New round of federal grants injects billions into rural renewable energy projects
The Daily Yonder reports on a new round of federal funding and its focus on communities across the country with fewer than 10,000…
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How obesity rates have been on the rise in the US for four decades
Live It Up explored long-term obesity trends in American children and adults, using data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
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The Great Wealth Transfer: How to protect your legacy
LegalZoom explains how the richest generations in American history can go about protecting their legacies over the next few decades as fortunes…
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Why one of the most popular apps in the world may finally be poised to take off in the US
WhatsApp isn’t particularly popular in the U.S., but could that change? Collabstr analyzed Pew Research to illustrate the global…
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10 best long-shot bets to win the 2024 NFL MVP
ATS.io compiled a list of 10 of the best long-shot bets to win the 2024 NFL MVP award by evaluating the candidacies of the dark…
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What your semen says about your health
By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN (CNN) — Just like urine and stool, semen can provide important clues about a man’s health. Variations in its…
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Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Traders in Pakistan are observing a daylong strike by shutting down their businesses in all major cities and urban areas to…
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El futbolista uruguayo Juan Izquierdo muere dÃas después de desplomarse durante un partido en Brasil
SofÃa Barruti (CNN) — El futbolista uruguayo Juan Izquierdo murió este martes en un hospital de Brasil cinco dÃas después de desmayarse…
Continue Reading Al menos 10 palestinos mueren en una importante operación israelà en la Ribera Occidental ocupada
SofÃa Barruti (CNN) — Israel lanzó una importante operación militar en varias zonas del norte de la Ribera Occidental ocupada la madrugada…
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Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up…
Continue Reading Nvidia stock slips even after earnings top Wall Street estimates and demand for AI chips surges
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nvidia may have exceeded Wall Street estimates as its profit jumped — buffeted by the chipmaking…
Continue Reading ‘It could have been us’: American father and daughter recall horror of Iceland cave collapse
By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — American tourist Scott Stevens and his daughter Wylde, 10, believe they were moments away from being killed in…
Continue Reading Lilly lanza medicamento para bajar de peso más barato sin pluma inyectora
Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Las dosis iniciales del fármaco para bajar de peso Zepbound ahora están disponibles en viales de dosis única, anunció…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s children should see themselves as ‘generation of winners’ not war victims, first lady says
Associated Press UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady wants her country’s children to view themselves not as a generation enduring a…
Continue Reading Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants
Associated Press AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into…
Continue Reading Typhoon Shanshan begins dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving 1 dead and several injured
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon moving at a bicycle speed has begun dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving one person dead and several…
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Exclusive: Inside Iran’s hacking operation that has US officials on edge ahead of 2024 election
By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Two years before Iranian hackers breached Donald Trump’s campaign this summer,…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Inside Iran’s hacking operation that has US officials on edge ahead of 2024 election
CNN By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Two years before Iranian hackers breached Donald Trump’s campaign this…
Continue Reading Israel launches large-scale West Bank raid as minister calls for Gaza-style operation
By Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Tamar Michaelis, Christian Edwards and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military carried out raids and…
Continue Reading As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers
Associated Press JENA, Germany (AP) — When electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad first moved to Jena in 2013, she was smitten by what the eastern…
Continue Reading Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive
Associated Press NEA SILATA, Greece (AP) — A severe drought in northern Greece, worsened by successive heat waves and low rainfall, is causing…
Continue Reading Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land
Associated Press BINMAR, Chad (AP) — When Milla Nemoudji, a 28-year-old from a village in southern Chad, divorced her husband following years of…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on clergy abuse scandal in East Timor ahead of Pope Francis’ visit
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia’s youngest country, East Timor, it will make him the second…
Continue Reading Having Orbán in charge of EU’s presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU?
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — As soon as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán assumed Hungary’s presidency of the European Union in July, one…
Continue Reading Church sex abuse scandals in East Timor met by silence, but Pope Francis’ visit brings new attention
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero…
Continue Reading Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US
Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan…
Continue Reading El Paso City Council approves renaming Pollard Pond Park to Mario Navarro Park
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today, El Paso City Council voted to approve renaming Pollard Pond Park to Mario Navarro Park. Pollard Pond Park is located…
Continue Reading Having a family is expensive. Here’s what Harris and Trump have said about easing costs
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The high cost of caring for children and the elderly has forced women out of the workforce, devastated family…
Continue Reading Town officials shut down a boy’s ice cream stand. Fundraisers and death threats followed
Associated Press NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope…
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