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CINCINNATI (AP) — The president of Cincinnati’s symphony orchestra says one of its recent concerts came to a halt when an audience member refused to stop recording a violinist’s performance. Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra President Jonathan Martin tells The Cincinnati Enquirer a

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police shot a cow that officers had tried to round up as it rambled across downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Police Sgt. Paul Parizek (puh-REE’-zihk) said Wednesday that the cow, first seen Monday night, was found Tuesday night near a hospital along a busy street. He

PHOENIX (AP) — A baby javelina  is recovering after a jaunt on a Phoenix freeway. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the young javelina, which looks like a wild boar, was one of two that brought traffic on State Route 51 to a standstill Monday afternoon. DPS officials say several

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida deputy who pulled over a car for speeding ended up delivering a baby instead of writing a ticket. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page that Deputy Robert Pounds helped deliver the baby girl on the side of a Naples road

ROME (AP) — A dazed and confused deer has stormed into a clothing store in the fashionable mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, on the Italian Dolomites, blocking the local shopping street for a few hours before been saved and freed. Local authorities said Tuesday that the deer,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless woman whose angelic singing in a Los Angeles subway was captured on video is being offered praise and help. About $70,000 has been raised on GoFundMe accounts for Emily Zamourka since a Los Angeles police officer recorded her singing Puccini in a Metro station in

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that operating a riding mower while drunk carries the same penalties as driving a car while intoxicated. The ruling Tuesday came in the case of a northern Wisconsin man who was arrested for drunken driving in 2017. Police pulled Keith

BERLIN (AP) — Firefighters have freed a deer that got stuck in an empty swimming pool in a German town, with a little help from a hunter. The fire service in Wetter an der Ruhr, in western Germany, said it was alerted to the animal’s plight on Monday. Five firefighters sent to the scene

MAPLE CITY, Mich. (AP) — One northern Michigan school has a football team but no marching band. Another school has a band but no football. So the schools made a deal — and filled the air with music Friday night. Maple City Glen Lake invited the marching band from Forest Area to play at its