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AT&T says its cellphone network restored after a widespread outage hit users across the US

AT&T says it has restored wireless coverage after an outage knocked out cellphone service on its network across the U.S. for hours. A statement from the Dallas-based company Thursday says it has service to all its affected customers. Outage tracker Downdetector noted that outages began at about 3:30 a.m. ET and peaked at around 73,000…
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Saturated California gets more rain and snow, but so far escapes severe damage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California remains under threat of floods as the latest winter storm blows through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage spawned by a recent atmospheric river. While the rainfall was focused on Southern California, thunderstorms and strong winds are expected across wide swaths of…
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Wall Street Skids

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply after disappointing data on inflation made investors confront the bitter possibility that interest rates will stay high for months longer than they were hoping. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Tuesday after clawing back part of a larger intraday loss. The worse-than-expected inflation report may have put the final…
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Crews work to recover remains of 5 Marines killed when helicopter crashed in California mountains

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military says efforts are underway to recover the remains of five U.S. Marines who were killed when their helicopter went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego. Authorities say the CH-53E Super Stallion vanished late Tuesday night while conducting a flight training on their way back…
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Mother Found Guilty

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury in a groundbreaking trial has found a school shooter’s mother guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students in 2021. The verdict against Jennifer Crumbley was returned Tuesday. Prosecutors said Crumbley was grossly negligent. She failed to tell Oxford High School officials that the family had…
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