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1 person killed in Colorado wildfires as blazes torch large areas of the U.S. West 07/31/2024 08:23pm • LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — A person was killed in one of several wildfires threatening heavily populated areas of the Colorado foothills, authorities said Wednesday, as almost 100 large blazes burned across the western U.S. The death came in a fire near the town of Lyons that blackened more than two s Fed Chair Powell says September interest rate cut could be 'on the table' as inflation cools 07/31/2024 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday set the stage for the central bank's first rate cut in four years, citing greater progress toward lower inflation as well as a cooler job market that no longer threatens to overheat the economy. Still, the Fed kept its key interes Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP 07/31/2024 04:24pm • Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. A Ukrainian lawmaker also confirmed Ukraine had received a small number of F-16 fighter jets. The two offic Why does Vermont keep flooding? It's complicated, but experts warn it could become the norm 07/31/2024 03:50pm • Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future. Climate change is fueling stronger, more persistent storms and the state's infrastructure is feeling the effects in villages Chiefs looking for cornerback depth options at training camp 07/31/2024 03:28pm • ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs know what they have with their No. 1 cornerback in Trent McDuffie. McDuffie, who was a first-team All-Pro in 2023, is atop the depth chart after the offseason trade of cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to the Tennessee Titans. Figuring out the order after Mc New Jersey school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building 07/31/2024 02:40pm • WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey elementary school will remove Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A spokesperson for West New York Mayor Albio Sires confirmed on Wednesday that the name will be down before the start of the school yea Croatia reports its toughest day for firefighters as Balkan nations battle wildfires in a heat wave 07/31/2024 02:22pm • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Balkan countries on Wednesday battled wildfires stoked by high temperatures, winds and a weekslong drought, as firefighters in Croatia cited their toughest day so far this season and North Macedonia suggested it might seek help from NATO. Croatia’s Firefighters’ Associat Severe storms in the Southeast US leave 1 dead and cause widespread power outages 07/31/2024 02:19pm • CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A weather system that produced severe thunderstorms late into the night in the Southeast left one man dead in Georgia, caused damage in a South Carolina town and left hundreds of thousands of electricity customers without power for a time. The 27-year-old man was found dead afte Loudoun Co. student launches nonprofit to support women experiencing mental health challenges 07/31/2024 11:55am • Ria Badhwar was 5 years old when her parents got divorced, and in the years that followed, she watched as her mother dealt with severe depression and anxiety. For a long time, Badhwar said her mom was unhappy with the way her life had turned out. She lost her sense of purpose. In late 2022, he From August, migrants seeking refuge in Italy could be taken to Albania pending asylum decisions 07/31/2024 11:10am • GJADER, Albania (AP) — Migrants rescued at sea while attempting to reach Italy may see themselves transported to Albania beginning next month while their asylum claims are processed, under a controversial deal in which the small Balkan country will host thousands of asylum-seekers on Italy’s beh Former ballerina in Florida is convicted of manslaughter in her estranged husband's 2020 shooting 07/31/2024 11:06am • BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — A former ballerina has been convicted of manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. A Manatee County jury returned the guilty verdict late Tuesday against Ashley Benefield, court records show. She had been charged with second-degree murder, Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 166 in landslides in southern India 07/31/2024 11:03am • NEW DELHI (AP) — More than a thousand rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a second day Wednesday after multiple landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 166 people in southern India, police said. Torrents of mud and water had swept through tea estates and villages and Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza's tent camps 07/31/2024 09:33am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A steady stream of miserable children and worried parents flowed into the dermatology office at Nasser Hospital in central Gaza. A toddler with a blue hair bow sobbed as her mother showed how the red and white spots covering her face have spread to her neck and chest Texas' floating Rio Grande barrier can stay for now, court rules as larger legal battle persists 07/31/2024 08:56am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous decision by a panel of the co Dutch runner Sifan Hassan trying to win the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon in Paris. 'It is very hard.' 07/31/2024 08:44am • PARIS (AP) — Attempting to defend her 5,000- and 10,000-meter titles at the Olympics isn’t enough for Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Sifan Hassan. She also will push herself in the ultimate test of endurance, adding the marathon to her program at the Paris Games. “I can’t tell you I’m going t