This year’s El Nino-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says
BENGALURU, India (AP) — This year’s powerful El Nino and the record global heat it’s driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the…
Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sitting on the floor of a makeshift shelter for survivors of Nepal’s deadly recent floods, Tenzin Dolma Ghale said she had nothing left but the clothes she was wearing. Her entire village and members of her…
Bill Clinton calls on leaders to fill gaps left by ‘retreating governments’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference Tuesday in New York, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the void created by retreating governments” following cuts by the…
Q&A: Virginia Gov. Spanberger says Congress needs to help states address AI risks
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is calling on Congress to establish federal rules governing artificial intelligence, just as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a new framework aimed at regulating AI and addressing concerns about its impact…
Suspect in Yom Kippur shooting outside Ontario synagogue dies from his injuries
BELLEVILLE, Ontario (AP) — A 29-year-old man suspected of opening fire on a police officer stationed outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur has died from his injuries, the province’s police watchdog said Tuesday. Belleville police…
A nation renamed stands up at the UN: ‘Say our name. Naoero.’
NEW YORK (AP) — His voice forceful and proud, he rose in front of the world’s largest gathering of leaders on behalf of his nation and announced that he had something important to say. The tiny South Pacific island nation of Nauru,…
Prince William County supervisors to take landmark vote on data centers Tuesday
The imminent vote on a zoning text amendment downsizing the overlay is on the agenda as a public hearing, having been fast-tracked by county planning staff over the past several months.