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Combining exercise with volunteering works out for members of a UK alternative to gyms 01/24/2026 12:05am • LONDON (AP) — Shoveling piles of compost and clearing weeds on a cold, damp evening in London might not be most people’s idea of fun. But it’s smiles and chatter all around as a group of people in running gear put on headlamps and get to work in a community garden located on a derelict parking To clear ice and snow, there are rock salt alternatives that are safer for your pets and yard 01/23/2026 08:54am • Winter has its fans, but even those who enjoy playing in the snow probably dislike the chore of clearing up after a big storm that dumps several inches or even feet of snow and ice. It's easy to dash to the closest hardware store to grab a bag of salt, but experts say there are a lot of environmenta Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat 01/23/2026 12:01am • ATLANTA (AP) — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining up crews and equipment to respond to outages if a forecasted ice storm cripples power across South Carolina. Avery has d Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles 01/22/2026 07:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid. 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Brown, director of health and well-being at a company that provides employee mental health programs and absenc Trump's European threats could cause lasting damage to US standing in the world 01/22/2026 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely a month into his presidency, Joe Biden had a message for Europe. “America is back,” Biden told the Munich Security Conference in 2021. “The transatlantic alliance is back.” It was a promise Biden delivered often as he sought to cast the disruptions of his predecess Nuclear reactor owned by Fukushima plant operator TEPCO to shut down again hours after restart 01/22/2026 07:05am • TOKYO (AP) — A reactor at the world's largest nuclear power plant that restarted for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is now being shut down again Thursday due to a glitch that occurred hours after the unit's resumption, its operator said. The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwaza Rising coal demand overshadows Southeast Asia's transition to renewable energy 01/22/2026 12:45am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia’s demand for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining efforts to lower carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Regional coal demand will rise by more than 4% a year through the end of the decade, driven by rising needs f Sewer line collapse triggers wastewater spill into C&O Canal near Clara Barton Parkway 01/21/2026 08:23pm • D.C. Water crews are racing to build an emergency bypass system after a major section of a sewer line collapsed late Monday along Clara Barton Parkway in Montgomery County, triggering a significant sanitary sewer overflow into the C&O Canal National Historical Park. D.C. Water and contractors Former DEA agent sentenced to 5 years in prison for using badge to protect drug trafficking friends 01/21/2026 07:38pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In two decades of kicking in doors for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took on the risks of being the “lead breacher," meaning he was the first person into the room. On Wednesday, he felt a familiar uncertainty awaiting sentencing for using Peru's interim president faces calls for removal over unregistered meetings with Chinese businessmen 01/21/2026 04:15pm • PERU, Lima (AP) — Peru's interim President José Jerí appeared Wednesday before a congressional oversight committee to address unregistered meetings with two Chinese business owners — clandestine encounters that have triggered a criminal probe and calls for his removal. The crisis is the latest FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office 01/21/2026 02:39pm • President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office highlighting his accomplishments before world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday and during an appearance in the White House press briefing room Tuesday, making false and misleading claims about the state of the U.S. economy, Green 'Dior is back:' Menswear turns a corner in Paris as Jonathan Anderson hones his vision 01/21/2026 01:24pm • PARIS (AP) — Dior ’s menswear show arrived with a stripped-back set and a loud signal of confidence: neon-yellow wigs that read like a flag of authority planted in the Paris runway, after a couple of runway wobbles from their new designer. In an annex of the Rodin Museum lined with curtain fabri Olympic visitors to Milan get a rare chance to glimpse restoration of a long-hidden Leonardo gem 01/21/2026 06:51am • MILAN (AP) — In honor of the Milan Cortina Olympics, Milan cultural officials are for a brief time only allowing visitors access to a long-hidden wall and ceiling painting by Leonardo da Vinci while restoration work is underway. The vast painting of a pergola covered with intertwined flowering bra