By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will assign artists to treasured bodies of water in the United States under a new program announced Tuesday at a White House-sponsored conference on exploring ways to use the arts and humanities as another instrument for problem-solving. Leaders from government, the arts, academia
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Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, which is one of the most pressing threats to the vanishing species, federal authorities said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was notified about the dead female North Atlantic right whale
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Seligson, CNN (CNN) — For many years, an area on the Pacific coast of Mexico now known as the Riviera Nayarit was so overlooked that people were, as one local put it, “giving away land.” The rocky beaches, viewed as less desirable than the sandy ones an hour to the south in the
Continue ReadingBy Matteo Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story CINNAMINSON, New Jersey (WPVI) — 70-year-old Air Force veteran Jim Alturo started his own ‘Cigarette Butt Challenge’ to keep the streets clean in his South Jersey community. It started as a modest retirement hobby: taking a walk and picking up trash along the way. “The
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Un par de potentes tormentas impulsadas por ríos atmosféricos están a punto de desencadenar una semana de viento e increíblemente húmeda en California en lo que es la primera señal clara de la influencia que se esperaba que El Niño tuviera en el estado este invierno. Las tormentas intensas aumentarán la
Continue ReadingROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Big Ten plans to stick with a 20-game conference schedule for men’s basketball and an 18-game schedule for women’s basketball when the league expands to 18 teams next year. The league also announced Tuesday that 15 of the 18 members will qualify for the Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed four fellow students in 2021. Nick Ejak testified Tuesday that he was pulled into a meeting earlier that day at Oxford High School to discuss a violent drawing
Continue ReadingPIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Sixteen- and 17-year-olds call still wed in South Dakota after a legislative committee shot down an effort to raise the age of marriage to 18. KELO-TV reports that the House State Affairs Committee on Monday voted 8-5 to reject the bill. The current law lets 16- and 17-year-olds marry if they
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Some Oklahoma educators are being forced to repay up to $50,000 in teacher recruitment bonuses that were improperly paid out by the state Department of Education. Kristina Stadelman said she’s crushed to learn she’s being forced to repay $50,000, much of which she already spent on
Continue ReadingBy Matteo Iadonisi Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — “I think whether it’s a sculpture, drawings, or photographs, the images we most respond to are images of other people,” said Arlene Love. That message encapsulates the last seven decades of Love’s lifetime of art. And no matter the medium, Love felt
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Crook County School Board voted unanimously Monday night to ask voters to support an $11 million maintenance bond measure on the May 21 ballot after significant water leaks and heating issues affected most school buildings during this month’s winter storm. One of the worst leaks impacted the small gym at
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — An Ohio man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from his attempt in March 2023 to burn down a Chesterland church, a week before it planned to host two drag show events, according to the US Department
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo este martes a periodistas que tomó una decisión sobre la respuesta de EE.UU. al ataque con drones que mató a tres miembros del servicio estadounidense e hirió a docenas en Jordania. Al ser consultado por Arlette Saenz, de CNN, sobre si ha decidido cómo responder,
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwe opposition figure who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention is set be freed after a magistrate sentenced him to a suspended prison sentence for inciting violence. Job Sikhala is seen by many as the face of resistance to Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday vetoed a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed last week in a last-ditch effort to avert the drawing of legislative boundaries by the state Supreme Court. The veto came a day after five of Wisconsin’s Republican members of
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ, JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis Tennessee has released about 21 more hours of video and audio in the case of five former police officers charged with the violent beating and death of Tyre Nichols. The recordings were released Tuesday based on a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that’s not exactly what’s going on, a new study suggests. Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night
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Continue ReadingBy David Caltabiano Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX, Arizona (KPHO) — Every day, countless items are smuggled into the country, and one of the most valuable possessions is, surprisingly, insects, according to Arizona State University assistant professor Dr. Lauren Weidner. Weidner is raising awareness about black market bugs and insects smuggled for
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