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Federal agency says a second, if weaker, solar storm surge is likely Sunday 05/12/2024 03:26pm • A U.S. government agency said a weaker repeat of Saturday’s powerful solar storm was likely on Sunday. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that “coronal mass ejections” — clouds of ejected solar plasma that can cause power grid irregularities and issues with high How a Md. restaurant helped unite an adopted and biological family for the 1st time 05/12/2024 02:14pm • Jason Banwart didn't think much of it when his wife recommended he complete a 23andMe DNA test. He had grown up with an adopted mom, and his wife encouraged him to do the test to learn more about his family's health history. But, it also provided Banwart a path to meet his biological mother for t Rise in UK knife attacks leads to a crackdown and stokes public anxiety 05/12/2024 12:37am • LONDON (AP) — A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well. A man with a sword had killed a 14-year-old boy who was walking to school. Two years a Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza's last refuge of Rafah as it expands military offensive 05/11/2024 07:06pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to leave as it prepared to expand its military operation deeper into what is considered Gaza’s last refuge, in defiance of growing pressure from close ally Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil's south, where many who remain are poor 05/11/2024 07:05pm • ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More rain started coming down on Saturday in Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimeters (nearly six inches) of rain could fall over t Sudan’s military fends off an attack by paramilitary forces on a major Darfur city 05/11/2024 04:01pm • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said Saturday. The attack Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces against el-Fash Charles Oakley is still not ready to return to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks 05/11/2024 03:53pm • Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley still isn't ready to step foot inside Madison Square Garden, even with the team enjoying some of its best success since his era. Not during these NBA playoffs, and certainly not as long as he has an ongoing lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and team o US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete 05/11/2024 09:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The finding of “reasonable” ev Eurovision explained, from ABBA to Zorra, as the Israel-Hamas war overshadows the song contest 05/11/2024 08:19am • MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's exuberant, glitter-drenched final. But even Eurovision can’t escape the world’s divisions. Thousands of Solar storm hits Earth, producing colorful light shows across Northern Hemisphere 05/11/2024 05:30am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio How to watch (and stream) the Eurovision Song Contest final 05/11/2024 03:42am • MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Get out the glitter ball and put on your dancing shoes: It's time to find out who will be crowned the 68th Eurovision Song Contest champion. Acts from more than two dozen countries will take the stage in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday to compete for the continent's pop music crown 1 of 3 teens charged with killing a Colorado woman while throwing rocks at cars pleads guilty 05/10/2024 07:07pm • DENVER (AP) — One of three teens who was charged with killing a 20-year-old woman while throwing large rocks at passing cars in Colorado pleaded guilty on Friday to reduced charges under a plea agreement, prosecutors said. The deal reached with Zachary Kwak, 19, requires him to cooperate in the pr US plans to impose major new tariffs on EVs, other Chinese green energy imports, AP sources say 05/10/2024 07:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the plan. Tariffs on electric vehicles, in particular, could qu Family connected to house where Boston police officer's body was found outside in snow testifies 05/10/2024 05:49pm • DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A highly anticipated trial involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank outside a home entered its ninth day on Friday in Massachusetts. John O’Keefe died in the Boston suburb of Canton on Jan. Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony 05/10/2024 05:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen expected to take the witness stand Monday, the judge in the former president’s hush money case issued prosecutors a stern warning: Get Cohen to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump. Judge Juan M. Merchan's comments came as