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Iran's soccer team arrives in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (540+ words) The team's participation in the World Cup, jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, has been complicated by the Iran war. Problems with processing visas earlier led Iran to move its training base from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana,…...
UCLA's Megan Grant sets NCAA softball record with 38th home run this season – Orlando Sentinel
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (60+ words) COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — UCLA slugger Megan Grant set the single-season home run record for Division I softball when she hit her 38th of the season on Saturday. Grant drove an 0-2 pitch from Nebraska’s Jordy Frahm deep to left-center field for a…...
Today in History: May 6, kidnapped women found alive a decade later at Ohio home
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (286+ words) Today is Wednesday, May 6, the 126th day of 2026. There are 239 days left in the year. On May 6, 2013, three women who had been kidnapped and held for years are found alive at their captor's home in Cleveland, Ohio. (Ariel Castro pleaded guilty…...
FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4. 3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (859+ words) By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins'this week attributed'a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the tamping down of fraud and an improved economy. But experts discount…...
Maine Gov. Mills drops Democratic US Senate bid against Platner, lamenting a lack of campaign funds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (701+ words) BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE The move now thrusts political newcomer Graham Platner, an oyster farmer almost no one knew a year ago, as the expected Democratic front-runner against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, whose seat Democrats are targeting…...
Federal government sues three states over their regulation of prediction markets
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (220+ words) The federal government on Thursday sued Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket. All three states have sent cease and desist orders to such companies accusing them of engaging in…...
Arizona utility agrees not to cut off power for nonpayment when it's 95 degrees Fahrenheit or above
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (246+ words) Mayes" office said the lawsuit grew out of concerns about disconnection practices during extreme heat, including the death of Katherine Korman at her Sun City West home. Her service was cut off in mid-May 2024 because of nonpayment on a day…...
Hunger Street Tacos" Masamor, a wholesale tortilleria and masa production facility, to open by year"s end
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (906+ words) For Wendy Lopez, chef/partner of Reyes Mezcaleria in downtown Orlando's north quarter, the heirloom masa coming out of Hunger Street Tacos" small-footprint taqueria in Winter Park was a game changer two years into her tenure, bringing the flavors of…...
Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (344+ words) However, election results released by the Phoenix-area Salt River Project mean that the rival slates will be forced into compromises over potential questions of whether to increase rates and whether to favor natural gas or renewable energy technologies to meet…...
Route 66, a quintessential American road trip heavy on kitsch and history, turns 100
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1254+ words) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN To John Steinbeck, it was the Mother Road that led poor farmers from Dust Bowl desperation to sunny California. To Native Americans along the route, it was an economic boon that also left scars. To Black…...