Fairgrounds will be replaced with a new multi-use facility after state officials released money...
Chestnut sets new record as hot dog contest brings fans back
NEW YORK — Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot...
People along the US-Canadian border await word of reopening
BURLINGTON, Vt. — In a normal, pre-COVID-19 summer, scores of pleasure boats are anchored in Lake Champlain off the Burlington waterfront by July 4,...
Governor: Heat death toll at least 95 in Oregon alone
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed at least 95 people in Oregon alone, a number that state's governor called “absolutely...
Damage forces evacuation of Miami Beach apartment building
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A three-story apartment building in South Florida was evacuated after an inspector discovered structural damage in a vacant unit.
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Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge
BOSTON — Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging...