How organizers are harnessing solar energy to help Rio de Janeiro's favelas
Next City looks into how a solar panel installation at a community center aims to be a model for Brazil’s neglected favelas to take energy into their…
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No, don't put your wet phone in rice: Popular phone myths debunked, according to science
Visible partnered with Stacker to review research from universities, scientific journals, and news sources to identify seven common phone myths that…
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Everything you need to know about when and how implantation occurs at the beginning of pregnancy
Babylist consulted licensed OB-GYNs to offer an overview of implantation, a crucial and oft-misunderstood aspect of conception and…
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Documents show Republican-led states struggling to clean voter rolls after leaving ERIC
Votebeat reports on records that show Republican-led states are struggling to clean voter rolls after leaving the Electronic Registration Information…
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'Take it down and they'll return': The stunning revival of the Penobscot River
Reasons to Be Cheerful looks at a historic dam removal project that has revived marine life in the Penobscot…
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Japan Cabinet OKs record military budget to speed up strike capability, eases lethal arms export ban
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense spending would increase more than 16% next year under a record military budget…
Continue Reading Turkey detains 304 people with suspected links to Islamic State group in simultaneous raids
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says security forces have rounded up 304 people suspected of links to the Islamic State…
Continue Reading The top prize in Spain’s ‘El Gordo’ Christmas lottery goes to tickets with the number 88008
MADRID (AP) — Lucky holders of 20-euro tickets with the number 88008 are celebrating after winning 400,000 euros ($440,000) each in the top prize…
Continue Reading China drafts new rules proposing restrictions on online gaming
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has released draft guidelines aimed at curbing excessive spending on online gaming. The…
Continue Reading Police seek a motive as Prague mourns the 14 people killed in the nation’s worst mass shooting
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police are investigating why a student went on a dayslong violent rampage culminating in a…
Continue Reading Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street ticks closer to record highs to cap its 8th straight winning week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street capped its eighth straight winning week with a quiet finish Friday, following reports…
Continue Reading Key takeaways from AP report on US-funded projects in Gaza that were damaged or destroyed
By The Associated Press The U.S. has spent more than $7 billion on humanitarian aid and building infrastructure in the Palestinian territories in…
Continue Reading At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared
By JULIET LINDERMAN, MARTHA MENDOZA and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press Less than a year before a Hamas attack out of Gaza sparked a war, one of the…
Continue Reading Prized pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto agrees with Dodgers on $325 million deal, according to reports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized free-agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $325 million, 12-year contract,…
Continue Reading Chicago man exonerated in 2011 murder case where legally blind eyewitness gave testimony
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A Chicago man who was exonerated of murder has been released from prison after more than 12 years. Darien Harris…
Continue Reading Israel-Hamas war’s staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAM MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000…
Continue Reading Pacific storm that unleashed coastal flooding pushes across Southern California into Arizona
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Pacific storm that pounded coastal areas northwest of Los Angeles has pushed through San…
Continue Reading For years, he couldn’t donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new FDA rules, now he can
By MANUEL VALDES and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — New federal guidelines that dropped an abstinence requirement before gay…
Continue Reading The war took away their limbs. Now bionic prostheses empower wounded Ukrainian soldiers
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s war on Ukraine has created a massive need for prosthetic limbs. An estimated…
Continue Reading Chatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior…
Continue Reading Rules aimed at long-contaminated groundwater drive California farmers and residents to court
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Some California farming communities have been plagued for years by problems with their drinking water due to nitrates…
Continue Reading Need last-minute gifts? Presidential hopefuls offer ornaments, gift wrap — and Trump mug shot merch
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of 2024 presidential candidates may have some options for shoppers scrambling for a…
Continue Reading New Mexico parties certify 5 GOP candidates for June presidential primary amid challenge to Trump
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is among a slate of presidential candidates New Mexico’s major political…
Continue Reading Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle…
Continue Reading Dreaming of a white Christmas? Alaska may be your best bet, as U.S. ski resorts see rain, not snow
By NICK PERRY Associated Press GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — For most Americans dreaming of a white Christmas, this year’s prospects aren’t…
Continue Reading A North American military command is tracking Santa’s every move and kids can follow along
By SAGAR MEGHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As children around the world eagerly await Santa’s arrival on Christmas, the military is…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court rejects activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s bid to throw out sedition charge
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has rejected a bid by prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai to throw out a…
Continue Reading Federal court revives lawsuit against Nirvana over 1991 ‘Nevermind’ naked baby album cover
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a child sexual exploitation lawsuit filed by the man who appeared naked as a…
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Police investigating crash on I-10 East at Zaragoza
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police said around 7:35 p.m. that they are investigating a crash that started on I-10 East at the Zaragoza on-ramp…
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