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Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. The best views will be from North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse. Lunar ...

Storm dumps heavy snow on northern Arizona, gridlocking Interstate 40

PARKS, Ariz. (AP) — A winter storm dumped heavy snow across northern Arizona on Friday, playing a major factor in a more than 15-mile (24-kilometer) backup on a major interstate. Semitrucks and other vehicles were stalled on Interstate 40 westbound between Flagstaff and Williams late Friday ...

Utah governor likely to sign legislation phasing out universal mail ballots

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah would stop mailing ballots to all voters automatically under a bill sent to its Republican governor as the state's 2025 legislative session wrapped up on Friday. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a proposal ...

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — I've now watched through glass and bars as 11 men were put to death at a South Carolina prison. None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of Brad Sigmon on Friday night. I might now be unique among ...

California and Texas join push to end remote work among state employees

By NADIA LATHAN Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jonah Paul, a California state employee, says he's lucky if he gets home by 7 p.m. when he takes the train two days a week to his Sacramento office — a lengthy commute that's about to become more frequent. He is ...

Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

By The Associated Press A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in ...