How the Balkans region grappled with the hottest summer in more than a century
Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Balkan countries are reporting that the summer of 2024 was the hottest since the measurements started more…
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Libya’s coast guard intercepts 64 Europe-bound migrants, days after a deadly shipwreck
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted dozens of Europe-bound migrants on a boat and returned them to the…
Continue ReadingGaza enters its 2nd school year without schooling. The cost could be heavy for kids’ futures
Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — This week, when they would normally be going back to school, the Qudeh family’s children stumbled…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Yagi leaves at least 4 dead and scores injured in Vietnam
Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making…
Continue ReadingProposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution asking the United Nations to begin planning for…
Continue ReadingMaui’s toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up?
Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the…
Continue ReadingA hurricane-damaged Louisiana skyscraper is imploded
Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An abandoned 22-story building in Louisiana that became a symbol of the destruction inflicted by…
Continue ReadingHarris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways
Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate,…
Continue ReadingMaya Rudolph gets career Emmy No. 6, Angela Basset wins her first at Creative Arts Emmys
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maya Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy on Saturday night, taking the trophy for best character…
Continue ReadingBarkley scores 3 TDs as Eagles beat Packers 34-29 in Brazil. Packers’ Love injured in final minute
AP Sports Writers SAO PAULO (AP) — Saquon Barkley has been practicing the art of positive thinking since switching teams for the first time in his…
Continue ReadingCowabunga! New England town celebrates being the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Associated Press DOVER, N.H. (AP) — As the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grew to become a pop culture sensation, the place where they were conceived…
Continue ReadingTennis attire is everywhere. Credit the pandemic, social media and pickleball
AP Business Writer While tennis fans savor the last matches of the U.S. Open, a subset of viewers have watched the tournament as a source of fashion…
Continue ReadingWhat we know after a 14-year-old boy was charged with killing 4 people at his Georgia high school.
Associated Press Authorities have charged a 14-year-old boy with four counts of murder in this week’s fatal shootings at a high school in…
Continue ReadingBiden’s disastrous debate performance offers lessons for Harris and warnings for Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first sign of trouble came before the debate even started. “Folks, how are you?” President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingMother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of emergency, aunt says
Associated Press The mother of the 14-year-old who has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of four people at his Georgia high school…
Continue Reading‘The Room Next Door’ tops Venice Film Festival. Nicole Kidman misses acting honor due to mom’s death
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” won the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award Saturday. The…
Continue ReadingJust how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell
Associated Press BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that…
Continue ReadingAs US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
Associated Press University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s…
Continue ReadingMissouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge says an abortion-rights campaign didn’t meet legal requirements to qualify for…
Continue ReadingUtah sheriff’s deputy stalked and killed by her father, prosecutors say
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors in Utah have charged a man they say killed his 25-year-old daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy. They…
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