By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun this weekend during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere — but make sure to protect your eyes. The eclipse will be visible Saturday across Europe, western Africa, eastern North America and northern Asia.…
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Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Studio 1847 It started with a single misstep. Ron Pritchett was heading down a set of stairs one night, flashlight in hand, when something in his peripheral vision caught his attention. As he turned to look, the steps ahead of him disappeared into darkness. At that moment, he…
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Using a modern version of his grandmother’s gumbo recipe, Watts native and James Beard nominated chef Keith Corbin, whose journey to the kitchen began after years in prison, is putting his soul dish on more tables than ever thanks to a new partnership with the Everytable restaurant chain. “It has depth of flavor, sweetness from…
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By JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response…
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Amid serene olive groves, I meandered through Greece’s ghostly ruins of ancient Sparta, its archeological rubble evidence of a militant society where school-aged boys were whipped bloody to toughen them as future fierce warriors. Spartan mothers, not the most cuddly, sent sons to battle with a brutal warning — be victorious or die fighting but…
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By JILL LAWLESS, EMMA BURROWS and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As wake-up calls go, the alarms don’t get much louder. Allies of the United States see the group chat between top U.S. officials about a planned attack in Yemen that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach which casts doubt…
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By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school’s campus, working on things like curing cancer and…
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IONNA, a new electric vehicle (EV) charging network backed by several major automakers, has begun its national expansion, with 100 sites under contract and 1,000-plus charging bays expected to go online this year, the company recently announced. The move is a major milestone for IONNA, which launched its beta phase in February 2024 as a…
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Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is the perfect time to shop for anything you might have missed out on during the last big Amazon sale event. Big-ticket items are consistently among the most popular purchases, but there are plenty of cheap products you can snag for $20 or less. You can save big on everyday essentials,…
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Which soaker hose is best? Plants need water to thrive. Unfortunately, watering with a hose or using a sprinkler isn’t as effective as most people think. To give plants what they need, you must get the water to the root system. The best way to do that is with a soaker hose. The best soaker…
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