By JULIE WATSON and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rising seas and frequent storms are taking their toll on California’s iconic public piers and raising questions about the future of the landmarks. Repairs have climbed into the millions in recent years for many communities, and more storms are expected to bring more
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) — When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys: they prefer to cuddle with their human carer. They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone and
Continue ReadingCNN By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) — When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys: they prefer to cuddle with their human carer. They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone
Continue ReadingPUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring on an overcast Friday morning at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania, the scene of the largest and best-known Groundhog Day celebration in the United States. The annual event is a tongue-in-cheek ritual in which Phil’s handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La serie “Suits”, que disfruta de una robusta segunda vida gracias al streaming, está un paso más cerca de comenzar un nuevo capítulo, esta vez en un lujoso bufete de abogados en la soleada Los Ángeles. NBC ordenó un piloto para “Suits: LA”, un spinoff del creador original Aaron Korsh.
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job gain —
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Wanderlust Tours offers novel winter experiences in their Art in Nature program, such as the Bend Camerata vocal ensemble performing a concert in a lava cave or the softly falling snow.
Continue ReadingBRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian police came to the aid of a 3-year-old boy after he became trapped inside a claw machine at a suburban shopping mall. Queensland Police shared a video of the unusual rescue Thursday on social media, which shows the toddler sitting inside the glass-walled box filled with plush toys, blissfully unaware
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — Attorney Roberta Kaplan said former President Donald Trump threw papers across a table and stormed off during a deposition at Mar-a-Lago after learning that his legal team had agreed to provide her lunch. Kaplan, who has represented clients in high-profile cases against Trump, including E. Jean
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A recap of 2023 and planned projects for the current and future years were the focus Thursday as Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch delivered the State of the City address at City Hall.
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot and two people on the ground died when a small plane crashed into a Florida mobile home park. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was flying alone in the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza, and reported engine failure shortly before
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Officials from South Africa’s national electoral commission have visited prisons across the country as part of an ambitious project to register at least 100,000 inmates as voters for this year’s national election. The country’s constitution guarantees every adult citizen the right to vote, meaning there
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Way.com has your ultimate guide to Super Bowl LVIII—from where to get tickets to how to get there.
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Stacker explored Fodor’s Travel, Culture Trip, and other sources to develop this list of 11 of the strangest theme parks around the world.
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As the presidential campaign gains momentum, The Daily Yonder looks at how the Biden administration recently ‘took to the country roads’ to try to show that rural investments are an administrative priority.
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Lyft uncovered how, by taking seniors’ needs into account in its design and implementation, technology can be a powerful force to help them connect with loved ones.
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Grist spotlights a program in Georgia to investigate how a change in US tax law may enable the scale-up of solar power.
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Drata used FBI data to identify the five critical infrastructure sectors that faced the most ransomware attacks in 2022.
Continue ReadingBy TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded in an illegal depot in a residential area of the Kenyan capital, officials said Friday, setting off a late-night inferno that killed at least three people and injured 280 others. The death toll was expected to rise. The depot in Nairobi
Continue ReadingBy ALBA ALEMÁN Associated Press TLACOTALPAN, Mexico (AP) — For nearly a quarter century, the residents of this riverside town in southeastern Mexico have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of a religious festival. It is reminiscent, though at a much smaller scale, of the running of the bulls in northern Spain
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