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Italy's Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely 08/19/2025 08:55pm • ROME (AP) ��� Italy���s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years. After this year���s hot summer, geologists discovered that the simple stakes used as benchmark Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases 08/19/2025 08:50pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Spain tackled several major wildfires Tuesday in one of the country's most destructive fire seasons in recent decades, despite temperatures dropping across the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters aided by soldiers and water-bombing aircraft fought fires tearing through parch DHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it 08/19/2025 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration ��� and she credited President Trump with the idea. Noem spoke during a visit to a p Alaska Airlines Rebrands Loyalty Program to Atmos Rewards 08/19/2025 08:00pm • Nearly two years after announcing its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, Alaska Airlines has released its much-anticipated plan for incorporating HawaiianMiles into its rewards program. But beyond combining the programs, Alaska has used this merger as an opportunity to take Alaska Airlines Mileage Pl The Best Travel Rewards Cards for Every Credit Score 08/19/2025 08:00pm • Contrary to what you might think, there's a travel credit card for every credit score. You just might have to lean more heavily on cash back if your score is on the lower end. PoorA poor credit score is a score of 579 and below. If your score is in this category, you unfortunately won't have access Alaska Airlines Premium Credit Card Takes Flight This Summer 08/19/2025 08:00pm • Alaska Airlines has finally launched its first premium credit card, the Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite, co-branded with Bank of America. The card, announced in March, offers rewards through the new Atmos Rewards loyalty program, access to Alaska Lounges and other benefits. What to Know About the Hurricane Erin's massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks 08/19/2025 07:57pm • There's a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island along the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: ���One road on. One road off (sometimes)��� ��� poking fun at the constant battle between Mother Nature and a thin ribbon of pavement connecting the narrow barrier island to the rest of the world. Mother Nat Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink' 08/19/2025 07:53pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� Nebraska announced plans Tuesday for an immigration detention center in the remote southwest corner of the state as President Donald Trump's administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing deportations. The facility will be dubbed the ���Cornhusker C US appeals court puts the brakes on contested land transfer for Arizona copper mine 08/19/2025 05:40pm • A U.S. appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America. The transfer was scheduled for Tuesday. But a panel of judges with the 9th U.S. District Court of A Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again 08/19/2025 03:14pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Lava shoots high into the sky. Molten rock erupts from two vents simultaneously. The nighttime sky glows red and orange, reflecting the lava oozing across a summit crater. Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming days for the 31st time since December as th NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus 08/19/2025 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It was spotted by the telescope's near-infrared camera during observations in February. Scientists t This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town 08/19/2025 02:29pm • KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) ��� How do you move one of Sweden���s most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little engineering, a lot of prayer ��� and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church ��� called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish ��� is being moved this week along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route Beaches near DC area close for swimming to brace for Hurricane Erin 08/19/2025 02:09pm • Though Hurricane Erin is not predicted to hit land, the Category 2 storm is making its way through waves and rip currents up the East Coast. The storm will mainly affect North Carolina, but some beaches near the D.C. area have closed for swimming to keep beachgoers safe, including Ocean City in M Dillon punches ticket to Cup Series playoffs and NASCAR rolls into Daytona 08/19/2025 01:35pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Last year: Harrison Burton secured his first ever series victory an Xander Schauffele not at East Lake and debating whether another event would help before Ryder Cup 08/19/2025 01:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Xander Schauffele isn't at East Lake for the first time in his career, the result of a rib injury that cost him two months at the start of the season. He never quite found any momentum in his game with his swing out of sync. ���It would be nice to have three months off. That would b