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Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than...

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Palestinians' return to northern Gaza complicates Netanyahu's war aims

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by eradicating Hamas and freeing all the hostages. One...

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What Trump’s crackdown on DEI means for marginalized groups

U.S. President Donald Trump's dismantling of DEI initiatives is going to worsen inequality for marginalized groups, according to two Winnipeg political experts. The University of Manitoba professors...

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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is spewing lava once again

One of the world’s most active volcanoes is back in action. The Kilauea volcano at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is spewing lava once again, the seventh recorded episode in recent weeks. The eruption...
Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say

For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Internal...
Full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex opens in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary opened in New York City on Monday as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. ...
Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is not

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — They walked for hours loaded with whatever clothes, food and blankets they could carry. Many smiled, some hugged loved ones they hadn’t seen for months. Hundreds of thousands...
Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, in which nearly half a million Hungarian Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis, Tamás...
Rain douses wildfires in Southern California without causing serious mudslides

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first significant storm of the season brought snow and downpours to Southern California that doused wildfires and caused some ash and mud to flow across streets in the Los Angeles...
South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge that...