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Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink

By MILA KOUMPILOVA and MATT BARNUM of Chalkbeat, and COLLIN BINKLEY of The Associated Press
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago's West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staff...
Italy judge upholds Italian's jailing in immigrant's death

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - A judge in Italy on Monday ordered an Italian man to remain in jail as an investigation continues into the death of a Nigerian street vendor whose brutal bea...
As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape

By JOHN FLESHER, CHRISTINA LARSON and PATRICK WHITTLE
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wi...
Settlement blocks new federal fracking leases in California

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Leasing for new oil and gas drilling on federal land in central California is temporarily blocked under a settlement announced Monday between t...
Appalachian cultural center reeling from historic flooding

By BRUCE SCHREINER, ANITA SNOW and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or missing in eastern Kentucky also swept away some of the region's irreplaceable history. Appalshop,...
UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation'

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations chief warned Monday that 'œhumanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,'ť citing th...
Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on '~Star Trek,' has died at 89

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original 'œStar Trek'ť television series, has died at the ag...
Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - Experts are ignoring the worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans, however unlikely, a g...
Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction

By SCOTT SONNER
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - RENO, Nev.- (AP) - The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada agreed Monday to suspend construction just hours after a U.S. appeals cour...
USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products

By DAVID PITT
Aug 01, 2022 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The federal government on Monday announced proposed new regulations that would force food processors to reduce the amount of salmonella bacteria ...

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