Constipated scorpions, love at first sight inspire Ig Nobels
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The sex lives of constipated scorpions, cute ducklings with an innate sense of physics, and a…
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Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Climate change likely juiced rainfall by up to 50% late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces, but…
Continue ReadingVirginia’s Libertarian Party votes to dissolve itself
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Libertarian Party of Virginia has voted to dissolve itself amid disagreements with the party’s national direction. But…
Continue ReadingGovernor: Mississippi capital’s water is again safe to drink
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After nearly seven weeks of being forced to boil their water before drinking it or…
Continue ReadingUN board calls on Russia to leave Ukraine nuclear plant
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors has passed a resolution Thursday calling…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Ethereum is ditching its ‘miners.’ Why?
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Editor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A complex software change to the cryptocurrency ethereum holds the potential to…
Continue ReadingU of Vermont president denies antisemitism allegations
By WILSON RING Associated Press The president of the University of Vermont has issued a blistering denial of allegations the university failed to…
Continue ReadingMontana defies order on transgender birth certificates
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from…
Continue ReadingUS warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drug
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are warning doctors against overusing the lone drug…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Railroad Contract Talks-Businesses story
In a story published September 14, 2022, about the business impact of a possible railroad strike, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of…
Continue ReadingEx-deputy gets life for killing ex-wife, stepdaughter, man
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for killing his ex-wife, teenage…
Continue ReadingBiden nominates US attorney for Florida Mar-a-Lago district
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated a Miami litigator and longtime government lawyer to serve as…
Continue ReadingButtigieg awards grant to tear down divisive Detroit highway
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black…
Continue ReadingAlabama says its not ready to execute by nitrogen hypoxia
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s prison commissioner said the state is not ready to carry out an execution…
Continue ReadingBiden: Hate-fueled violence ‘has no place in America’
By COLLEEN LONG and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden gathered educators, faith leaders and others who have…
Continue ReadingYellen calls for modernized IRS at Maryland field office
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is laying out her vision for a modernized,…
Continue ReadingOz, Fetterman both target suburbs in key Pa. Senate race
By MARC LEVY Associated Press BLUE BELL, Pa. (AP) — With the fall campaign election season in high gear, Democrat John Fetterman and his Republican…
Continue ReadingEU lawmakers declare that Hungary is no longer a democracy
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral…
Continue ReadingMexico arrests general in case of missing students
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a retired general and three other members of the army for…
Continue ReadingUN to vote on allowing Ukraine’s leader’s virtual address
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Friday on whether to make an exception to its…
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