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9 European Union nations pledge to turn the Mediterranean into a green energy hub 09/23/2024 08:30am • LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Officials from nine southern European Union member countries said Monday they're focused on harnessing offshore wind and solar energy to try to turn the Mediterranean region into a renewable energy hub and stave off the risks of climate change. The energy ministers of Cyprus Nationals Notebook: CJ MIA 09/23/2024 08:11am • The final days of the 2024 season saw the Washington Nationals try to play the spoiler against two teams: They failed against the New York Mets (getting outscored 22-2), while pushing the Chicago Cubs onto elimination island (despite winning just one for four games at Wrigley Field). But the big Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign's last stretch 09/23/2024 07:25am • NEW YORK (AP) — One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough border security measures. The other vows to cap credit card interest rates and force insurance companies to cover in vitro fertilization. Which one is the Democrat and the Republican? The lines that ha Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new Marxist president? 09/23/2024 07:20am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election over the weekend, dealing a blow to a political old guard that has been widely blamed for the unprecedented economic crisis that hit the South Asian island nation two years ago. Dissanayake, whos Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka's president 09/23/2024 07:08am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. Dissanayake, 55, who ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National People's Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti 09/23/2024 06:48am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities. He is now in northern Haiti under the care of a U.S. organization after the director of Esai’ An improbable late-season surge from the Detroit Tigers has them fighting for a playoff spot 09/23/2024 05:55am • The Detroit Tigers were a seller at MLB's trade deadline on July 30, and at the time, the pessimism was entirely understandable. They had a 52-57 record, were dealing with various injuries and going nowhere fast. So general manager Jeff Greenberg shipped pitcher Jack Flaherty to the Dodgers. Veteran Christine Bumstead once took Panthers coach Paul Maurice hunting. And her coaching career took off 09/23/2024 05:50am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Christine Bumstead’s path toward being an assistant coach in a preseason game for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers started in a most unusual way. She went deer hunting. Her journey took off when hockey — and the rest of the world — had stopped in 2020 b As fast as it comes down, graffiti returns to DC streets. Not all of it unwelcome 09/23/2024 05:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U Street is mostly deserted when Aceba Broadus and his three-person crew from the District of Columbia's Department of Public Works start setting up shop before 8 a.m. at one of D.C.'s perennial graffiti hot spots. They tap a hydrant to fill the 275-gallon tank in their truck How to use 'slow living' to handle the hustle of everyday life 09/23/2024 04:04am • Stephanie O’Dea used to write top-selling slow cooker cookbooks. That was until speedy multicookers hit shelves. “I got fired,” O’Dea said with a chuckle. “Then I had this out-of-body voice say, ‘Hey, Steph, just because you can do something fast, doesn’t mean you should.’” In Iran, the old-time US radio detective 'Johnny Dollar' returns to the airwaves 09/23/2024 01:26am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — While tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran, there's at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on the air each week for its millions of listeners. It's just that he's a fictional insurance fraud detective who's been on the case since 1949. “Yours Truly What to know about the threats in Springfield, Ohio, after false claims about Haitian immigrants 09/23/2024 12:58am • SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week's presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield's Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs. Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance World leaders are gathering for the UN General Assembly. The outlook is gloomy 09/22/2024 11:40pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across a fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering are being challenged: Work together — not only on front-burner issues but on modernizing the international institutions born after World War II so they ca Sam Darnold throws 4 TD's as undefeated Vikings overwhelm Texans 34-7 09/22/2024 11:39pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold matched his career high with four touchdown passes, and the undefeated Minnesota Vikings used another dominant performance on defense to trounce C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans 34-7 on Sunday. Jonathan Greenard had three of the four sacks of Stroud, his former tea Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard 09/22/2024 11:31pm • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin. Dissanayake, whos