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Month: October 2023

Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast

ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas. Although it’s not meant to happen, they leak and get into the air.

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Elf Bar finds an easy way around US vape import ban: a name change

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese disposable e-cigarettes from Elf Bar remain widely available in the U.S. more than four months after U.S. health regulators moved to ban their importation. The company behind the fruity-flavored vapes appears to have maneuvered around U.S. restrictions by simply renaming its products. Stores throughout the

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Trump loses first of several bids to toss suit seeking to block him from Colorado ballot

By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has lost the first of several attempts to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot in Colorado, based on the 14th Amendment’s prohibition against insurrectionists holding public office. Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace this week rejected Trump’s bid to

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Barrage of bomb threats emailed to schools cancels classes across the Baltic countries

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Emailed bomb threats sent to schools and kindergartens across the three Baltic nations this week led to the cancellation of classes across the region. Lithuania’s police chief said “a coordinated mass attack” began late Thursday involved hundreds of emails that were sent from a server within

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‘I thought I was going to die:’ Delivery driver shares account of traumatic dog attack caught on dashcam

WSVN, DIANA RIVEROS, CNN By Jessica Holly, Franklin White Click here for updates on this story     COOPER CITY, Florida (WSVN) — A South Florida delivery driver’s dash camera captured a harrowing dog attack that left her screaming for help and in need of over 30 stitches. Speaking with 7News on Thursday, Diana Riveros vividly recounted

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‘I thought I was going to die:’ Delivery driver shares account of traumatic dog attack caught on dashcam

By Jessica Holly, Franklin White Click here for updates on this story     COOPER CITY, Florida (WSVN) — A South Florida delivery driver’s dash camera captured a harrowing dog attack that left her screaming for help and in need of over 30 stitches. Speaking with 7News on Thursday, Diana Riveros vividly recounted the terrifying incident that

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