Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024
GENEVA (AP) — Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change…
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Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont’s Catholic Church files for bankruptcy
Associated Press Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy…
Continue ReadingJustice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s corrections department says a new federal report on state prison conditions reflects a…
Continue ReadingHair found in truck helps police identify suspect in 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick, 6
Associated Press ALMA, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who died in prison decades ago has been identified as a suspect in the disappearance of a…
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Gonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West
AP Sports Writer Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It’ll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing…
Continue ReadingPope leads top cardinals in atoning for a host of sins ahead of a new phase of reform effort
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is asking forgiveness for a host of sins on the eve of the next phase of his big reform project. Francis…
Continue ReadingIran launches major missile attack on Israel
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Iran launched…
Continue Reading13-year-old Michigan girl charged with murder in stabbing death of younger sister
TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the stabbing death of her 7-year-old sister she…
Continue ReadingLarry Laughlin, longtime AP bureau chief for northern New England, dies at 75
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawrence “Larry” Laughlin, a calm, kind and quick-witted journalist whose 38-year career included two…
Continue ReadingTwo nominees for West Virginia governor agree to Oct. 29 debate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The two major-party nominees for West Virginia governor have agreed to participate in a debate. The debate between…
Continue ReadingThis year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists and storytellers
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and…
Continue ReadingOfficials identify driver who crashed into a Texas pipeline and sparked a 4-day fire
Associated Press Police have released the name of the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a pipeline valve and sparked a four-day fire in a Houston…
Continue ReadingA man in south Lebanon cares for pets left behind as residents flee Israeli strikes
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A dog clings to Hussein Hamza inside a car as he pans his camera around to show the aftermath of an Israeli…
Continue Reading15-year-old is charged with murder in July shooting death of Chicago mail carrier
CHICAGO (AP) — Police have arrested a 15-year-old in Iowa in connection with the fatal shooting of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer.…
Continue ReadingWoman who lost husband and son uses probate process to obtain gunman’s records
Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — A woman who lost her husband and son in Maine’s deadliest shooting is seeking the gunman’s health and…
Continue ReadingFrench and US companies to invest $10 billion to extract oil off Suriname’s coast
Associated Press PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Officials say that France’s TotalEnergies and U.S. hydrocarbon company APA Corp. plan to invest $10…
Continue ReadingWho are the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?
Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops have launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Here’s what we know
By Helen Regan and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon targeting the…
Continue ReadingFrance’s new premier postpones election in New Caledonia until next year
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he has postponed a provincial election in the restive Pacific…
Continue ReadingHelene left at least 128 people dead and communities ‘wiped off the map.’ Now, survivors are struggling to get food and water
By Holly Yan and Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — The magnitude of devastation wrought by Helene intensifies by the hour as search crews discover more…
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