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Month: July 2024

Taiwan prepares for a strong typhoon that worsened monsoon rains in the Philippines, killing 13

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island on Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, killed at least 13 people and displaced 600,000. Typhoon Gaemi’s outer skirt was bringing heavy rain to much of Taiwan, where a direct landfall

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Police investigate death of Autumn Oxley, Virginia woman featured on ’16 and Pregnant’

Associated Press/Report for America Authorities are investigating the death a Virginia woman who appeared on the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant.” Police said they responded to a medical emergency shortly after 3:00 p.m. Saturday in Sandston, about 9 miles east of Richmond. Autumn Oxley was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities

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Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Forest Service has announced a plan to bring a massive area of Amazon rainforest currently vulnerable to illegal deforestation under national governance Tuesday. The South American country, which holds two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest, plans to make an area the size of Costa Rica available for selective logging

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Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump’s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day. At a closed-door meeting of House

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