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Vermont starts long road to recovery from historic floods, helped by army of volunteers 07/15/2023 12:05pm • The Marshfield Village Store, which sits at the junction of two country highways in a tiny Vermont town, has become a little bit of everything in recent days as residents struggle to recover from historic floods that battered the state. First the shop in Marshfield, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) ea With dreams, and caffeine, former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to US 07/15/2023 09:10am • ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Gripping a wrench and pulling back with all his might, Tashmorad Qara loosened the heavy cap on a fire hydrant. When the water spouted, he took a sample, closed the hydrant at a Roanoke apartment complex, then he and his partner headed off for the next one. Qara likes his job a Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024 07/15/2023 07:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. Misinformation and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools to create false and misleading content were ¿Quién es Andrey Troshev, el hombre que Putin propuso como nuevo jefe del grupo mercenario ruso Wagner? 07/15/2023 06:00am • (CNN) -- El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, propuso a los combatientes del grupo Wagner que Andrey Troshev, un mercenario de alto rango, dirija ahora el grupo militar privado, según declaraciones del mandatario ruso al diario Kommersant.Putin parece haber creado una división entre los combati Vegas could break heat record as tens of millions across US endure scorching temperatures 07/14/2023 11:57pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate — at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. Meanwhile, emergency room doc Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulators 07/14/2023 09:29pm • A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, paving the way for the completion of the biggest acquisition in tech history after a legal battle over whether it will undermine com US to reopen review of Nevada geothermal plant near endangered toad while legal battle is on hold 07/14/2023 06:19pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a reversal that marks a significant victory for conservationists, federal officials have decided to “revisit” the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives. Environmentalists and tri Dogs at risk: Reward grows to 10k in case of sausages with fish hooks inside 07/14/2023 04:40pm • A reward for information leading to an arrest in a case of dogs being put at risk in Alexandria, Virginia, rose from $5,000 to $10,000 as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pitched in. The $5,000 from PETA was in addition to $5,000 that was already being offered by the Animal Wel Virginia Daybook 07/14/2023 04:30pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Friday, Jul. 14. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Stat A man died after a St. Louis police officer shocked him with a Taser 07/14/2023 03:39pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was shocked at least twice with a Taser by a St. Louis police officer died within hours, police said Friday. The man died after police were called Thursday night to a report that he was was being violent toward emergency medical workers. Police said arriving officers fou Security Council gives UN chief 30 days to come up with options on how to fight Haiti's armed gangs 07/14/2023 02:33pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council asked the secretary-general on Friday to come up with options to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs, including a possible U.N. peacekeeping force and a non-U.N. multinational force. A resolution adopted unanimously by the council asks U.N. Secretary-G Vermonters rush to dry out flooded homes and businesses with more storms on the horizon 07/14/2023 02:27pm • Vermonters worked Friday to dry out homes and businesses damaged by historic flooding but kept a wary eye on the horizon, with another round of storms forecast for the weekend. Parts of the state got more rain on Thursday and about 14,000 customers at the height of the storm. More rain is expected o Putin wants to attend an August summit. Host country South Africa doesn't want to have to arrest him 07/14/2023 12:51pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit in South Africa next month and the country is desperately trying to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant, South Africa's deputy pr AP gets a rare look at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant as it prepares to release radioactive water 07/14/2023 12:30pm • FUTABA, Japan (AP) — At Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, giant blue pipes have been constructed to bring in torrents of seawater to dilute treated, radioactive water under a plan to discharge it gradually into the Pacific Ocean. Workers were making final preparations as A Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to stay as a single unit 07/14/2023 11:30am • Russian President Vladimir Putin said he offered the Wagner private military company the option of continuing to serve as a single unit under their same commander after their short-lived rebellion, while some of the mercenaries were shown Friday in Belarus, possibly heralding the group's relocation