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In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble 09/24/2024 01:27pm • ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change. And it's getting lower on polar bears. There are now about 600 polar bears in the Weste Maryland sues the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Key Bridge collapse 09/24/2024 01:25pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — The state of Maryland has added to the legal troubles facing the owner and operator of the container ship Dali, which caused the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after the massive vessel experienced an ill-timed electrical blackout and other failures. Officials a Home address of Detroit Lions head coach posted online following team's playoff loss 09/24/2024 01:16pm • BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A classmate of Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell's daughter reposted the family's home address on social media following the team's January playoff loss, according to police reports obtained by The Detroit News. The incident was among others that included peop South Carolina's Staley says Watkins remains suspended as her charges play out 09/24/2024 01:15pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said nothing has changed with the status of suspended forward Ashlyn Watkins and she's unsure when or if her player would be available for the season. Watkins is a 6-foot-3 junior from Columbia who was arrested Aug. 31 and charged with first-d China says it will investigate fashion firm PVH for suspected boycott of Xinjiang products 09/24/2024 11:39am • BEIJING (AP) — China’s Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that it will investigate the fashion company PVH, which owns brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, for suspected violations of trade rules. The ministry said in statements posted online that it would investigate the American company� Fall cleanup in the garden doesn't mean what it used to 09/24/2024 11:13am • Cleaning up the garden — or “putting the garden to bed” — has traditionally been a fall endeavor. In recent years, however, as information about the migrating or hibernating habits of birds, pollinators and other beneficial wildlife has seeped into the mainstream, many gardeners are postponi Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at exhibition opening in Italy 09/24/2024 11:09am • ROME (AP) — A man smashed a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei during the private opening of his exhibition in the northern Italian city of Bologna, in an act of vandalism that the show's curator described Tuesday as a “reckless and senseless act.” The large blue and white “P Tropical Storm Helene forms in the Caribbean Sea, will become a hurricane and move toward US, forecasters say 09/24/2024 11:02am • MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Helene forms in the Caribbean Sea, will become a hurricane and move toward US, forecasters say. Md. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks responds to reports she improperly claimed tax credits 09/24/2024 10:01am • Democratic Senate Candidate and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is responding to recent reports that she had been improperly claiming tax credits for two homes that she owned. She told reporters Monday night that she was unaware of two tax credits, first reported by CNN, unti Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel 'Intermezzo' examines unacknowledged grief 09/24/2024 09:47am • Ivan and Peter Koubek’s father has just died, but neither seems willing to talk much about it, let alone to one another. After all, it’s not like the two brothers are even friends. Peter, the eldest by a decade, pities his awkward, 22-year-old brother, a competitive chess player whose prowess fo Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe 09/24/2024 09:17am • HALLE, Belgium (AP) — The congregation at the Don Bosco church solemnly took the holy host after it was blessed during a Sunday service by Nancy Speeckaert — a woman. Only a week earlier, to equal excitement, she had also blessed a wedding. On both occasions, the humble neighborhood church was Larson begins 2nd round of NASCAR playoffs at Kansas on top after owning Bristol. F1 gets month off 09/24/2024 09:12am • All Times Eastern NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET Site: Kansas City, Kansas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 1 p.m.; qualifying, 1:45 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA Network) Track: Kansas Speedway. Race distance: 267 laps, 400.5 miles. Last year: Helped by fresh tires on As Israel's fight with Hezbollah heats up, people of Gaza fear being forgotten 09/24/2024 08:07am • MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a year of devastating war? They are petrified that international concern has been diverted, and that a dark possibili China cuts rates, rolls out other moves to help the slowing economy 09/24/2024 07:01am • China rolled out a raft of measures Tuesday aimed at countering a prolonged downturn in its property market that is weighing on the world’s second largest economy. The chief of China’s central bank said it would cut the amount of reserves banks are required to keep. It also slashed interest rat Five backup QBs have already been pressed into starting duty with the NFL season just 3 weeks old 09/24/2024 05:55am • It sure is a good time to be a backup quarterback in the NFL, or even the backup's backup. The leaves are still green and already five teams have turned to their QB2 either because of injury ( Vikings, Packers, Steelers and Dolphins ) or inefficacy ( Panthers ). So much is made about developing an