Brazil forest fire season underway and raising concern
By DIANE JEANTET and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The season of Brazilian forest fires has begun, and early data plus…
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Offers flooding in after woodland hermit’s cabin burns down
By PATRICK WHITTLE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River…
Continue Reading Schools sue and mayor defies Arkansas mask mandate ban
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ ban on mask mandates faces a new legal challenge and defiance from the…
Continue Reading Defense queries widow of murder victim about affair comment
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The wife of one of four people killed in an attack at a North Dakota property management firm has testified at trial that…
Continue Reading ‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and NOAH BERGER Associated Press GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A raging wildfire that swept through the tiny Northern California…
Continue Reading 3 Miami Dolphins removed from COVID-19 reserve list
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Three of the four Miami Dolphins players who had been on the COVID-19 reserve list have been removed from it. Coming off…
Continue Reading Beyond Meat sees Q2 sales jump on restaurant demand
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat says that its revenue jumped 32% in the second quarter as demand from…
Continue Reading J.R. Richard, power pitcher for Astros in ’70s, dies at 71
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — J.R. Richard, a huge, flame-throwing right-hander who spent 10 years with the Houston Astros…
Continue Reading Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golf star, dies at 74
TORONTO (AP) — Star Canadian golfer Jocelyne Bourassa has died. Her death was announced Thursday by Golf Canada, which did not give details.…
Continue Reading Raiders’ receivers ready to produce in high-flying offense
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr says this year’s Raiders have a do-it-all group of…
Continue Reading FAA head seeks more prosecution of unruly airline passengers
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s top aviation regulator is asking local officials to consider filing criminal charges more often…
Continue Reading Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor organization has died at age…
Continue Reading Novavax seeks COVID-19 vaccine use in India ahead of US
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Vaccine maker Novavax is asking regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines to allow emergency use of…
Continue Reading Murder charges filed in Miami Beach spring break overdoses
MIAMI (AP) — Two North Carolina men accused of raping a tourist who died of an overdose during a spring break trip to Miami Beach are now facing…
Continue Reading US to probe Phoenix police over excessive force allegations
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force…
Continue Reading What Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s accusers felt, in their own words
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven women described to investigators hired by the New York attorney general’s office how Gov.…
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Argentine star Lionel Messi is leaving FC Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel “Leo” Messi is leaving FC Barcelona, the Spanish club said on Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an agreement and…
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Feds to probe Phoenix police over excessive force, homeless abuse
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders another special session to pass GOP voting bill after Democrats left the state in protest
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Greg Abbott is ordering another special legislative session to again try passing a GOP voting bill. The…
Continue Reading Take a look at this perfectly preserved Ice Age animal
A well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia’s permafrost is 28,000 years old, according to researchers. The Siberian Simba, nicknamed Sparta, was…
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Summer funding helped school districts address disparities
By ANNIE MA Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Even before the pandemic, student experiences over the summer divided heavily on socioeconomic…
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Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died at 72
WASHINGTON, DC — The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor union has died. News of Richard Trumka’s death was announced Thursday by President…
Continue Reading Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old. Even its whiskers are intact.
By Katie Hunt, CNN Found frozen deep in the Siberian Arctic, the cave lion cub looks like she’s asleep and one touch might awaken her. The…
Continue Reading Mars Ingenuity helicopter is on borrowed time as it endures winter
Three years after NASA’s Insight Lander arrived on Mars, its data reveals that Mars is larger, lighter and has a more liquid core than previously…
Continue Reading Two robots are changing the way we explore Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN In the quest to understand Mars, two robots are better than one — especially when they work together. While the…
Continue Reading Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike
New data from Pfizer shows a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant, but the US Surgeon General…
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U.S. women settle for soccer bronze at Tokyo Olympics
KASHIMA, Japan — Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women’s soccer at the…
Continue Reading Planets similar to those in our solar system found around nearby star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN An array of planets with similarities to some in our solar system have been found around a nearby star by astronomers using…
Continue Reading Israelis told to ‘stop embracing’, elderly urged to get booster as Covid-19 cases spike
By Hadas Gold, CNN Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is warning that Israelis over 60 are at risk unless they go get their third booster shot…
Continue Reading CNN gets exclusive look inside Simone Biles’ ‘secret gym’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles has publicly thanked the gym an hour outside of Tokyo where she was able to step away from the public eye and train privately to get…
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