Rain-related disasters have killed more than 250 in a deadly week across Asia
Associated Press In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 250 people in the past week. Three others died in Pakistan. Widespread…
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Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last…
Continue Reading Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire
Associated Press CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions…
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Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire
Associated Press CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions…
Continue ReadingScientists reveal new details about ‘screaming’ Egyptian mummy’s life and death
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the…
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Tears, hugs and a salute as three freed Americans back on US soil after historic prisoner swap with Russia
By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist…
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Inside the ‘painstaking’ negotiations that led to the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Alex Marquardt and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — In late June, CIA officials held a secret meeting with Russian…
Continue Reading For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of…
Continue Reading US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for the economy stoking recession fears
AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July, as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate…
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Kids Entrepreneur Market offers kids real-world experience – and everyone a unique shopping scene
Demetrious Gamble introduces us to an organizer and two young entrepreneurs who are part of the Kids Entrepreneur Market coming up Saturday at Troy…
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Show Us Your Garden: Variety is the spice of life, and of backyard spaces, too
This week, we have a variety of gardens to show you. A family affair by the Bennett family has the entire family working on the project together,…
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Mississippi’s Addie Carver wins controversy-hit Miss Teen USA pageant
By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Addie Carver of Mississippi was named Miss Teen USA on Thursday, assuming a title that has stood vacant since…
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Quarterfinal matchups revealed: Upcoming fixtures in the women’s soccer tournament
Take a look at the quarterfinal fixtures for the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris…
Continue Reading Quarterfinal matchups revealed: Upcoming fixtures in the women’s soccer tournament
Take a look at the quarterfinal fixtures for the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris…
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Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead
By Associated Press (CNN) — Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies as “militant…
Continue Reading 2 men sentenced for sexual assaults on passengers during separate flights to Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Two men accused of sexually assaulting passengers on airplanes in separate incidents during flights to Seattle were sentenced on…
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Carissa Moore bounced in Olympic surfing quarterfinals; Gabriel Medina barrels into semis
Caroline Marks is the last hope for the U.S. after Carissa Moore was unable to advance to the semifinals. All the important news, highlights and…
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Inside the US House districts represented by a Democrat in 2024 and won by Trump in 2020
Ballotpedia reports that there are eight Democratic-held U.S. House districts up for election in 2024 that Donald Trump (R) won in the 2020…
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Does the American education system really lag behind other countries?
Numerade analyzed data from the OECD to see how the U.S. compares with the rest of the world in its academic…
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2024's leading cities for quality of life
LawnStarter ranked the U.S. cities that are setting the gold standard for quality of life in…
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