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New Jersey denies bulkhead for shore town with wrecked sand dunes 02/01/2024 11:06am • NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in places to build a bulkhead to protect itself, ruling that no one is in imminent danger. The state Department of Environmental Protection told North Wildwood on Wednesday it will not give p Deadly school bus crash in Ohio yields safety, training guidance — but no seat belt mandate 02/01/2024 09:51am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a deadly school bus crash last summer, a task force convened by Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recommended Wednesday more training, driver benefits and safety features — but not a seat belt mandate. How and when safety upgrades are made would be up to individual sch You may be eating predigested food. Here’s why 02/01/2024 09:06am • (CNN) — Why do many people overeat chips, cereals, cakes, puddings and other ultraprocessed foods despite knowing those foods may not be healthy?According to emerging science, it may be due to manufacturing processes that “predigest” raw food ingredients — creating ultraprocessed foods t Policía de DC publica video tras balacera mortal hacia un hombre con presunta crisis mental 02/01/2024 08:50am • Nota del editor: algunas personas pueden encontrar estos detalles perturbadores. La policía de DC publicó el miércoles imágenes de la cámara corporal que muestran los momentos previos a la muerte a tiros de un hombre que fue objeto de una intervención de salud mental la semana pasada en N. Albania's Institute of Statistics suffers cyberattack, some systems affected 02/01/2024 07:18am • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Institute of Statistics reported Thursday it has suffered a cyberattack which affected some of its systems. A statement said Institute of Statistics, or INSTAT, systems were “a target of a sophisticated cyberattack” on Wednesday. After closing internet links Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it's becoming inevitable 02/01/2024 05:14am • BEIRUT (AP) — The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza. Such a war could be the most destructive either side has ever ex TikTok’s ‘mob wives’ trend is fueling a resurgence of fur 02/01/2024 01:00am • (CNN) — Edwards-Lowell Furs didn’t expect 2023 to be a good year.In anticipation of the ban on the sale of new furs that went into effect in its home state of California in January 2023, the company had transitioned its business from selling furs to storing them. Plus, Edwards-Lowell Furs’ Why European Union officials are taking angry farmers so seriously before Thursday's summit 02/01/2024 12:21am • HALLE, Belgium (AP) — The writing of angry farmers was on the Paris-to-Brussels highway in giant yellow letters visible from up high: “Ursula, We are here!” It was chalked onto the road with an equal measure of defiance and desperation, warning European Commission Ursula von der Leyen not to A Turkish family is still afraid to go home one year after deadly earthquake 02/01/2024 12:08am • ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of homes to rubble, Fatma Kirici lives in a tent with her husband and two grown children, afraid to return to the multistory house they fled that somehow still stands. “Our house is at the El Salvador's Bukele has everyone's attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution 02/01/2024 12:00am • SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. To many, El Salvador’s president is a national hero who took on the country's violent gangs with an unrelenting hand. To others, the populist is a 21st century autocrat who has committed mass human rights abuses and has alte Today in History: February 1, space shuttle Columbia destroyed during re-entry 02/01/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2024. There are 334 days left in the year. Today in History: In Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander M Live updates | South Africa alleges Israel is ignoring court ruling as more are killed in north Gaza 01/31/2024 11:49pm • South Africa’s foreign minister alleged Israel is ignoring the ruling by the United Nations’ top court last week, which ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, by killing hundreds more civilians in a matter of days in Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 150 people were killed First of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pushes into California. Officials urge storm preparations 01/31/2024 11:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds. Known as a “Pineapple Express” because its long plume Myanmar's resistance forces suggest terms for the military's eventual handover of power 01/31/2024 10:44pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s leading resistance group and allied ethnic armed groups battling the military government on Wednesday released a political road map to ending military rule and enabling a peaceful transition of power, saying they were open to peace talks with the army if it accepted thei How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce became the focus of baseless political conspiracy theories 01/31/2024 09:18pm • The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl. Myriad baseless rumors emerged on social media — everything from