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Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles' 04/30/2024 04:15pm • Birdwatching has become a cherished pastime for many since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when people stuck at home for months looked out their windows for entertainment and immersed themselves into the natural world, many of them for the first time. Best-selling novelist Amy Tan of “The Joy Ex-Ohio House speaker to be arraigned from prison on state charges, as scheme's impact persists 04/30/2024 01:29pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder will be arraigned from federal prison on the 10 new felony counts recently brought against him by the state, as revelations mount surrounding the scandal that landed him there. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Bre Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals 04/30/2024 01:22pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's taking control of its oil sector from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions of Mexicans including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The popular president hails from the Walmart launches store-label food brand as it seeks to appeal to younger shoppers 04/30/2024 11:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is launching the U.S. retailer's biggest store-label food brand in 20 years in terms of the breadth of items, seeking to appeal to younger customers who are not loyal to grocery brands and want chef-inspired foods that are more affordably priced. The brand, called Bettergo At plastics treaty talks in Canada, sharp disagreements on whether to limit plastic production 04/30/2024 07:52am • OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution, finishing the latest round of negotiations in Canada early Tuesday amid sharp disagreements about whether to put global limits on plastic production. For the first time in the process, negotiators discussed the tex 5 Reasons to Eat More Mushrooms 04/29/2024 08:00pm • Mushrooms are continuing their reign as a top food choice because they're highly nutritious, versatile, tasty and sustainable. Chefs are adding more mushrooms to menus, especially portobello, maitake, king oyster and lion's mane. You'll find mushrooms stuffed as an appetizer, sauteed in salads and p Nebraska brothers sucked out of their home by a tornado survive to tell the tale 04/29/2024 04:04pm • (CNN) — It was Friday afternoon in a western suburb of Omaha, Nebraska, and Roger Slatten had just left for work when he got a phone call that would change his life. A tornado was spotted near his home in an Elkhorn neighborhood, and he needed to get to safety, his friend urged on the other lin A second new nuclear reactor is completed in Georgia. The carbon-free power comes at a high price 04/29/2024 12:03pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected. Georgia Power Co. and fellow owners announced the milestone Monday for Plant Vogtle's Unit 4, which joins an Documentary focuses on man behind a cruelly bizarre 1990s Japanese reality show 04/29/2024 03:47am • TOKYO (AP) — Naked and frail, a shaggy-haired man films himself as he endures solitude in a tiny room for months, and months more. “The Contestant,” directed by Clair Titley, explores the story behind the late 1990s hit reality TV show from Japan, “A Life in Prizes,” in which a comedian ni Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way 04/29/2024 01:33am • HONOLULU (AP) — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown. This little-known fact is surfacing at the state Legislature a Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion 04/29/2024 12:03am • SAO PAULO (AP) — It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology. Born in Paraíba, a state in Brazil’s poor northeast region, 77-year-old de França’s blend of psychedelic rock Today in History: April 29, Joan of Arc leads French in battle at Orleans 04/29/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, April 29, the 120th day of 2023. There are 246 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English. On this date: In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dubli Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend 04/28/2024 10:06pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of deforestation data. B Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison 04/28/2024 10:51am • NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue H African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change 04/28/2024 08:09am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world's youngest population, faces the wor