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Leaning lighthouse tower of Bremen could collapse into sea

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Officials in Bremen said Thursday that an iconic lighthouse at the German city's port has tilted sideways and could soon topple over entirely. Public broad...
Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests 1st in 75 years in Louisiana

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said ...
Norway's central bank enacts big rate hike to tame inflation

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway's central bank raised its key policy interest rate by half a percentage point Thursday, saying 'œinflation has been considerably higher...
Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - Clean energy incentives in the new spending package signed this week by President Joe Biden will trim America's emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion ton...
Officials: 2 planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at local airport; multiple fatalities reported

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Officials: 2 planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at local airport; multiple fatalities reported. ...
WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to...
Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death

By MARGERY A. BECK and JOSH FUNK
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making i...
Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and SCOTT BAUER
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin's 1849 law that bans the procedure except when...
Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle

By MARIAM FAM
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) - Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water w...
Judge retains jurisdiction in lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline

By JOHN FLESHER
Aug 18, 2022 7:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal judge Thursday kept jurisdiction over a lawsuit seeking to close an oil pipeline crossing a section of the Great Lakes, rejecting M...

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