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In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred 10/29/2023 12:08am • PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives. Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get pregnant. Others were brought as newborns by parents seeking to ward off evil spirits. Some enter Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult' 10/28/2023 11:19pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight for his country's EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint 10/28/2023 10:51pm • About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people drank water with dangerous levels of lead, degrading the intelligence of thousands of kids. But new r In Seattle, phones ding. Killer whales could be close 10/28/2023 10:17pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Peter Bates was dropping his car at the mechanic this month when a notification pinged on his phone: killer whales were approaching his Seattle neighborhood. He hopped on a bus toward the water, then an electric bike. He was pedaling along a shoreline trail when orcas' black fins an NHRA Nevada Nationals Pairings 10/28/2023 09:52pm • Saturday Las Vegas Speedway Las Vegas Sunday's Pairings Top Fuel 1. Mike Salinas, 3.680 seconds, 331.77 mph vs. 16. Rob Passey, 3.989, 304.05; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.683, 331.69 vs. 15. Clay Millican, 3.846, 251.06; 3. Austin Prock, 3.692, 328.86 vs. 14. Kelly Harper, 3.817, 318.54; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3 NHRA Nevada Nationals Qualifying 10/28/2023 09:46pm • Friday Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas First Two Rounds Top Fuel 1. Mike Salinas, 3.699 seconds, 332.75 mph; 2. Austin Prock, 3.701, 329.99; 3. Leah Pruett, 3.707, 331.53; 4. Antron Brown, 3.708, 329.10; 5. Doug Kalitta, 3.709, 336.49; 6. Justin Ashley, 3.714, 334.07; 7. Steve Torrence, 3.725, 33 Ferraris to start 1-2 in F1 Mexico City Grand Prix with Leclerc on pole position next to Sainz 10/28/2023 09:33pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ferrari's Charles Leclerc found some surprising speed on Saturday to earn the pole position for the start of Formula One's Mexico City Grand Prix. The Italian team even earned a rare 1-2 front row lockout, with Carlos Sainz right next to him. Lurking behind, of course, is Red Bu Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say 10/28/2023 08:48pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Police missed two clear opportunities to end a dragnet that locked down and terrified Maine’s second-largest city after a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar following a recent spiral into paranoia. The body of Robert Card was found Friday in a trailer at RCR teammates fume after both denied spots in Xfinity Series championship 10/28/2023 07:25pm • Justin Allgaier beat Sheldon Creed in a door-to-door demolition derby Saturday that decided the Xfinity Series championship field. Destroyed race cars were parked along the Martinsville Speedway finish line as NASCAR sorted through the carnage and ex-teammates exchanged heated words. The messy race Ecuador's Liga de Quito beats Brazil's Fortaleza on penalties to win Copa Sudamericana 10/28/2023 07:22pm • MALDONADO, Uruguay (AP) — Three saves by Alexander Dominguez in a penalty shootout gave Ecuador's Liga de Quito a victory over Brazil’s Fortaleza and its second Copa Sudamericana title on Saturday. Liga and Fortaleza drew 1-1 in regular time, carried the stalemate into extra time, but the Ecuado Hawaii agrees to hand over site to Maui County for wildfire landfill and memorial 10/28/2023 02:16pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's land board has approved handing over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal, but officials urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns about how the proposed landfill would affect nearby coral reef An Iranian teenager injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media say 10/28/2023 01:40pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media reported Saturday. The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran and after the one-year ann EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint 10/28/2023 08:30am • Decades after officials banned lead in gasoline for new cars and stopped the sale of lead paint — huge steps toward eliminating lead exposure to the public — there are still an estimated 500,000 U.S. children with levels of lead in their blood that are considered high, and experts say lead in dr At least 32 people were killed in a multi-vehicle pileup on a highway in Egypt, authorities say 10/28/2023 07:26am • CAIRO (AP) — A passenger bus slammed into a parked vehicle on a foggy Saturday morning on a highway linking the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least 32 people, authorities said. The multi-car pileup, which set some vehicles ablaze, left at least 63 ot When a man began shooting in Maine, some froze while others ran. Now they're left with questions 10/28/2023 07:13am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The first loud noise 10-year-old Toni Asselin heard sounded like the thwack of a ball being hit hard across a pool table. She thought the second might have been someone dropping a bowling ball. “The third one, when I walked over to see if someone was hurt, I saw a person g