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Berlin's newest panda twins, Leni and Lotti, celebrate their 1st birthday

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots. The two female cubs were born at the Berli...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities

Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always dra...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Immigrants from Central Asia find hostility and violence in Russia

The immigrant worker from Uzbekistan entered the bank in Moscow, but when he reached the teller, she refused to serve him and she wouldn't say why. For him and others from impoverished coun...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Experts warned that Gaza was at risk of famine. Here’s why they confirmed it for Gaza City

The Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Friday that fam...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Court orders stray dogs in New Delhi released, easing its order to move them all to shelters

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunization following an increase in the number...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi welcome first child via adoption

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter, the first child for the married couple, this summer, they announced Thursday. “We are beyond excited to embark on...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Italian divers water-blast the popular underwater statue of Christ off Portofino to clean it

ROME (AP) — Italian police divers have cleaned one of the biggest underwater attractions of the Mediterranean, using pressurized water hoses to remove crustaceans from the “Christ of the Aby...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Rockies visit the Pirates to open 3-game series

Colorado Rockies (37-91, fifth in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (54-74, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Friday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (4-14,...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Thai court acquits former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of royal defamation charge

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was acquitted of a royal defamation charge by a court on Friday, in a case that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Foxy Knoxy no more: How Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox teamed up to reclaim Knox's narrative

Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. An affair that she had with President C...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Navarro and the Colorado Rapids visit the LA Galaxy

Colorado Rapids (10-11-6, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. LA Galaxy (3-16-7, 16th in the Western Conference) Carson, California; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lo...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Inside the facility where ICE is training recruits to take on Trump's deportation goals

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — At an obstacle course in the humid Georgia heat, an instructor shows recruits how to pull a wounded partner out of danger. In a classroom with desks cluttered with thic...

DATE: Aug 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press