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A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell the story of D-Day 80 years later
Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte d’Or, or “golden coast.”
Since June 6, 1944, however, this beach has borne a different name: Omaha.
Eighty years ago, on a day now known as D-Day, thousands of Allied ...Read more
Environmentalists battle to get Peco to increase its use of green energy, but the oil industry calls it a job killer
PHILADELPHIA —The nation is in the middle of a contentious transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
It's a change either hailed by environmentalists for addressing climate change and public health or loathed by the oil and gas industry for killing jobs and being less reliable, efficient and affordable. And what the increase in ...Read more
Denver's new migrant strategy offers intensive help -- but what about the many who won't qualify?
DENVER — Denver’s revamped migrant program in recent days began enrolling the roughly 800 people who are expected to be the first beneficiaries of a new approach city leaders consider innovative.
Participants will receive six months of housing, help with living costs, job training and legal support as the city files asylum claims on their ...Read more
High court's immunity ruling may not save Trump in Georgia
ATLANTA — If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump cannot be prosecuted for acts he took as part of his official duties, his Atlanta lawyers are expected to argue that would strip away much of the Fulton County case against the former president.
But it is also possible such a decision won’t make much of a difference to the election...Read more
Georgia man pleads guilty to Jan. 6 charge
ATLANTA — On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, William Frederick Beals II posted a video of himself in Washington, D.C., to the social media site TikTok.
“So we officially took the White House,” Beals announced in the video.
He wasn’t at the White House. He was at the U.S. Capitol, along with thousands of people who had migrated to the ...Read more
Zelenskyy says Russia is attempting a new offensive near Kharkiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia started a new offensive against territory around Ukraine’s second-biggest city as Kremlin forces moved to breach the border in the northeast.
Artillery has so far been able to repel the assault in the Kharkiv region, Zelenskyy said during a meeting with Slovak President Zuzana Caputova in ...Read more
California shifting to warmer, drier weather, but wildfire season still expected to be delayed
LOS ANGELES — After another rainy winter that dragged into springtime, California is finally moving toward a warmer and drier pattern, with temperatures expected to hit typical highs — or above — for this time of year.
"It's feeling kind of spring [or] summery," said Rose Schoenfeld, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard. "We...Read more
Israel's $16 billion war bill puts budget on alarming path
Israel has racked up a bill of 60 billion shekels ($16 billion) after seven months of war, leaving its budget deficit on a path to blow past this year’s target absent government action to stabilize finances.
Finance Ministry data published Thursday showed the 12-month trailing fiscal shortfall ballooned to 7% of gross domestic product as of ...Read more
Alleged violin thief also robbed a bank, prosecutors say, with note that said 'please' and 'thx'
LOS ANGELES — The violins were expensive — and very, very old.
They included a Caressa & Francais, dated 1913 and valued at $40,000. A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000.
For more than two years, federal prosecutors allege, Mark Meng stole high-end violins across the country �...Read more
Partner talks in their sleep? Here's how to slumber soundly
Parasomnia — it’s a blanket term for pesky behaviors that wreak havoc on your sleep. A third of U.S. adults get less than the recommended amount of shut-eye, a nationwide struggle linked to chronic diseases ranging from depression to Type 2 diabetes. Some parasomnias, however, don’t affect just the sleeper; they can affect others within ...Read more
Jewish families say anti-Israel messaging in Bay Area classrooms is making schools unsafe
In the weeks after Hamas' deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel's ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco grew accustomed to seeing her classmates display their support for Palestinians.
Students wore shirts that read "Free Palestine" and "All eyes on Gaza....Read more
Saturday's detonation should free the ship that hit the Key Bridge. What's next?
BALTIMORE — The Dali has sat, entangled with the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that it knocked down, for the past six weeks, becoming a Baltimore landmark as crews work to clear the channel around it of debris.
But in the most dramatic step yet to free the ship, authorities plan to use explosive devices Saturday evening to slice up...Read more
Bird flu detected in Colorado dairy cattle − a vet explains the risks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Colorado has highly pathogenic avian influenza – also known as HPAI or bird flu – on a dairy farm, the ninth state with confirmed cases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the virus on April 25, 2024, in a herd in northeast Colorado.
This farm is one of 35 dairy farms across ...Read more
Medicine doesn’t just have ‘conscientious objectors’ − there are ‘conscientious providers,’ too
When we think about harm, we typically think of physical or psychological suffering. But ethicists point out that we can also suffer “moral injury” when forced to do something at odds with our deeply held values.
Moral injury is often associated with military veterans. It can also occur in health care, however, when providers are ...Read more
Sudan’s descent into chaos sets stage for al-Qaida to make a return to historic stronghold
“Sudan’s moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad,” warned Abu Hudhaifa al-Sudani, a high-ranking al-Qaida leader, in an October 2022 manifesto.
His words may have seemed premature at the time, but a year of brutal civil war has now plunged Sudan into the kind of chaos in which terrorist groups thrive. The ...Read more
How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced in late April 2024 that it plans to ease federal restrictions on cannabis, reclassifying it from a Schedule I drug to the less restricted Schedule III, which includes drugs such as Tylenol with codeine, testosterone and other anabolic steroids. This historic shift signals an acknowledgment of the ...Read more
Environmentalists battle to get Peco to increase its use of green energy, but the oil industry calls it a job killer
PHILADELPHIA —The nation is in the middle of a contentious transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
It's a change either hailed by environmentalists for addressing climate change and public health or loathed by the oil and gas industry for killing jobs and being less reliable, efficient and affordable. And what the increase in ...Read more
On a dangerous Sacramento road, one young man lost his leg. Another lost his life
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dirk Couvson was still lying in the street — still bleeding — when he made his first phone call after the crash. He called his mother.
Lythia Bouie answered the phone at almost 11 p.m., and for a moment, she thought her wisecracking youngest boy was joking. But she heard something terrible in her son’s voice, ...Read more
'Dysfunction': Teens' grievances reveal safety, hygiene problems in Kentucky juvenile justice facilities
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Inmates got spoiled milk and uncooked or burned food, served with dirty cups and utensils.
Bed sheets weren’t washed for weeks. Inmates were threatened with sexual violence by other inmates.
Guards, who sometimes failed to conduct safety checks, withheld showers. Prescription medicines weren’t handed out.
Some days ...Read more
'Are you a Zionist?' Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews
LOS ANGELES — Eilon Presman was about 100 feet from the UCLA Palestinian solidarity encampment when he heard the screams: "Zionist! Zionist!"
The 20-year-old junior, who is Israeli, realized the activists were pointing at him.
"Human chain!" they cried.
A line of protesters linked arms and marched toward him, Presman said, blocking him ...Read more
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- On a dangerous Sacramento road, one young man lost his leg. Another lost his life
- 'Are you a Zionist?' Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews
- Bird flu detected in Colorado dairy cattle − a vet explains the risks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
- 'Dysfunction': Teens' grievances reveal safety, hygiene problems in Kentucky juvenile justice facilities
- Medicine doesn’t just have ‘conscientious objectors’ − there are ‘conscientious providers,’ too
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