Storms and heavy rain flood roads, block railway lines in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Storms and heavy rain across a large swath of Germany have flooded roads and forced the closure of some major railway routes, but…
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Animal sedative adds new suffering to opioid drug crisis, but is it driving up deaths?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to…
Continue Reading Greek elections a one-horse race after conservatives topple left-wing strongholds
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks heading to the polls Sunday for a second general election in five weeks, with…
Continue Reading Oklahoma death row inmate plans to reject chance for clemency despite maintaining his innocence
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma…
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CBS 13 SPORTS: Local athletes putting in off-season work in basketball, baseball
Summer leagues for both boys and girls basketball and a baseball off-season travel team making up some of the ways local athletes are improving…
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NBC 11 Sports: First 16u All-Star baseball squad prepares for tournament, summer league hoops continues
Despite prep sports taking a short break before the fall season picks up, athletes across Yuma and the Imperial Valley are still ramping up the…
Continue Reading The US has tons of leftover food. Upcycling turns would-be trash into ice cream and pizza
By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — At Tyler Malek’s ice cream parlors, one cook’s trash is another chef’s…
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Talented Pacific Division teams try to grab immediate impact role players at NBA draft
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Thanks to their recent success, the five teams in the NBA’s Pacific Division weren’t…
Continue Reading Chinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in 2 months as pressure rises on legal advocates
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as…
Continue Reading Pence calls for his 2024 rivals to back a 15-week federal abortion ban on eve of Dobbs anniversary
By WILL WEISSERT and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence used a Friday gathering of some of the…
Continue Reading They fled the war in Nigeria’s northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — On a breezy morning at the height of the dry season six months ago, Rifkatu Andruwus and…
Continue Reading NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists, tribal leaders and others have fought for years against lithium mining…
Continue Reading Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping
By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris summit on finance and climate has wrapped up without a deal for a tax…
Continue Reading Tourist sub’s implosion draws attention to murky regulations of deep-sea expeditions
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The fatal implosion of the Titan submersible has drawn attention to the murkily regulated waters…
Continue Reading As Biden rallies for abortion rights, conservatives a mile away are pushing a 15-week national ban
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is warning that Republicans seeking a nationwide ban on…
Continue Reading What caused the Titan to implode? Right now, it’s not even clear who will lead the investigation
By PATRICK WHITTLE and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press A day after revelations that the Titan submersible imploded, officials are searching the…
Continue Reading Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is writing a book on leadership
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is writing a…
Continue Reading Nearly 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far for annual Hajj pilgrimage
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims streamed into the holy city of Mecca on Friday ahead of the start of…
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RCBH College of Health Careers offers Licensed Practical Nurse program
The Regional Center for Border Health (RCBH) College of Health Careers offers a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)…
Continue Reading Qatar sovereign wealth fund buys stake in Washington’s NBA, NHL and WNBA teams, AP source says
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer A person with knowledge of the sale tells The Associated Press the Qatar Investment Authority is buying a roughly…
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