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Heady odors and sensory overload as 5,200 cheeses compete for the World Cheese Awards Heady odors and sensory overload as 5,200 cheeses compete for the World Cheese Awards 11/14/2025 01:27pm • BERN, Switzerland (AP) â The first thing that hits you at the World Cheese Awards is the smell. As the 37th edition â part competition, part a celebration of cheese â kicked off in Switzerland on Thursday, some visitors might wish the offerings had more holes. With descriptions of odors inc A flooded restaurant in Thailand brings delight with swimming fish among diners A flooded restaurant in Thailand brings delight with swimming fish among diners 11/14/2025 01:11pm • NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) â A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: Enjoying a meal while sitting in flood waters, surrounded by live fish they bring into the establishment. Since an adjacent river breached its banks 11 da With one touch, they vanish. Meet the delicate, icy wonders called frost flowers With one touch, they vanish. Meet the delicate, icy wonders called frost flowers 11/14/2025 11:32am • The first major blast of wintry weather in the U.S. this week brought snow, frigid temperatures and in some places something a little more magical: Frost flowers. Made of thin ribbons of ice that extend out in intricate patterns when frozen water breaks through the slits of certain types of plant st London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazilâs worst environmental disaster 11/14/2025 11:21am • LONDON (AP) â A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazilâs worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream. High Court Justice Finola Oâ NYPD officers kill man in a shootout after he threatened people and a hospital 11/14/2025 09:39am • NEW YORK (AP) â A man with a gun was killed in a shootout with police in New York City after he pointed his weapon at a man in an apartment building elevator and a deli worker and threatened to shoot up a hospital, police said. New York Police Department officers took the man to a hospital in a po Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting 11/14/2025 08:10am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) â To grasp the effects of the rush to redraw Americaâs congressional districts before the 2026 elections, consider one historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the small town of Boonville, population 7,800. The 18th and Vine community is known Fast-moving blaze in picturesque California county damages 15 structures and prompts evacuations 11/14/2025 12:00am • MONO COUNTY, Calif. (AP) â A fast-moving wildfire in a picturesque California county along the Nevada state border has damaged 15 structures, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of part of a highway on Thursday as firefighters worked to contain it in the face of strong winds. The Pack Fire Giles' 24 lead Wichita State past Loyola Chicago 95-74 11/13/2025 10:02pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) â Kenyon Giles scored 24 points to help Wichita State defeat Loyola Chicago 95-74 on Thursday. Giles shot 7 for 8 from beyond the arc and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Shockers (3-0). Michael Gray Jr. scored 17 points, going 5 of 11 (5 for 10 from 3-point range). Will Ammonia gas leak from a tanker truck in Oklahoma sickens dozens and forces evacuations Ammonia gas leak from a tanker truck in Oklahoma sickens dozens and forces evacuations 11/13/2025 09:55pm • WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) â A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas outside a hotel overnight, filling its hallways with fumes and forcing hundreds of nearby residents of a small Oklahoma city to evacuate, authorities said Thursday. Several dozen people were treated at hospitals. Officia Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics 11/13/2025 07:34pm • COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) â Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday required professors to receive approval from the school president to discuss some race and gender topics, tightening rules months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw the The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says 11/13/2025 07:30pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) â The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.âs Rolling Thunder Mine near Belva, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) eas ACLU lawsuit alleges appalling conditions at California's largest immigration detention facility 11/13/2025 07:24pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges appalling conditions at California's largest immigration detention facility, a formerly mothballed prison in the desert where sewage bubbles up from shower drains and detainees are forced to use dirty bandages to wrap open sores. The Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer's boat Seal escapes orca hunt by jumping onto photographer's boat 11/13/2025 06:40pm • SEATTLE (AP) â A wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern of her boat. Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20-foot (6-meter) boat near her home on What to know about a chemical leak in Oklahoma 11/13/2025 06:35pm • The chemical that leaked from a tanker truck in a city in Oklahoma is common but dangerous, and other leaks over the years have led to evacuations and deaths. Hundreds of people were evacuated and dozens hospitalized because of the anhydrous ammonia leak from a tanker truck Wednesday night in Weathe Michigan man charged with murder in 2010 disappearance of his 3 sons 11/13/2025 06:29pm • DETROIT (AP) â A Michigan man long blamed for the disappearance of his three sons at Thanksgiving in 2010 has been charged with their deaths, court records show. John Skelton is facing three counts of murder and tampering with evidence in the deaths of 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5
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