The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity. And there's a …
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By MELINA WALLING
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6/20/23
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A man seving a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remains jailed pending charges after a crash in Minneapolis that killed five young women. Police say a …
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED
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6/20/23
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The vessel that went missing Sunday in the North Atlantic while exploring the Titanic’s wreckage is a submersible not a submarine, and there is a key difference. The Titan, with five people on …
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By The Associated Press
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6/20/23
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An attorney for 16 young plaintiffs has urged a judge to strike down as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibits state agencies from considering the environmental effects when it weighs permits …
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By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN
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6/20/23
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A Florida sheriff’s deputy and a motorist are lucky to be alive after they were sucked into a storm drain during a torrential downpour. The pair were underwater for about 30 seconds as they …
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6/20/23
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Texas’ power grid operator is asking residents to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave keeps parts of the state and southern U.S. in …
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By PAUL J. WEBER
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6/20/23
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A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer and two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families are facing critical danger aboard a small submersible that went missing Sunday …
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6/20/23
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The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Court records show the 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian …
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6/20/23
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Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will follow General Motors and Ford and join Tesla’s charging network starting next year. The startup truck, SUV and delivery van maker says Tuesday that it …
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By TOM KRISHER
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6/20/23
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The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand next month. A report released global players’ union FIFPRO has outlined the disparity in …
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By ANNE M. PETERSON
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6/20/23
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Billie Jean King thinks back on the landmark gathering of female tennis players at a London hotel shortly before they competed at Wimbledon a half-century ago and acknowledges she wasn’t sure how …
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By HOWARD FENDRICH
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6/20/23
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An effort to disbar conservative attorney John Eastman, who devised ways to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House after his defeat the 2020 election, is beginning in Los Angeles. …
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By STEFANIE DAZIO AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD
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6/20/23
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A search is underway for a deep-sea vessel that was reported missing with five people aboard after it dove toward the deteriorating wreck site of the Titanic ocean liner. The small craft, named …
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By The Associated Press
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6/20/23
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Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton has broken her silence following her husband's impeachment but did not outright say whether she will recuse herself from voting in his upcoming trial. Republican …
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6/19/23
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Milwaukee police and fire officials say at least teenagers were shot Monday afternoon around where the city's Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up. The shooting happened about 4:20 p.m. outside …
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6/19/23
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Opponents of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey are gathering force legally and politically as they seek to snuff out the new industry. Within the last week, three residents groups sued New …
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By WAYNE PARRY
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6/19/23
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Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey, has died after performing a show in Texas over the weekend. He was 48. Justice of the Peace Tom Gilliam III said Monday that an …
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6/19/23
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More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. are still without power following damaging storms that have left residents searching for relief in sweltering temperatures. Dangerous triple-digit …
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By PAUL J. WEBER
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6/19/23
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For now, no one comes close to Donald Trump in his command of the voters who'll decide the Republican Party's presidential nominee next year. But Trump’s path beyond the primary is far more …
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By SARA BURNETT
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6/19/23
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Officials say multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen. State emergency workers are still working with counties to assess the damage from …
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6/19/23
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