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At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through northern Afghanistan, official said, in a country highly vulnerable to climate change. Afghanistan -- which had a relatively dry winter, making it more difficult for the soil to absorb rainfall -- is highly vulnerable to climate change.
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With the start of hurricane season less than a month away, U.S. officials who predict, prepare for and respond to natural disasters had a message for Floridians on Friday: It’s not a matter of if a hurricane will hit, but when. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be busier than average. To ensure that people everywhere are prepared, officials visited residents in Sanford, a landlocked city in the middle of the Sunshine State.
Nathan Teaney, 17, said when he decided to study at the East Peoria prom, the reaction he got seemed a mix of amusement and confusion.
California parents are facing charges after authorities discovered a backpack full of 25,000 fentanyl pills under their baby's crib.
New York’s legal cannabis market has been hampered by inexperienced leaders who treated the state licensing agency like a “mission-driven” startup rather than a government office, according to an internal review released Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has called the state's program a “disaster,” ordered the comprehensive review in March, hoping to address the cascade of bureaucratic stumbles and legal challenges that have plagued the agency. “There are deep-seeded issues at OCM, issues that have limited its ability to fulfil its licensing role,” Hochul, a Democrat, said at a news conference Friday.
A geomagnetic storm is hurtling toward Earth, bringing with it the power to disrupt some communications and produce some dazzling northern lights.
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the most popular baby names of 2023, the most recent list.
Ken Kusmer, whose long award-winning career with The Associated Press included exposing flaws in efforts to privatize Indiana's welfare system, died Thursday at his Indianapolis home after a short illness. Kenneth Doyle Kusmer began his AP career as a reporter and writer in Indianapolis in August 1984. Under the weight of bad publicity, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels canceled the contract in October 2009.
Target will limit which stores sell LGBTQ-themed products following last year's firestorm over its decision to sell products designed for transgender people.
New York City police are looking for a man who wrapped a belt around a woman's neck before sexually assaulting her in the Bronx last week.
Pro-Palestinian encampments were cleared from at least three college campuses early Friday, marking some of the latest examples of schools using law enforcement to respond to demonstrations that have popped up across the country in recent weeks. Here are the latest developments:
A zoo in China is going viral for disguising dogs as baby pandas.
Following weeks of demonstrations, photographers from schools across the country share their images and reflections
It makes sense to be worried about your children’s safety, education and emotional well-being amid campus protests. Here is how to support them and yourself.
Investors are listening out for a parade of Fed speakers to test a growing confidence that a rate cut is on the way.
The skies opened once again Friday in southern Brazil, offering little respite for those whose homes have been swallowed by floodwaters, while the number of people forced to evacuate doubled in 24 hours.In the past 24 hours, the number of people forced to flee their homes almost doubled to around 400,000 people, according to civil defense figures.
Russian forces have made two cross border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials – in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a ‘new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia.
School board members in Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – four years after those names had been removed.
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