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Month: April 2024

Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire, as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. The blaze broke out on the building’s

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USDA awards 20 renewable energy grants in rural Oregon, including solar array for Madras agriculture cooperative

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday the U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending a total of $4,46 million in Rural Energy for America Program grants to support 20 renewable energy projects in rural communities across the state, including a Madras agriculture co-op. The investments will be used to help farmers, ranchers, and

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Trump fundraising intensifies, Democrats post big hauls and other first-quarter takeaways

By David Wright, Fredreka Schouten, Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s fundraising operation picked up the pace during the first three months of the year while Democratic Senate and House candidates reported massive quarterly hauls as the battle for Congress takes shape, new federal filings show. Democrats and

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La industria de la melatonina debe endurecer voluntariamente sus normas tras el espectacular aumento de las visitas infantiles a urgencias

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los fabricantes de suplementos de melatonina tienen de 18 a 24 meses para añadir voluntariamente envases que disuadan a los niños y mejorar el lenguaje de advertencia en las etiquetas de los productos de venta libre, según el Consejo de Nutrición Responsable, la principal asociación comercial de la industria de

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Rescuers search for 3 missing after boat capsizes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 6

By MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Six people are dead after a boat carrying a group of people capsized in a river in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Officials said that the boat carrying 15 people capsized Tuesday in Jhelum river in Srinagar, the region’s main city. Most of the passengers were children, and rescuers

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Philippines’ Marcos says ‘not one person died’ as police make huge drug bust, in dig at predecessor

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says police have seized the largest haul of methamphetamine in the country in years without anybody being killed, in a subtle criticism of his predecessor’s notoriously deadly crackdown on illegal drugs. Police seized the nearly 1,630 kilograms (1.8 tons) of methamphetamine Monday from a van and

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Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details need for more equipment and mutual aid plans

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER, REBECCA BOONE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their fire engines. Another drove a moped into a burning neighborhood again and again,

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