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FILE - The sun shines through the clouds as it begins to set behind a pumpjack, March 30, 2022, outside of Goldsmith, Texas. United States domestic oil production has hit an all-time high, contrasting with efforts to slice heat-trapping carbon emissions by the Biden administration and world leaders. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution

United States domestic oil production has hit an all-time high last week, contrasting with efforts to slice heat-trapping carbon emissions by the Biden administration and world leaders. And it … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/13/23

This handout photo provided by Anat Moshe Shoshany/Elinor Shahar Personal Management shows David Moshe and his wife Adina Moshe in an unknown location. (Anat Moshe Shoshany/Elinor Shahar Personal Management via AP)

Israeli family mourns grandfather killed by Hamas and worries about grandmother, a captive in Gaza

Adina Moshe's Israeli family is hoping to get her heart medication to her in Gaza, despite her captivity by Hamas. Her granddaughter, Anat, said in an interview that Moshe, 72, was recorded in a … more

By LAURIE KELLMAN | 10/13/23

Cans of R-134A refrigerant sit on the shelves of Cary's Auto, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Refrigerants absorb a lot more heat than water or other common fluids, which makes them great for cooling systems, but bad for climate change when they escape. (AP Photo/Matt York)

When it comes to heating the planet, the fluid in your AC is thousands of times worse than CO2

Air conditioning has made life in many hot places possible, but the special fluids that make it work are extremely hazardous to the climate. Refrigerants used in fridges, freezers, and cars change … more

ISABELLA O'MALLEY | 10/13/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

On his first foreign trip this year, Putin calls for ex-Soviet states to expand influence

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his first trip abroad since being indicted by the International Criminal Court in March, has Friday called on an alliance of former Soviet states to expand … more

The Associated Press | 10/13/23

Indonesian Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started

In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. In Indonesia, … more

By The Associated Press | 10/13/23

Afghan men search for victims after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, of western Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Saturday's deadly earthquake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 6 - 12, 2023

People searched for victims after an earthquake killed and injured thousands in Afghanistan’s Herat province, supporters of Israel embraced near the Israeli Consulate in New York during a … more

10/12/23

Former Aurora, Colo., Police Department officer Randy Roedema leaves the courtroom after he was convicted of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after a trial in the Adams County, Colo., courthouse Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Brighton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection

Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN | 10/12/23

FILE - A demonstrator carries an image of Elijah McClain during a rally and march, June 27, 2020, in Aurora, Colo. Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday, Oct. 14, 2023, and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Elijah McClain's final words are synonymous with the tragic case that led to 1 officer's conviction

As the death of Elijah McClain became a rallying point at police reform rallies in Colorado and across the county in 2020, the young man’s final words have become synonymous with the tragic case. … more

By THOMAS PEIPERT | 10/12/23

A building at Vermont State University's Castleton Campus in Castleton, Vt., is shown Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Police were searching for a suspect who shot and killed a retired dean on a nearby rail trail last week. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Vermont police get more than 150 tips after sketch of person of interest released in trail killing

Vermont State Police say more than 150 tips have come in since they released a sketch of a person of interest connected to the killing of a retired college dean. Honoree Flemming was shot dead a week … more

10/12/23

FILE - Bees and other insects gather on a sunflower at the Agro Brasilia, an agricultural exhibition on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, May 18, 2012. A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops and plants. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future

A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. Thursday's study says as those problems … more

BY SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/12/23

FILE - This Nov. 10, 2016 photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. Dozens of Antarctica’s ice shelves, floating extensions of glaciers, showed significant shrinking between 1997 and 2021, a study published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, found. (John Sonntag/NASA via AP, File)

Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.

