Brazil city district slipping into sea after river diverted
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA SAO JOAO DA BARRA, Brazil (AP) — Over the past half century, the Atlantic Ocean has been slowly and…
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Rattlesnakes change their rattle frequency based on nearby threats, a study finds
By Megan Marples, CNN Have you ever heard a rattlesnake rattling up close? It turns out the venomous reptiles change the frequency of their rattle…
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By Megan Marples, CNN Have you ever heard a rattlesnake rattling up close? It turns out the venomous reptiles change the frequency of their rattle…
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Chipotle is testing plant-based chorizo
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Chipotle is testing plant-based chorizo in Denver and Indianapolis — its first new protein made from…
Continue Reading US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration says it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans…
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Navajo Nation reports 60 new virus cases, 2 more deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Officials on the Navajo Nation are asking residents who live on the vast reservation to do their part in helping to curb…
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Daniel Craig reportedly made more than $100 million thanks to streaming
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Daniel Craig may be sitting on big money. According to a report from Variety, the James Bond franchise star “is…
Continue Reading Poland insists neighbor Belarus uses migrants as a ‘tool’
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister is vowing that his country will block migrants who have been seeking to enter from neighboring…
Continue ReadingForeseeably Seasonable
Air Quality (as of 8 AM)GOOD for all reporting stations in the viewing area.WEATHER STORYSmoke has settled into the region behind a trough of low…
Continue ReadingProof of vaccination or negative COVID test to be required at indoor events in California
By WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA, USA (KABC) — Anyone who attends an indoor event in…
Continue ReadingCardinal Cupich instructs Chicago Archdiocese priests not to give parishioners vaccine exemptions
By ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — Cardinal Blase Cupich sent a…
Continue ReadingThe latest on Afghanistan as the Taliban take charge
By Kara Fox, Aditi Sangal, Jessie Yeung, Steve George, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Melissa Mahtani, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021…
Continue ReadingFamily of beaten inmate fights legal battle with attorney general
By Stacey Baca Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, IL (WLS) — The prison beating death of a 65-year old man…
Continue Reading Merkel ally: US responsible for Afghanistan situation now
BERLIN (AP) — A leading member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc has called for the United States to provide funding…
Continue Reading Tech billionaire gives New Hampshire hermit $180,000
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A billionaire software company CEO has given a former hermit in New Hampshire $180,000 to rebuild his cabin in a new location.…
Continue Reading 3 students hurt in shooting in high school parking lot
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina high school will remain closed the rest of this week after three…
Continue Reading Analysis: Twin tragedies, and the strings that pull them
By NIKO PRICE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Twin tragedies on opposite sides of the world are piling misery on people who have seen far more than…
Continue Reading Dairy farmers eligible for pandemic-related assistance
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says help is on the way for dairy farmers who got a lower price for their products…
Continue Reading Dairy farmers eligible for pandemic-related assistance
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says help is on the way for dairy farmers who got a lower price for their products…
Continue Reading Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
By MICHAEL CASEY and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Landlords are fuming over the decision by the Centers for Disease…
Continue Reading Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
By MICHAEL CASEY and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Landlords are fuming over the decision by the Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingHow to help Afghan refugees
By Amy Chillag, CNN The refugee crisis in Afghanistan is growing as the Taliban take over the country. Since the start of this year, 550,000 Afghans…
Continue ReadingHow to help Afghan refugees
By Amy Chillag, CNN The refugee crisis in Afghanistan is growing as the Taliban take over the country. Since the start of this year, 550,000 Afghans…
Continue Reading STORY REMOVED: US–Tropical Weather-Atlantic
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Please disregard US–Tropical Weather-Atlantic, published on August 19, 2021, and datelined in SYRACUSE, N.Y. It…
Continue Reading Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near US Capitol
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup…
Continue ReadingThree Afghan families arrive in St. Louis after fleeing country
By RUSSELL KINSAUL Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Among the throngs of Afghans seen at…
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Lille’s defense goes from best in French league to worst
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lille has gone from having the best defense and most clean sheets in the French league to leaking…
Continue ReadingGrant money awarded to restore, enhance Flint riverfront
By ANNA MUCKENFUSS Click here for updates on this story Genesee County, MI (WNEM) — A $1 million federal grant awarded…
Continue Reading Restaurant owners sue New York City over vaccine mandate
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business A group of restaurant owners and five small businesses are suing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the…
Continue ReadingLocal couple claims discrimination at restaurant
By LAUREN TRAGER Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES CITY, MO (KMOV) — A local couple says they were…
Continue ReadingThousands of designer items confiscated in federal search warrant at Atlanta discount mall
By JASMINA ALSTON Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Homeland Security Investigations, along…
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Judge won’t dismiss suit on Florida school mask mandate ban
By CURT ANDERSON and KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the…
Continue Reading Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and…
Continue Reading Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingBoyfriend wounded in shootout booked into jail after release from hospital
By WEB STAFF Click here for updates on this story CREOLA, AL (WALA) — The man accused of being in a shootout with his…
Continue ReadingA 1980s ban on CFCs to heal the ozone layer is also shaving degrees off global warming, study says
By Angela Dewan, CNN The world would be on track for a collapse of the ozone layer and an additional 2.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end…
Continue Reading Government shelling of north Syria kills 5, mostly children
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say government forces have shelled a northwestern village, killing five people, most of them children.…
Continue Reading The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee…
Continue Reading The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee…
Continue Reading The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with thousands trying to flee…
Continue Reading Polish Olympian auctions silver medal to help sick child
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An Olympic athlete from Poland auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for a life-saving operation for…
Continue Reading Polish Olympian auctions silver medal to help sick child
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An Olympic athlete from Poland auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for a life-saving operation for…
Continue Reading Europeans express ‘grave concern’ over IAEA report on Iran
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The foreign ministries of Germany, France and Britain have expressed “grave concern” over…
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President and first lady plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they’re eligible, Biden says
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they are cleared to take them,…
Continue Reading Retirees are getting hit by rising prices. Here’s what will soften the blow
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business As if the pandemic hasn’t been hard enough on retirees, those living on low to moderate incomes have been hit…
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