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New Jersey state troopers rescue bear cub from highway ditch 04/03/2026 02:07pm • UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — State police troopers came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major interstate highway in northern New Jersey. Troopers from the Perryville station responded shortly before 1:40 p.m. Wednesday to milepost 12.2 on I-78 eastbound in Union Tow Shohei Ohtani hits a 3-run homer to drive in his 1st runs of the season 04/03/2026 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the third inning Friday for his first RBIs of the season. The two-way star had been off to a slow start at the plate. Ohtani was just 3 for 19 after striking out to lead off the game, but with the Los Angeles Dodgers down 3-0 in the third Woman killed after going inside burning home to rescue her cat in Chevy Chase 04/03/2026 01:56pm • A woman died Friday morning after she went back inside a burning house to rescue her cat in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a fire department spokesman told WTOP. She had evacuated the house with a man, who survived with injuries that are not considered life-threatening, according to department spokesman A Nevada judge ruled ICE can't lock up everyone facing deportation. Here's what it means. 04/03/2026 01:48pm • The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must lock up everyone facing deportation, even if they’ve lived in the country for decades and have no criminal record. But on Tuesday, a federal court in Tennessee eases up on its unique child support rule for restoring voting rights after a felony 04/03/2026 01:43pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back, including a unique requirement among states that they must have fully paid their child support costs. The Republican-supermajority Legi Descendants of Choctaw code talkers gather in Fort Worth for historical marker unveiling 04/03/2026 01:36pm • Nuchi Nashoba grew up looking at a photograph of her great-grandfather Ben Carterby inside her grandmother’s Oklahoma home. But, she didn’t know much about the man in the frame other than that he was a World War I veteran. It wasn’t until 1989 — when Nashoba was in her late 20s — that she Raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreak 04/03/2026 01:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A California dairy producer that health authorities have been investigating amid an ongoing outbreak of E. coli is recalling some of its raw cheese products, after initially refusing to do so. Raw Farm of Fresno, California, said Thursday it is voluntarily recalling more than a h Former Turnstile guitarist is accused of hitting an ex-bandmate's dad with his car 04/03/2026 01:22pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A former guitarist for Grammy-winning Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say he chased down and struck a former bandmate's father with his car, badly injuring him. Montgomery County police officers responding to a Su Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson has season-ending shoulder surgery 04/03/2026 01:10pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Blue Jackets defenseman Damon Severson will miss the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery on Thursday. Severson was injured during the third period at Montreal on March 26 after taking a shoulder-to-shoulder hit from Canadiens forward Zachary Bolduc. Severson Home mitigation bill heads to Mississippi governor in yearslong effort to improve storm resilience 04/03/2026 01:09pm • After nearly two decades of paralysis on the issue, Mississippi officials are inching closer to establishing a state home mitigation program to protect residents from natural disasters. Storm preparation experts say such a program is vital to building resilience as the dangers from climate change co US military says the American aircraft was 'shot down,' according to an email obtained by AP 04/03/2026 01:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — US military says the American aircraft was 'shot down,' according to an email obtained by AP. Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg named Associated Press Coach of the Year after breakthrough season 04/03/2026 01:03pm • Fred Hoiberg of Nebraska was named The Associated Press men’s basketball coach of the year on Friday following a 28-win season that included the Cornhuskers’ first NCAA Tournament win and a run to the Sweet 16. Hoiberg received 17 votes from a 61-person media panel, edging Duke’s Jon Scheyer ( Fred Hoiberg of Nebraska named AP Coach of the Year in men's college basketball 04/03/2026 12:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fred Hoiberg of Nebraska named AP Coach of the Year in men's college basketball. Judge ends federal oversight of special education in New Orleans schools 04/03/2026 12:56pm • More than a decade of federal oversight of special education in New Orleans charter schools has ended, following a Tuesday (March 31) decision by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey to terminate a sweeping consent judgment, which went into effect in early 2015. That consent judgment resulted from a clas Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón thinks his tight right hamstring is only a minor setback 04/03/2026 12:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón thinks his tight right hamstring is only a minor setback in his return from elbow surgery last October. Rodón felt the tightness after throwing 50 pitches of batting practice Sunday at the team's complex in Tampa, Florida. Rodón got hurt while ru