From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of…
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227 people were killed defending the environment last year, a new report shows. That’s a record.
CNN, KOLO, KPRC, KNXV, ONSCENE.TV, NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY, KMIR, GETTY IMAGES By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people…
Continue ReadingAnimals are ‘shape shifting’ in response to climate change
By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change,…
Continue ReadingAfter decades in eye of storms, weather service head retires
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer National Weather Service chief Louis Uccellini says he will retire at the end of the year. Uccellini, who…
Continue ReadingChild porn purveyor to get 21-27 years under new plea deal
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A man whom U.S. authorities have described as the world’s largest purveyor of…
Continue ReadingKansas City Southern in talks on Canadian Pacific’s $31B bid
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid…
Continue ReadingIdaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders are letting the state’s northern hospitals ration health…
Continue ReadingPope, patriarch, Canterbury archbishop make climate appeal
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders have issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming…
Continue ReadingMSNBC brings back Jose Diaz-Balart for daytime show
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran news anchor Jose Diaz-Balart is returning to MSNBC later this month to host a weekday show at the 10 a.m. hour. Balart…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses death sentence in Dru Sjodin slaying
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a…
Continue ReadingYoung Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination
By ANITA SNOW and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Young Sikh Americans still struggle with discrimination a generation after Sept.…
Continue ReadingVatican won’t say if women can vote in 2023 church meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Vatican officials are refusing to say whether women will have a vote when Pope Francis convenes the…
Continue ReadingLondon honors Muppets creator Jim Henson with blue plaque
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London has honored American Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, with a blue plaque outside his…
Continue ReadingIAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue ReadingIAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue ReadingBrutal attack prompts Spanish PM to hold hate crime meeting
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is convening an urgent meeting of a committee that oversees efforts to fight hate crime after…
Continue ReadingThe Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center
CNN By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…
Continue ReadingThe Duchess of Cornwall has become patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has been named patron of Nigeria’s first sexual assault referral center in Lagos, the…
Continue ReadingEuropean Tour has flagship at Wentworth, finalizes Ryder Cup
By The Associated Press The European Tour has a big week at Wentworth. Not only is the BMW PGA Championship the flagship event, it’s the final…
Continue Reading2 suspects arrested after Bulgari jewelry heist in Paris
PARIS (AP) — Police in Paris have arrested two suspects following a Bulgari jewelry heist on the posh Place Vendome. Police say one suspect was…
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