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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is upgrading its engagement with the Arctic Council and countries with an interest in a region that’s rapidly changing due to climate change. The State Department said Friday the U.S. would appoint an ambassador-at-large for the Arctic to deal with national security, environmental and development issues in the far

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and two were wounded in a shooting at a homeless shelter for men in western Kentucky and a suspect has been arrested. The Henderson Police Department said in a statement on social media that officers responded Thursday evening to a report of an active shooter

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The U.N. expert on human rights in Cambodia is proposing a 10-point plan to improve rights in the Southeast Asian nation, describing it as ä country with a bright future but some severe challenges. U.N. Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn said at the end of an

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama. The major aim is to keep raccoons from spreading their strain of the deadly virus to states where it hasn’t

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, raising hopes that the surging costs of everything from gasoline to food may have peaked. According to a Commerce Department report Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in a frenetic Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve pushed back on Wall Street’s hopes that it may let off the brakes for the economy. The S&P 500 was 1.5% lower after Jerome Powell said the Fed will need to

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That’s important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water. After the lead crisis in Flint, officials in Michigan accelerated efforts to locate their pipes, a first step toward removal. But other places are moving more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A small, 3-crew submarine has found the remains of seven migrants who drowned when their boat sank in late April off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board. The boat was carrying around 80 Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians trying to migrate by sea to

By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The health of the world’s oceans looms large in Wendy Schmidt’s thinking about the planet’s future and in her giving. Schmidt leads a collection of philanthropies through which she and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, work to help protect the planet.

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine. Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its

IRVINGTON, Ala. (AP) — A woman found out her south Alabama home was on fire and ran home to rescue one child from the burning structure, but two other children were killed, authorities said. The woman, whose name was not released immediately, was next door to her own mobile home when she was alerted to

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A local constable, who was also a U.S. Army veteran, was among four people fatally shot at an apartment complex while an eviction notice was being served in Tucson, Arizona, officials said. The suspected shooter was also one of the dead. The shooting happened just after 11 a.m. on Thursday at

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having satellites connect with cellphones using T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum. The plan, called Coverage Above and Beyond, looks to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit and T-Mobile’s wireless network

NEW YORK (AP) — Deepa Fernandes, most recently immigration correspondent and senior newsroom advisor on race and equity issues at the San Francisco Chronicle, is becoming the third host of NPR’s midday news program “Here & Now,” the public radio outlet said Friday. She will join current hosts Robin Young and Scott Tong on Oct.

ATLANTA (AP) — In a story published August 25, 2022, about a Georgia prosecutor seeking to compel testimony from allies of former President Donald Trump, The Associated Press erroneously reported that former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows sent emails to the Department of Justice between Jan. 30, 2020, and Jan. 1, 2021. The emails

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region? Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New York last winter

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard says a ferry carrying 82 passengers and crew has caught fire as it approached a port south of Manila and at least 73 of those aboard have been rescued. Search and rescue efforts are continuing after nightfall for the passengers and crew of the M/V Asia Philippines,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks in the U.S. and Europe turned lower Friday ahead of a speech by the Federal Reserve chair that could more shed light on the potential for more interest rate hikes. The DAX in Frankfurt fell 0.3% while the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.1%. The FTSE in London

MORAG, Poland (AP) — Poland is scheduled to seal a deal with South Korea for the purchase of some $5.8 billion worth of tanks, howitzers and ammunition. Poland’s deputy prime minister and the head of South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration are expected to sign the contracts at a military base in northern Poland on