ROME (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has given Pope Francis a warm hug as he arrived for a meeting. The Vatican termed the meeting a “very friendly” reunion of two old friends. The Argentine pope seemed in particularly good spirits as he hosted Lula for around 45 minutes Wednesday. That, just
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The Humane Society of Yuma is counting down the days to July 4.
Sadly, it is not a time for them to celebrate, but instead, a time to strategize and make plans for the large influx of animals that will end up in the shelter.
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera has quit as one of the lonely liberal voices on Fox News’ popular political combat show “The Five,” saying Wednesday that “a growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” made it no longer worth it to him. The last scheduled appearance on “The
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Talon Metals Corp. has filed papers with Minnesota regulators to launch the environmental review process for its proposed underground nickel mine that would supply nickel to Tesla for electric car batteries. The project already received a $114 million grant from the Department of Energy for its proposed
Continue Reading By LAURA UNGAR and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press The U.S. government is allowing the sale of chicken made from animal cells. California companies Upside Foods and Good Meat were granted permission on Wednesday to sell their products by the Agriculture Department. Livestock doesn’t need to be raised and killed to produce this new type of
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Residents are reporting that clashes between warring factions resumed in Sudan’s capital and a neighboring city after a three-day cease-fire expired. Sudan descended into conflict in mid-April after months of worsening tensions exploded into open fighting between rival generals seeking to control the African nation. The fresh clashes signal that U.S. and
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison. Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out
Continue Reading The Associated Press A key drugmaker lobbying group has joined the legal fight against the federal government’s plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, is suing over plans laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act to give the federal coverage program more control over its pharmaceutical costs.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A bear that fatally attacked a 66-year-old Tucson man at a campsite in central Arizona last week tested negative for rabies and had no apparent signs of disease, authorities said Wednesday. Anne Justice-Allen, the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s wildlife veterinarian, conducted a necropsy on the carcass of the adult male black
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All good things must come to an end – and that’s how it feels to wrap up another chapter of prep sports heading into the summer of 2023.
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Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have fired tear gas, sponge-tipped bullets and a water cannon during mass demonstrations by Druze Arabs in the Golan Heights. It was a rare burst of violence in the normally quiet area. At least 20 people were reported injured in Wednesday’s unrest. Thousands of Druze residents of the Golan took
Continue Reading By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A newly released police document alleges an Idaho father killed a neighboring family because he was upset that the neighbor’s 18-year-old son had reportedly exposed himself to the man’s children. Majorjon Kaylor is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the Father’s Day shooting. A
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is taking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a side trip before his state visit and fancy state dinner Thursday at the White House. Modi was arriving in Washington on Wednesday and joining the first lady at the National Science Foundation in Virginia. while President
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan abruptly said it will stop hosting talks on the Syrian conflict that erupted 12 years ago. The decision on Wednesday was a surprise to Russia and other participants as they wrapped up the 20th round of talks in the capital, Astana. Since 2017, the former Soviet
Continue Reading By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Maritime Rescue service says the bodies of a man and a child have been retrieved from waters off the western coast of Morocco after a rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank. A Spanish NGO says more than 60 people were aboard: 24 people were rescued but more
Continue Reading By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital’s monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were investigating suspicions that a
Continue Reading STOCKHOLM (AP) — The European Union’s migration chief says the shipwreck last week off Greece that is feared to have killed hundreds of people may be the “worst ever tragedy” of its kind. It comes as migrant crossings from eastern Libya to Europe have surged. As many as 750 people may have been on board
Continue Reading By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant tables and eventually, supermarket shelves. The Agriculture Department gave the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat,
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Greenpeace activists are calling on the Polish prime minister to take action to protect Poland’s forests, asking in particular that this government limit the harvesting of timber in the old-growth vast forest of the Carpathian Mountains. Greenpeace says that a forested area the size of five
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