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Teens get a chance to explore veterinary careers thanks to DC-based animal rescue group 02/01/2024 08:27pm • Young animal lovers may want to consider a career in veterinary medicine, but wonder if the field is right for them. Dr. Sarah Sirica treats over 100 different species a year at City Wildlife. (Courtesy Sarah Sirica) There's a lot to consider. Whether they work with domestic pets or wild anim Drought-stricken villages in Spain's northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing 02/01/2024 07:43pm • GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Plastic jugs in hand, Joan Torrent takes a path into the woods in search of drinking water. He fills them at a natural spring and then hauls them back to his home in Gualba, a picturesque village near Barcelona that like many towns in Spain is bearing the worst of a record dro 7 of the Best Charles Schwab Mutual Funds 02/01/2024 07:00pm • Selecting the right mutual fund is crucial for both beginner and advanced investors, and there are specific characteristics that can make a particular fund company's lineup more appealing. One significant aspect is the breadth of the offering. A diverse range of options across various asset classes 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 New Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease 02/01/2024 07:00pm • For anyone who has or knows someone who has Alzheimer's disease, a progressive and irreversible form of dementia that's ultimately deadly, it can sometimes be difficult to find hope. A progressive, neurodegenerative brain disease, Alzheimer's affects memory and cognitive functions including problem- She hoped to sing for a rap icon. Instead, she was there the night Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay died 02/01/2024 06:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — She was a teenaged aspiring R&B singer and rapper who had gotten an appointment at Jam Master Jay's recording studio. But just minutes after Yarrah Concepcion met the Run-DMC star, he was shot dead. Concepcion was brought to tears as she testified Thursday in the trial of two What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border 02/01/2024 05:33pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Republicans cheer on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's escalating feud with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement, some governors are considering deploying National Guard members to the border — again. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday was among the first to c Street fight: Cheverly neighbors worried about plan to connect 2 dead-end streets to big new development 02/01/2024 05:05pm • There's a street fight, of sorts, brewing in the town of Cheverly, Maryland, over the redevelopment of the old Prince George's Hospital Center. The dispute isn't over the project itself, which enjoys wide support in the town, but the potential traffic impact on what are now two quiet residential str Who freed Flaco? One year later, celebrity owl's escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery 02/01/2024 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park Zoo. Once inside, they cut a hole through a steel mesh cage, freeing a majestic Eurasian eagle-owl na Roberto Clemente exhibit honoring the late Pirates player makes stop at Caribbean Series in Miami 02/01/2024 03:13pm • MIAMI (AP) — Some of Roberto Clemente's most impactful career and life moments are on display at the Miami Marlins' loanDepot Park. A traveling exhibit titled “3,000" — a nod to the day on Sept. 30, 1972, that the late Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder became the first Latin American-born major le California teenager charged with swatting faces adult charges in Florida 02/01/2024 01:56pm • SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A California teenager accused of swatting a Florida mosque has been arrested and transported across the country to face felony charges. Alan Winston Filion, 17, was arrested Jan. 18 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on a warrant from Seminole County, Florida, ac Storied clubs Lyon and Marseille once dominated France. Now their rivalry is marred by violence 02/01/2024 01:33pm • What was once a history of silverware and glory days has become a story of violence and gory days. When French teams Lyon and Marseille meet on Sunday it will be yet another reminder of how far behind Paris Saint-Germain they have both fallen — on and off the field. Because the talk around their m Morocco arrests 30 people suspected of trafficking newborns, report says 02/01/2024 01:10pm • FES, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities arrested 30 people this week in the city of Fes on multiple charges as part of a wide-ranging case involving blackmail, threats and trafficking of newborn babies. The North African country's state-run news agency, MAP, reported on Wednesday that the suspect 3 people killed and 9 injured in hangar collapse on grounds of Boise, Idaho, airport 02/01/2024 11:36am • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A hangar under construction on the grounds of the airport in Boise, Idaho, collapsed Wednesday, killing three people and injuring another nine, officials said. Five of those injured in the collapse at the Boise Airport are in critical condition, the city said in a statement rel World Aquatics Championships begin in Doha, but many top swimmers are staying home 02/01/2024 11:10am • With all eyes on the Paris Olympics, the World Aquatics Championships feel more like a nuisance than the second-most important event on the swimming calendar. Given the unusual timing — a lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — many of the biggest names have decided to skip the meet in Do