Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient
Grist reports on new governmental guidelines that will save people $2.2 billion a year in utility costs and eliminate 71 million tons of…
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Speed bumps don't work: New approaches challenge long-held beliefs about slowing traffic and increasing safety
Cheap Insurance examines the consequences of speed bumps, analyzes their effectiveness, and explores new approaches to traffic…
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As America grows more diverse, so does the need for bilingual substance use counselors
Counseling Schools examined data from the National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey to better understand care gaps for non-English…
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Stock market today: Global stocks mixed after strong US factory data prompt Wall St retreat
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Global stocks were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street retreated as surprisingly strong U.S.…
Continue Reading A 12-year-old student opens fire at a school in Finland, killing 1 and wounding 2 others
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A 12-year-old student opened fire at a secondary school in southern Finland on Tuesday morning,…
Continue Reading Ukrainians file online compensation claims as register opens of damage to homes caused by war
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A register for Ukrainians to seek compensation for damage to their homes as a result…
Continue Reading Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran’s Consulate in Syria and killed 12
By NASSER KARIMI and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has vowed to respond to a deadly airstrike widely attributed to…
Continue Reading Vehicle carrying suspected migrants crashes into a river in Albania, killing 8 people
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian police say a car crashed into a river in the country’s southeast, killing…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares drop after Wall Street sinks on rate worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Wednesday after Wall Street sank, hitting the brakes on what’s been…
Continue Reading Forced from their Gaza home by Israeli troops, a family makes a frightening walk through a war zone
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — It wasn’t lack of food that pushed Heba al-Haddad and her family to leave their home in Gaza City.…
Continue Reading With famine looming, aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Some of Israel’s closest allies, including the United…
Continue Reading Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don’t advertise it
By MARIA CHENG and MISPER APAWU Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — When Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana, became…
Continue Reading Kansas GOP lawmakers revive a plan to stop giving voters 3 extra days to return mail ballots
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has revived a proposal to stop giving voters…
Continue Reading Illinois man charged in 4 killings ordered to remain in jail pending trial
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over…
Continue Reading Life has returned to Ukraine’s Bucha. But 2 years after the killings, some families can’t move on
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Russian forces withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv in the dramatic first weeks of…
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Counties where homes are selling the fastest in Texas
Stacker compiled a list of counties where homes sold the fastest in Texas using data from…
Continue Reading Prosecutors widen illicit enrichment probe against Peru’s president to include jewelry worth $500K
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s top prosecutor says the scope of an investigation into President Dina Boluarte’s ownership of three luxury watches has…
Continue Reading Ex-officer who beat Black man with gun goes on trial in Colorado
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer is set to go on trial for his actions in the 2021 arrest of a Black man,…
Continue Reading Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Above a bodega in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, a mosque congregation hosts iftar, the…
Continue Reading The Tropicana Las Vegas, a mob-era casino and Sin City landmark, closes after 67 years
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the 1971 film “Diamonds are Forever,” James Bond stays in a swanky suite at the Tropicana Las…
Continue Reading Wisconsin voters approve ban on private money support for elections
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Private money to fund elections will be banned in Wisconsin after voters approved a…
Continue Reading Trump accuses Biden of causing a border ‘bloodbath’ as he escalates his immigration rhetoric
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of…
Continue Reading Eller wins Republican runoff in Mississippi 2nd District, will face Democratic Rep. Thompson
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Ron Eller has won a Republican primary runoff in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional…
Continue Reading Biden and Trump win Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin primaries
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties’…
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El Pasoans prepare for 2024 total solar eclipse
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Although the total solar eclipse on April 8 will not be entirely visible from El Paso, many throughout the Borderland are…
Continue Reading Foreign nationals among food aid workers killed in Israeli attack, as Netanyahu calls strike ‘unintentional’
CNN By Abeer Salman, Caitlin Stephen Hu, Muhammad Darwish, Eyad Kourdi and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Seven aid workers, including foreign…
Continue Reading On French Riviera hillsides, the once-dominant Menton lemon gets squeezed by development
By BARBARA SURK and DANIEL COLE Associated Press MENTON, France (AP) — When the French Riviera town of Menton prepares to host its lemon festival…
Continue Reading A candidate for mayor of a violent city in Mexico has been killed as she began campaigning
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A candidate for mayor of a violence-wracked city in Mexico has been killed just as she began…
Continue Reading Judge refuses to toss out tax case against Hunter Biden
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge refused Monday to toss out a tax case against Hunter Biden, moving the case closer…
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Hearings held for migrants accused of confrontations with Texas National Guard
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta ordered the release of migrants accused of storming a portion of the border fence…
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