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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — World Cup fans in a growing number of U.S. cities won’t have an issue finding a well-poured pint to go with their late-night match.State leaders across the U.S. are signing off on extending bar and restaurant hours during the world’s most-watched sporting event. They want to…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Nicole Calvin has been visiting the University of Michigan campus annually over the past 16 years to catch a peek — and a whiff — of the school’s sizable peony collection.She even came twice this year.“I just love walking through the gardens,” Calvin said Monday.…

From afar, conservation biologist Joel Berger has tracked Wyoming’s long-lasting attempt to designate a migration corridor used by pronghorn that seasonally trek upwards of 150 miles from Interstate 80 all the way to Grand Teton National Park. In the early 2000s, Berger, then a Jackson Hole resident, was among the…

A bus driver with a history of speeding accusations was indicted on additional charges Monday in a chain-reaction crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens more.Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, initially was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after the crash early…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires. Caesars became an iconic name after the opening of Caesar’s Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in 1966. But its roots date…