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Melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s 07/02/2024 11:12am • The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers meticulously tracked snow levels in the nearly 1,500-square mile icy expanse going back Chelsea signs Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Leicester City 07/02/2024 10:56am • LONDON (AP) — Chelsea completed the signing of midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from Leicester City on Tuesday. Dewsbury-Hall has agreed on a five-year contract with the option of a further 12 months, the English Premier League club said. The cost of the transfer was not stated. “I’m really ex Virginia task force recommends dedicated funding for campus threat assessment team training 07/02/2024 10:34am • A task force directed by the Virginia legislature has recommended creating a dedicated funding stream for threat assessment team training on college and university campuses and allowing teams to share confidential information about a person who’s the subject of an investigation with other public i Senator wants Washington Commanders to pay tribute to an old logo that offends many Indigenous 07/02/2024 10:34am • After a half century of activism, many Native Americans thought a bitter debate over the capital's football mascot was over two years ago when the team became the Washington Commanders. The organization left behind the racist slur “redskins" as its name and retired the logo that was closely tie Sports on TV for Wednesday, July 3 07/02/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, July 3 GOLF 6:30 a.m. (Thursday) GOLF — DP World Tour: The BMW International Open, First Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — 2024 BuildSubmarines.com MLB All-Star Starters Reveal Show 8 Jordan Spieth goes back to the John Deere in a light schedule for golf 07/02/2024 09:51am • PGA Tour JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Site: Silvis, Illinois. Course: TPC Deere Run. Yardage: 7,289. Par: 71. Prize money: $8 million. Winner's share: $1.44 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Sepp Straka. A powerful summer storm sweeps through Balkans with hail, rain and winds, killing 2 07/02/2024 09:15am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A powerful storm has swept through countries in the western Balkans after several days of sizzling temperatures, killing two people and damaging houses, pulling out trees and flooding streets, officials said on Tuesday. Heavy rain, hail and strong winds tore through Sloven Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles 07/02/2024 08:56am • It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. Devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that are central to their lives on and off the field. At this s Who are the main players in the UK's upcoming national election? 07/02/2024 07:15am • LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local areas, and the leader of the party that returns the most lawmakers will become prime min More changes to Mbappé face mask as France star's Euro 2024 problems persist 07/02/2024 07:11am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has had more masks than goals at the European Championship. The France captain is struggling with his peripheral vision in the masks that were fitted to protect his broken nose from his country's opening game at Euro 2024. He wore a third different mask UK's landmark postwar elections: When the first coalition government since WWII was formed in 2010 07/02/2024 06:58am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Pres What we know about the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in upstate New York 07/02/2024 06:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — Police in upstate New York tackled and then shot a 13-year-old boy to death after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers during a foot chase. Utica officials released body camera footage of Friday night's shooting on Saturday and held a contentious public meeting att Son's soccer academy in South Korea denies bullying allegations involving coaches 07/02/2024 06:10am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Allegations of coaches verbally and physically abusing a young player at the Son Football Academy funded by English Premier League star Son Heung-min are being investigated by South Korean prosecutors. Hundreds of South Korean children have attended the academy with the d Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in India's northeast kill at least 16 people 07/02/2024 05:40am • GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 16 people over the last two weeks in India's northeast, where more than 300,000 have been displaced from their submerged homes, authorities said on Tuesday. The Indian army and air force have been assisting How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season 07/02/2024 02:13am • Hurricane Beryl's explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead, experts said. Beryl smashed multiple records even before its major-hurricane-level winds approached land. The powerf