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Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds 04/18/2024 08:22am • Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold ��� symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are on his mi PSG star Tabitha Chawinga of Malawi overcomes obstacles en route to Champions League success 04/18/2024 07:51am • Tabitha Chawinga wasn't always a prolific scorer. The Paris Saint-Germain star played goalkeeper in rural Malawi as a young girl. A collision with a defender changed all that. Her mouth was bloodied. ���After that I stopped playing the goal, because I was afraid as well (of) my mom,��� Chawinga says NYC���s Glowbar brings membership facials to Georgetown 04/18/2024 07:45am • Glowbar, a facial membership studio, is opening its first location in D.C., at 1533 Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown. It will open this fall. The Georgetown location will be Glowbar���s 17th location, with others in New York, Philadelphia New Jersey, Boston and Connecticut. Stand-alone facial appo Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Russian election interference 04/18/2024 07:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The leaders of Belgium and the Czech Republic are warning their European Union partners to take urgent action to prevent Russian interference in June���s Europe-wide elections, after the two countries��� intelligence services uncovered evidence of attempts to bribe EU lawmakers. �� Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira mixes perfect halfpipe year with pranks as his alter ego 'Hotdog Hans' 04/18/2024 06:00am • Freestyle skier Alex Ferreira won every halfpipe contest he entered this season. His alter ego, ��� Hotdog Hans,��� won, too, by charming unsuspecting terrain-park visitors with his outlandish antics. It was the perfect season of performing tricks and pulling pranks. Dressed as ���Hotdog Hans,��� an Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames 04/18/2024 05:40am • ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) ��� Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle. Little could be more idyllic. Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat. As Europe seek Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina 04/18/2024 05:40am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. But two reports released this week are filling Champions League rules leave teams chasing a moving target in the Bundesliga 04/18/2024 05:36am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� How many teams qualify for the Champions League from the Bundesliga? Definitely four. Probably five. Possibly six. Bayern Munich's and Borussia Dortmund's heroics in reaching the Champions League semifinals mean the fight for European qualification in Germany is comple Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them. 04/18/2024 03:53am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance ��� Chinese goods exports to the EU exceeded its imports from the 27-nation bloc by 291 billion euros ($310 billion) last year. Party's over: Coyotes end tenure in the desert with raucous atmosphere before move 04/18/2024 02:15am • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Mullett Arena buzzed like few times in the two years since the Arizona Coyotes moved in, the fans amped for one last desert hurrah. For 60 minutes, they got one last chance to watch the team they came to love before the franchise as they know it is no more. The Coyotes are movi Panama's presidential frontrunner skips third and final debate ahead of May 5 election 04/18/2024 12:29am • PANAMA CITY (AP) ��� Six of the eight candidates vying to be Panama���s next president laid out their plans to generate jobs and to manage the country���s water crisis in their final debate Wednesday night before the country���s May 5 election. Former government minister Jos�� Ra��l Mulino, who has South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles 04/18/2024 12:21am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� At first glance, the all-male South Carolina Senate subcommittee deciding whether to approve a proposal to remove the sales tax from feminine hygiene products was a reminder that as recently as 2012 the state had no women in its Senate. But progress is being made. The electio The Latest | Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation 04/17/2024 11:05pm • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran���s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. Israel has vowed to respond to Iran���s unprecedented attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation a 25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting 04/17/2024 10:56pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Hours after she escaped the Columbine High School shooting, 14-year-old Missy Mendo slept between her parents in bed, still wearing the shoes she had on when she fled her math class. She wanted to be ready to run. Twenty-five years later, and with Mendo now a mother herself, the trau The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport 04/17/2024 10:19pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded ��� a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. The