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New Jersey forest fire that was sparked by fireworks is 75% contained 07/08/2024 12:24pm • TABERNACLE, N.J. (AP) ��� A forest fire that has burned 6.3 square miles (about 16.3 square kilometers) in the New Jersey Pinelands was 75% contained as of midmorning Monday, officials said. Its status remained basically unchanged since Sunday night. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the blaze Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico takes first trip outside capital after assassination attempt 07/08/2024 12:17pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico took his first trip outside the capital on Monday since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt. Fico visited a farm in Slovenska Nova Ves, northeast of the capital of Bratislava, along with agriculture minister Ukrainian high jumper keeps her eye on the raised bar, but her mind is fixed on the war 07/08/2024 11:53am • MONTE GORDO, Portugal (AP) ��� Kateryna Tabashnyk���s success depends upon utter concentration on the here and now, on the height of the bar in front of her and her body���s ability to leap it. That focus and drive is a requirement for all high-level athletes. But the 30-year-old Ukrainian high jump Myanmar's ethnic rebels say they captured an airport in a new setback for the military government 07/08/2024 10:49am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� One of Myanmar���s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government said it captured an airport serving the country���s top world-class beach resort, marking the first time resistance forces have seized such a facility. Residents of the area in the southern part Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods 07/08/2024 10:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ruben Berrios knows the scorching truth: When it comes to extreme heat, where you live can be a matter of life and death. The 66-year-old lives in Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York���s South Bronx, where more than 90 percent of residents are Latino or Black. Every s NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 Results 07/08/2024 09:30am • Sunday At Chicago Street Course Chicago. Lap length: 2.20 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 58 laps, 54 points. 2. (4) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 58, 37. 3. (2) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 58, 42. 4. (38) Joey Hand, Ford, 58, 43. 5. (3) Michael McDowell, Ford, 58, 32. 6. (33) Ri Is it a hurricane or a tropical storm? Here's a breakdown of extreme weather terms 07/08/2024 08:40am • Hurricane Beryl is barreling through Texas Monday after devastating parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. The storm regained hurricane strength over the weekend as it traveled over the Gulf of Mexico. It had previously been downgraded to a tropical storm as it weakened over land. So what's the differe D-backs' Christian Walker among best current MLB players to never make All-Star game 07/08/2024 05:55am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Christian Walker is a two-time Gold Glove winner, helped lead his team to the World Series last season, has hit at least 33 home runs in each of the past two years and is currently on pace for about 40 homers this season. The Arizona Diamondbacks' first baseman is also the current D Fishing boat carrying 283 migrants to Europe safely reaches southern Greek island 07/08/2024 04:53am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� A fishing boat carrying nearly 300 migrants to Europe has safely reached a southern Greek island after a large rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, Greek authorities said Monday. There were no immediate reports of injury or ill health among the 283 migrants, the coast g Cardinals bring 2-1 series lead over Nationals into game 4 07/08/2024 04:00am • St. Louis Cardinals (47-42, second in the NL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (42-48, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Monday, 4:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (6-7, 5.19 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 72 strikeouts); Nationals: Mitchell Parker (5-4, 3.61 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 68 strikeouts) Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages 9 months into war in Gaza 07/08/2024 01:31am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and pushing for a cease-fire to bring back scores of hostages held by Hamas. The demonstrations come Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East 07/07/2024 11:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip. An excessive heat w Texas residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall 07/07/2024 11:14pm • MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) ��� Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remai Bowman wraps up a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a win on a rainy Chicago street course 07/07/2024 11:02pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� At long last, Alex Bowman got a win. And a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. So yeah, he was ready to party. ���We���re going to drink so much damn bourbon tonight, it���s going to be a bad deal,��� a jubilant Bowman said. ���I���m probably going to wake up naked on the bathro NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 Results 07/07/2024 09:52pm • Sunday At Chicago Street Course Chicago. Lap length: 2.20 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 58 laps, 54 points. 2. (4) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 58, 37. 3. (2) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 58, 42. 4. (38) Joey Hand, Ford, 58, 43. 5. (3) Michael McDowell, Ford, 58, 32. 6. (33) Ri