MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The auctioning of oil and gas blocks in Congo has stirred resistance and concern among local Indigenous communities worried about damage to their homes and large swaths of forest, according to a report released Thursday by several environmental groups.
In Stillwater, school library books are the latest moral outrage to dominate school board meetings.
Jaxton South, 10, of Arapaho, shows off his winning artwork from the Custer County Free Fair. South won four first-place ribbons, two reserve grand champion ribbons, one grand champion ribbon and one best of show.
(AP) — Responding to 'overwhelming demand,' the Environmental Protection Agency is nearly doubling the money available to states to buy electric models of the familiar yellow school buses that millions of children ride every school day.
(AP) — Six Republican- led states are suing the Biden administration in an effort to halt its plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans, accusing it of overstepping its executive powers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A muchdebated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease won U.S. approval Thursday, a long-sought victory for patients that is likely to renew questions about the scientific rigor behind government reviews of experimental medicines.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, died at age 88.
(AP) —The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it builds professional networks, and it helps students test-drive careers.
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the road into Fort Myers Beach, cars are left abandoned in the roadway, where they stalled when Hurricane Ian's storm surge flooded their engines and their drivers couldn't continue. Broken trees, boat trailers and other debris also litter the road.
For decades, viewers have enjoyed the Japanese reality TV series 'Old Enough!' in which preschool children venture into the streets alone to run errands for their parents. What if American women asked their livein boyfriends to stop playing video games, leave their couches and run errands? In the 'Saturday Night Live' sketch 'Old Enough! Longterm Boyfriends!,' guest host Selena Gomez asked her helpless boyfriend of three years, played by cast member Mikey Day, to buy her eyeliner and two shallots.