5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
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As Bosnian Serbs mark controversial national day, US warns celebration amounts to ‘criminal offense’
By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States has warned that ongoing celebrations of a Bosnian…
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5 things to know for Jan. 9: Extreme weather, Plane safety, Gaza, Taxes, Moon mission
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The number of blood donors in the US is at the lowest level in 20 years as hospitals struggle to meet the…
Continue Reading Cable car brought down by fallen tree in Austrian skiing area, 4 people from Denmark seriously hurt
BERLIN (AP) — A cable car in a western Austrian skiing region plunged up to 10 meters in an accident apparently caused by a falling tree, police…
Continue Reading New rule tightens worker classification standards; Uber, Lyft say their drivers won’t be affected
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has enacted a new labor rule that aims to…
Continue Reading Danish appeals court upholds guilty verdicts for 3 Iranians convicted on terror charges
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court has upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of…
Continue Reading Hezbollah launches drone strike on base in northern Israel but military says there’s no damage
By HUSSEIN MALLA Associated Press GHANDOURIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern…
Continue Reading Spain investigates contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship
By MARÍA GESTOSO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press NOIA, Spain (AP) — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern…
Continue Reading Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals and clinics after a spike in respiratory illnesses
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government says face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers starting Wednesday due to a surge in…
Continue Reading A US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug charges
MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, a move that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine. The…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka to join US-led naval operations against Houthi rebels in Red Sea
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan navy spokesman says the debt-ridden country’s navy is preparing…
Continue Reading South Korea passes bill to ban eating dog meat, ending controversial practice as consumer habits change
CNN By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Marc Stewart, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday…
Continue Reading Former club president regrets attacking Turkish soccer referee but denies threatening to kill him
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The former president of a top-division soccer team in Turkey has told a court he regretted attacking a referee at the end of…
Continue Reading A Communist candidate gets approval to run in the Russian presidential election
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s national elections commission has registered the Communist Party’s candidate to compete with President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Japan issues improved emergency measures following fatal plane collision at Haneda airport
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s transportation ministry says it has introduced improved emergency measures for the…
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14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you may not recognize
Stacker used various sources to uncover the stories behind 14 heroes of the Civil Rights Movement whose names you might not…
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Top 10 most popular sports podcasts in the US
Summary: As podcasts have become more lucrative, OLBG determined the top 10 most popular sports podcasts in the United…
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The most popular hot sauces in the US—and the history behind them
What’s Americans’ favorite hot sauce? To find out, Stacker looked at the 10 most popular hot sauces on Instacart, then referenced YouGov…
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The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp
Grist takes a closer look at how the Lower Sioux reservation will soon have the only facility to create hempcrete in the…
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Parents don't grasp the full academic damage from COVID's disruption, according to study
The 74 takes a closer look at a USC paper that claims that grade inflation and pandemic leniency are shielding the true extent to which children have…
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Medical care costs are up 30% in the past decade—here's what it means for Americans
Incredible Health analyzed the increasing costs of medical care and its contributing factors, referencing Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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Car insurance costs are rising faster than overall inflation—here's a closer look
CheapInsurance.com compared overall inflation to the rising cost of car insurance and identified reasons that costs are spiking using BLS…
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What kinds of schools fared the best and worst during the pandemic?
HeyTutor looked at a 2023 NWEA report to determine how the pandemic affected test score outcomes for students by comparing 2019 and 2022 test…
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How official health insurance numbers understate consumer risks
Care Better examined academic research by Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein to assess the true risks Americans face of losing their health care…
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A D.C. law puts tenants first in line to buy their building. But here's why it doesn't often work out
Washington, D.C. is one of a few U.S. cities with a law giving tenant associations the first chance to buy their building if it goes up for sale.…
Continue Reading Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans that include path to Palestinian state
By MATTHEW LEE, NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on…
Continue Reading 3 people mistakenly eat laundry detergent in Taiwan election giveaway gone awry
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — At least three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were…
Continue Reading Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus
By JIM GOMEZ, JOEAL CALUPITAN AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers…
Continue Reading Taiwan presidential candidate Lai says he is willing to reopen talks with China
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s leading presidential candidate William Lai says he hopes for a…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s Defense Ministry mistranslates an alert, erroneously saying China launched a missile
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has mistranslated an alert into English, saying China had…
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