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Alert: The top UN court rejects Nicaragua’s request for judges to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court rejects Nicaragua’s request for judges to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel.
Malian army says it killed an Islamic State group commander who attacked U.S., Niger forces
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A senior Islamic State group commander wanted in connection with the deaths of U.S. forces in Niger was killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country's army said.
Shootout that killed 4 law officers began as task force tried to serve a warrant, police say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began ...
Europe's economy shows signs of life with 0.3% growth in 1st quarter as inflation, energy woes ease
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's economy perked up slightly at the start of the year, recording 0.3% growth in the ...
Lilly rides Mounjaro, Zepbound to better-than-expected 1Q profit despite supply issues
Rapidly climbing sales of the new obesity drug Zepbound and its counterpart for diabetes, Mounjaro, pushed Eli Lilly to a ...
EPA rule bans toxic chemical that's commonly used as paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene ...
California's population grew in 2023, halting 3 years of decline
U.S. Census data released in December showed California with a population of 38.9 million people as of July 1, 2023. The ...
Third parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning
The effect of what’s known as “Duverger’s law” often scares away minor-party supporters when the major-party race becomes competitive. Those minor-party supporters want to avoid spoiling the election ...
Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’
And some millennials and members of Gen Z may believe that the reading they are doing isn’t real reading. But a narrow definition of what counts as reading ignores the love Gen Zers and millennials ...
US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed
Washington state is by far the furthest along in creating a new long-term care social insurance program, called the WA Cares Fund. That program began collecting a 0.58% tax out of residents’ paychecks ...
How famines are formed: In Gaza and elsewhere, an underlying pattern that can lead to hunger and death
To those of us who study global hunger issues, the situations in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and a host of other countries reflect a growing trend in which severe crises – often, but not only, related to ...
‘What is a fact?’ A humanities class prepares STEM students to be better scientists
A fact is an interpretation of data. In physics class, you learn how to interpret physics data, find patterns, relate those patterns to other ones, and produce facts about them. If your argument hangs ...