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Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes interstate, creates its own weather 07/23/2024 10:55pm • BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) ��� Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon was closed in both directions Tuesday between Ontari Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint 07/23/2024 10:10pm • The Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from ���a virulent wave of antisemitism��� that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday. The district, among the largest public school systems in the U.S., ha Lawyer for man charged with killing 4 University of Idaho students wants trial moved to Boise 07/23/2024 09:54pm • MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) ��� Lawyers for the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students are urging a judge to move his murder trial away from the county, arguing the intense media coverage and public interest in the case make it impossible for him to get a fair trial. ���The prolif Clip resurfaces of Vance criticizing Harris for being 'childless,' testing Trump's new running mate 07/23/2024 09:53pm • Comments JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris��� leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans' presidential ticket. During Vance's bid for the Senate Last Sunday was Earth's hottest day in all recorded history, European climate agency says 07/23/2024 09:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus' preliminary data shows that the global average temperature Sunday was Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon 07/23/2024 09:45pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an area the size of Costa Rica over the next two years. In Brazil, vast forest lands are designated as public yet have no special protection o Records show deputy charged in Sonya Massey's fatal shooting worked for 6 agencies in 4 years 07/23/2024 09:30pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� The former sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman killed inside her Illinois home, had been employed by a half-dozen police agencies since 2020, according to state law enforcement records. Sean Grayson's career Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana's $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project 07/23/2024 09:23pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana's rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of its construction, even as the project faces pushback and litigation from communities who fear the env 2024 Election Latest: Kamala Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin 07/23/2024 08:59pm • In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris framed the race with Donald Trump as a choice between ���freedom��� and ���chaos.��� Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris on Tuesday, capping off their party���s swift embrace of her A group of 2,000 migrants advance through southern Mexico in hopes of reaching the US 07/23/2024 08:45pm • TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) ��� A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries set out on foot Tuesday through southern Mexico as they attempt to reach the U.S., although recent similar attempts have failed, with groups disbanding after a few days without leaving the region. Several members of the gr A Prince George���s Co. school board member was found working in Missouri. Is that legal? 07/23/2024 08:40pm • Some parents and voters in Prince George's County have reacted with outrage after finding out a school board member has spent essentially all of this year working for a school system in Ferguson, Missouri, while maintaining his elected office in Maryland. They were quick to point out a state law Sean Payton expects Courtland Sutton to be on hand for Broncos' 3-way quarterback competition 07/23/2024 08:25pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) ��� The Denver Broncos are about to begin their three-way quarterback competition, and coach Sean Payton expects wide receiver Courtland Sutton to be on hand for all of it. Sutton made a brief appearance at the team's mandatory minicamp last month after skipping OTAs in a contr How employers are taking steps to safeguard workers from extreme heat 07/23/2024 08:20pm • McKINNEY, Texas (AP) ��� At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard hat. Safety glasses. A reflective vest. And a small, watch-like band for his wrist. But rather than track time, its purpose is to ensure he doesn't overheat while working during s State election directors fear the Postal Service can't handle expected crush of mail-in ballots 07/23/2024 08:19pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� State election directors from across the country voiced serious concerns to a top U.S. Postal Service official Tuesday that the system won't be able to handle an expected crush of mail-in ballots in the November election. Steven Carter, manager of election and government program Choose a Medical Career to Suit Your Personality 07/23/2024 08:00pm • A medical degree has broad and diverse applications within and beyond the hospital setting. For doctors, choosing a best-fit role means examining their personality, skills and values. Experts say a good match can result in a more fulfilling career. Some doctors are drawn to direct patient care, whil