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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida deputy has captured a runaway emu and safely returned the large flightless bird to its home. A St. Johns County deputy responded last Friday to a rural area west of St. Augustine following…

By  MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A packed crowd celebrated the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle Monday in a contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. The short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back coiffure, once the province of Canadian hockey players and hair…

By  PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow throughout their lives. But changes in the ocean’s chemistry could put those weapons at risk. That is the…

By  NICOLE WINFIELD ROME (AP) — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and mosaics. The House of the Griffins…

By  ALAN MILLER/The Reporting Project Two people at the center of attention during the Licking County Commissioners’ first meeting of the year were a burly guy in a green-and-tan uniform and a wisp of a young girl whose name is on…

By  DEEPA BHARATH A group of Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are striding single file down country roads and highways across the South, captivating Americans nationwide and inspiring droves of locals to greet them along their route. In their flowing saffron and ocher robes,…

By  ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a…

By  DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Postal officials unveiled a commemorative stamp of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday, featuring a photo of the champ in his fighting prime. The Postal Service printed 22 million of…

By  DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged a bit lower on Wall Street Friday as the first week of corporate earnings season ended with markets trading near record levels. The wobbly day for stocks closed out a week…

By  DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal panels reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom. One of the four is James McCrery, an architect who…

By  AMY TAXIN A 21-year-old college student who said he was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal officer during a Southern California protest said he faces a drastically different life now. Kaden Rummler said in an…

By  MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine…

By  KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops will be on the streets of Washington, D.C., until the end of the year, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The memo, signed by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and dated…

By  MIKE STOBBE Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday. The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 558 in…

By  STEVE REED CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds in the NASCAR community gathered for a memorial service at Charlotte’s Bojangles Coliseum on Friday for former driver Greg Biffle, his family and others who were killed in a plane crash last month. Biffle…

By  PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — New York City nurses on strike say they’ve restarted contract talks with another one of the major hospital systems affected by the walkout that’s now in its fifth day. The New York State Nurses Association said…

By  DANIEL NIEMANN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions…

By  SAFIYAH RIDDLE, SARAH BRUMFIELD and HALLIE GOLDEN A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video…