The 55th Earth Day is Tuesday, and the theme this year focuses on renewable energy — “Our Power, Our Planet.” Today we look at renewables in the U.S. Renewable energy resources This map by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows generalized areas that contain some of the most abundant renewable energy resources in the lower…
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By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — The 2025 Latin Grammys are headed back to Las Vegas. Related Articles Just Like Heaven music festival in Pasadena set times: Vampire Weekend, Rilo Kiley, more Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2026 dates announced Coachella 2025: Lady Gaga, The Go-Go’s and more highlight day 1, weekend 2…
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By JAMES POLLARD and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fears of a “generosity crisis” have dogged nonprofit fundraisers for much of this century as they experienced precipitous drops in U.S. household donations. The results of a new poll suggest most Americans gave at least a little to some charities in the past…
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It wasn’t so long ago that the Rams, resolute in their decision not to give Ernest Jones IV a contract extension at his desired price tag, traded the linebacker and captain to the Tennessee Titans for a late-round pick swap the week before the 2024 season opened. Jones went on to produce well in the…
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By Marcos Cabello, Bankrate.com Tariffs could cost the average American household $3,800 in 2025, according to The Budget Lab at Yale University. This estimate comes even as President Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs earlier this month, temporarily reducing most tariffs to 10% in the meantime, while maintaining higher rates for countries including China.…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury concluded Tuesday that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial that she says damaged her reputation. The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict after lawyers for Palin…
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By Samantha Liss, KFF Health News If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Overcome by worries, Lynette Isbell dialed a mental health hotline in April 2022. She wanted to talk to someone about her midlife troubles: divorce,…
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA, Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices unanimously accepted criminal charges Tuesday against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration authorities denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request for a temporary release from detention to attend the birth of his first child, who was born Monday in New York, according to emails shared with The Associated Press. Khalil, a Columbia University activist who has been held in a detention center in Jena,…
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LOS ANGELES — This playoff series isn’t going to be a walkover, by any stretch of the imagination. Yet when the Kings built a 4-0 second period lead Monday night against an Edmonton Oilers team that had tortured them the last three postseasons, L.A.’s most loyal and devoted fan base – consider what Kings fans…
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