Your car’s A/C cabin air filter could benefit from a changeout these smoky days
While cars’ air filters can handle worse than wildfire smoke, the cabin air filter for the A/C inside may benefit from getting changed…
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Voting delays mark Zimbabwe’s election as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second term
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Delays of up to 10 hours in mostly opposition strongholds marked voting in Zimbabwe on…
Continue ReadingHow Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Ron DeSantis ’ path to national prominence started in Florida’s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war…
Continue ReadingTaliban carried out hundreds of extrajudicial killings after seizing power, UN says
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Taliban fighters have committed hundreds of extrajudicial killings since taking power in Afghanistan in 2021,…
Continue ReadingReportan un raro virus transmitido por mosquitos en Alabama y Nueva York, con una muerte
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Los funcionarios de salud de dos estados advierten a la gente que tome precauciones contra las picaduras de mosquitos…
Continue ReadingIn deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived
By REBECCA BOONE, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, CLAUDIA LAUER and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood,…
Continue ReadingHow Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car,…
Continue ReadingHeavy flooding near Grand Canyon’s southern rim prompted power outages and over 100 evacuations
By Joe Sutton, Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Heavy flooding just south of the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park…
Continue ReadingTsai renews her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense during her visit to war memorial
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has renewed her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s…
Continue Reading5 formas de identificar a un narcisista
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No todos los narcisistas son CEO, famosos o personajes de una serie policíaca. De hecho, pueden estar más cerca de…
Continue ReadingAt least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy…
Continue ReadingMLK’s dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have…
Continue ReadingProsecutor says 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start a civil war
By JOHN FLESHER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…
Continue ReadingAt March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial…
Continue ReadingAt March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off…
Continue ReadingAllies say Guatemala election winner is a highly qualified peacebuilder, but opponent’s still silent
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo’s experience in peacebuilding and…
Continue ReadingWho takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in…
Continue ReadingRepublican candidates fight each other, and mostly line up behind Trump, at the first debate
By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the…
Continue ReadingThaksin moved from prison to a hospital less than a day after his return to Thailand from exile
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s divisive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been transferred from…
Continue ReadingChinese-backed port project in Peru to be the ‘gateway from South America to Asia,’ official says
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — Dozens of cranes lift blocks weighing several tons and drop them to compact the soil of…
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