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Storm dumps record rain and heavy snow on Northern California. Many in Seattle still without power

Associated Press FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain, flooding some areas, after killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in the Pacific Northwest. Forecasters warned the risk of flash flooding and rockslides would continue, and scores of flights

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Police report reveals new details from sexual assault allegation against Trump’s defense secretary nominee

By Casey Tolan, Scott Glover and Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — A California woman told police that Trump Cabinet pick Pete Hegseth physically blocked her from leaving a hotel room, took her phone, and then sexually assaulted her even though she “remembered saying ‘no’ a lot,” a police report obtained by CNN shows. The 22-page

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Seven Miners Earn All-Conference Honors, Weaver Claims CUSA Defensive Player of the Year

DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — Conference USA announced its Volleyball All-Conference Awards Thursday, highlighting standout performances ahead of the 2024 CUSA Volleyball Championships. UTEP’s Kaya Weaver headlined the honors, earning CUSA Defensive Player of the Year, while the Miners placed two players on the All-CUSA First Team, three on the Second Team, and two on the

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Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of

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At UN climate talks, “sewage” beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In the sprawling pavilion section of the United Nations climate talks, where countries, nonprofits and tech companies use big, flashy signs to get the attention of the thousands of people walking through, small aqua and purple beverage cans sit conspicuously on a counter at the Singapore display. Those who

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Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution

Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the surrounding mangrove forests. Merauje and the women of her village, Enggros, practice the tradition of Tonotwiyat, which literally means

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Australian who drank tainted alcohol in Laos has died, raising toll to 4, including an American

Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister on Thursday called every parent’s nightmare. An American and two Danish tourists also died, officials said, following reports that several people had been sickened in a Laotian town popular with backpackers. Australian Prime

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Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission. The two allies called a U.N. Security Council meeting as gangs have intensified attacks, shooting at four aircraft which has

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