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Hoover Dam transformer explodes; no one hurt

By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation's largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and ...
Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For most of the major carbon-polluting nations, promising to fight climate change is a lot easier than actually doing it. In the United States, Preside...
Iran says acclaimed filmmaker to serve out 6-year sentence

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's judiciary on Tuesday ordered one of the country's leading filmmakers to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago ...
Spanish law on explicit consent in sexual relations delayed

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - A new Spanish law requiring an explicit expression of consent in sexual relations won't take effect just yet, after the country's Senate on Tuesday demande...
Russia pounds Ukraine as Putin holds talks in Tehran

By SUSIE BLANN
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian missiles struck cities and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine Tuesday, hitting homes, a school and a community center as Russian Presi...
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu stepping away from competitive skating

By KOJI UEDA
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan is stepping away from competitive figure skating, he said Tuesday. Hanyu seemed to leave the door open to a ...
UK buys more vaccines for monkeypox as cases top 2,100

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130, the majority ...
London's mayor says heat wave is causing 'huge surge' of fires after temperatures in city break 40 degrees C (104 F)

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - London's mayor says heat wave is causing 'huge surge' of fires after temperatures in city break 40 degrees C (104 F). ...
Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

By JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May....
Train endangers some of Mexico's oldest pre-historic sites

By MARK STEVENSON
Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government has invoked national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the Caribbean coast that threatens extensive cav...

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