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Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds 02/02/2024 02:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but together their impact on cardiovascular and respiratory systems is more dangerous and affects some communities more than others. A study published Friday in the journal Science Advances said climat A fire set off by a gas explosion in Kenya kills at least 3 people and injures 280 others 02/02/2024 01:47pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded in an illegal depot in a residential area of the Kenyan capital, officials said Friday, setting off a late-night inferno that killed at least three people and injured 280 others. The death toll was expected to rise. The depot in Nairobi NASCAR returns to the Coliseum with the future of Clash event uncertain in Southern California 02/02/2024 01:12pm • NASCAR's debut on a temporary track inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum two years ago was a bold experiment that featured a pre-race show by Pitbull, a halftime performance by Ice Cube, a rowdy USC student section and some pretty decent racing. The made-for-TV event was a clear success in 2022 Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members 02/02/2024 12:25pm • BOSTON (AP) — State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company's leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams, the company said Friday. In a blog post, Microsoft said the intrusion UN climate chief's blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change 02/02/2024 08:29am • To keep Earth from overheating too much, the nations of the world need to put fewer loopholes in climate agreements and far more money — trillions of dollars a year — into financial help for poor nations, the United Nations climate chief said Friday. In an unusual and blunt lecture at a universi Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says 02/01/2024 09:20pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says. The U.S.-based nonprofit linked some of the world’s largest c Does Medicare Cover Dental in 2024? Benefits and Eligibility 02/01/2024 07:00pm • Finding the right health care plan for you can be a daunting process. When determining your health care needs, don't forget to include dental services in the overall equation. Even if you've been fortunate enough to have a healthy smile, oral health becomes more of an issue as we age. Yet, almost ha 10 Common Scams That Target Seniors and How to Avoid Them 02/01/2024 07:00pm • Every year, thieves target individuals to get access to their personal information and money, and they tend to zero in on older people. Victims of elder financial exploitation lose $28.3 billion annually, according to a 2023 BankSafe report by AARP. If you haven't yet been approached by a scammer, y Thousands rally in Slovakia against government's plan to close the special prosecutor's office 02/01/2024 01:53pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Mass street protests intensified Thursday across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country's penal code and eliminate the office of the special prosecutor that deals with major crime and corruption. Thousands were rallying as th Fairfax County music teacher wins 2024 Grammy Music Educator Award 02/01/2024 11:07am • ▶ Watch Video: Virginia teacher wins 2024 Grammy Music Educator Award Annie Ray, a music teacher and orchestra leader from Annandale, Virginia, has been named the winner of the 2024 Music Educator Award. The prestigious honor, presented by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum, r A Turkish family is still afraid to go home one year after deadly earthquake 02/01/2024 12:08am • ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands. “Our house is at the Iowa agency overseeing gambling investigation defends search of college athletes' online activities 01/31/2024 08:22pm • The agency that oversees the enforcement of Iowa's gambling laws issued a statement Wednesday defending its investigation into sports wagering by athletes at Iowa and Iowa State. Defense attorneys for three former or current Iowa State athletes wrote in court documents filed last week that there was US says it disrupted a China cyber threat, but warns hackers could still wreak havoc for Americans 01/31/2024 06:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Wednesday they disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could be used to damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing is positioning itself to disrupt the daily lives of Americans if the United States and Chin Move to strip gender rights from Iowa's civil rights law rejected by legislators 01/31/2024 04:37pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers on Wednesday declined to advance a bill that would have stripped gender identity from the state’s civil rights law, a proposal that opponents said could have subjected LGBTQ+ Iowans to discrimination in education, housing and public spaces. The bill has bee What to know about how lawmakers are addressing deepfakes like the ones that victimized Taylor Swift 01/31/2024 04:33pm • Even before pornographic and violent deepfake images of Taylor Swift began widely circulating in the past few days, state lawmakers across the U.S. had been searching for ways to quash such nonconsensual images of both adults and children. But in this Taylor-centric era, the problem has been getting