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Sweden begins brown bear hunting season with conservationists warning of a 20% drop in number 08/21/2024 07:43am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Brown bear hunting in Sweden started Wednesday with 486 licenses to kill them, but conservationists warned that the move would result in a 20% drop in the country’s predator population. “Bear hunting is very much about pure trophy hunt," Magnus Orrebrant of the Swed Plaything or peril? Brazilian kites are endangering lives and prompting a push for a national ban 08/21/2024 06:24am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two groups of men stood on opposite rooftops perched on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, taunting one another. It was a macho showdown between opponents wielding unlikely weapons — kites. On this July morning in the impoverished neighborhood, they wer 2 injured Russian climbers rescued after 6 days stranded on Pakistan peak 08/21/2024 05:40am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — After six days stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan’s northeast, two injured Russian climbers were rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, a mountaineering official said Wednesday. The five-member team was attemping to climb one of Gasherbrum's peaks to ret Sublime with Rome brings 'Farewell Tour' to Live! Casino in Maryland 08/21/2024 04:33am • We don't practice Santeria, we ain't got no crystal ball, but we do know that this is a last-chance opportunity. Music fans in the D.C. area have exactly one week until Sublime with Rome brings its "Farewell Tour" to The Hall at Live! 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(AP) — In Bill Clinton's prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988, the young governor of Arkansas bored delegates so thoroughly that they cheered when he said, “in closing...” Many years later, as a former president whose legacy had made a comeback, Cli Duran goes 4 for 4 with tiebreaking homer in 8th to lift Red Sox over Astros 6-5 08/21/2024 12:08am • HOUSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran went 4 for 4, capped by a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the eighth inning that sent the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. The game was tied at 5 when Duran drove a fastball from Caleb Ort (1-1) over the wall in left-center, match McCann haunts Mets again in Orioles' 9-5 win 08/21/2024 12:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — James McCann homered and drove in three runs against his former team to help power the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Mets 9-5 on Tuesday night. Anthony Santander opened the scoring in the first inning with his 37th homer, a two-run shot off struggling Jose Quintana (6-9). Ram Libya's instability will worsen further without a unified government and elections, UN envoy says 08/20/2024 11:52pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Libya warned Tuesday that the political, military and security situation in the oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” over the past two months – and without renewed political talks leading to a unified government and el The Latest: Day 2 of the DNC features the Obamas and second gentleman Doug Emhoff 08/20/2024 11:36pm • Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun. Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke at the DNC, a day after the unofficial farewell for President Joe Biden, who served eight years as Obama’s vice president. Biden won’t b Anwar meets with Modi as India and Malaysia work to expand ties and defense cooperation 08/20/2024 10:11pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Malaysia will seek to expand economic ties and strengthen cooperation on defense and security, the leaders of the two countries said on Tuesday. This came during Malaysian Prime Minster Anwar Ibrahim's visit to India, his first since he took office in 2022, where he met Japan records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes imports higher 08/20/2024 09:43pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday. Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% from a year ago to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6 billion), while exports grew 10% to 9.6 trillion yen ($66 Tesla Competitors: 7 Rival EV Stocks to Buy 08/20/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicles could make up about 35% of all global new car sales by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs. Tesla Inc. 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