A new study finds that four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time. These are the crucial … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/12/23

Joel Bowman appears in Judge Karen Massey's courtroom on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, Memphis. A lawyer says a Tennessee judge has ordered a mental evaluation for Bowman who is charged with trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun and firing it at a contractor there before he was shot by police. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

The case of a Memphis man charged with trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun is moving forward

The case of a Tennessee man charged with trying to enter his former Jewish school with a gun and firing shots at a contractor who was working there can now be presented to a grand jury for a possible … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 10/12/23

In this photo provided by the National Park Service is Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Contest, at Katmai National Park, Alaska on Sept. 14, 2023. The park holds an annual contest in which people logging on to live webcams in park pick the fattest bear of the year. Grazer had 108,321 votes to handily beat Chunk, who has 23,134 votes, in the Oct. 10, 2023, finals. (F. Jimenez/National Park Service via AP)

Don't mess with this mama bear: Grazer easily wins popular Fat Bear Contest at Alaska national park

When it comes to packing on the pounds to survive an Alaska winter, this year’s undisputed champ is Grazer. The brown mama bear has won this year's Fat Bear Week at Alaska's Katmai National Park. … more

By MARK THIESSEN | 10/12/23

Police vehicles sit outside a hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, after five officers were shot near the nearby town of Princeton. The suspect wasn't in custody and the incident was ongoing late Thursday morning. Robbinsdale Police Capt. John Elder said three of the officers were taken to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale while two were taken to a hospital in St. Cloud, Minn. Elder said none of the wounds appeared to be life-threatening. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Five officers shot and wounded in Minnesota, authorities say; suspect not in custody

Authorities say five law enforcement officers were shot and wounded in an incident near the east-central Minnesota city of Princeton. The suspect wasn't in custody and the incident was ongoing hours … more

10/12/23

This undated photo provided by Elinor Shahar Personal Management on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 shows jewelry designer Moran Yanai. Moran Stela Yanai's family is speaking about the Israeli woman who loved making jewelry and protecting animals. Her brother-in-law, Dan Mor, says in an interview that the family was alarmed over the weekend when she disappeared from a desert rave after Hamas' incursion into Israel from the Gaza Strip. T (Elinor Shahar Personal Management via AP)

An Israeli jewelry designer described as 'the softest soul' has been abducted, her family says

Moran Stela Yanai's family is speaking about the Israeli woman who loved making jewelry and protecting animals. Her brother-in-law, Dan Mor, says in an interview that the family was alarmed over the … more

By LAURIE KELLMAN | 10/12/23

This undated photo released Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023 by Nadav Kipnis, shows him, at left, flanked by his family from left, his brother Yotam Kipnis, his mother Lilach Lea Havron 60 and his father Eviatar Moshe Kipnis 65. Eviatar Moshe Kipnis and Lilach Lea Havron are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza following the militant group's stunning incursion in Israel on Saturday. The couple and their health care aide were last heard from Saturday morning, sheltering in their safe room, after militants had begun storming Be'eri, where at least 100 people were later found dead. (Kipnis Family via AP)

An Italian couple is unaccounted for in Southern Israel. The husband needs regular medical care

Eviatar Moshe Kipnis and Lilach Lea Havron are among the estimated 150 people believed held by Hamas in Gaza. The couple were with their health care aide. Their son, Nadav Kipnis, told The Associated … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 10/12/23

Powerball tickets are shown at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass. After 35 straight drawings without a big winner, Powerball players will have a shot Wednesday at a near-record jackpot worth an estimated $1.73 billion. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold. more

By The Associated Press | 10/12/23

FILE - Derek Fox on Corach Rambler, right, clears the Chair fence to win the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse Liverpool, England, Saturday, April 15, 2023. The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They include reducing the field from 40 horses to 34, softening the fences by using foam and rubber toe boards, and moving the first fence closer to the start to stop horses building up too much speed. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Grand National to reduce number of horses to 34 and soften fences in bid to make famous race safer

The Grand National is implementing a series of significant changes that will take effect from next year in an effort to make the world’s most famous steeplechase safer for horses and jockeys. They … more

By STEVE DOUGLAS | 10/12/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session at the 2023 Russian Energy Week international forum at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan on a rare trip abroad for the Russian leader who was indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Ukraine. It is the first time … more

By The Associated Press | 10/12/23

Ricky Dority, 65, speaks at the home of his son in Greenwood, Ark.,, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Dority was freed in June with the help of a dogged private investigator he hired with COVID-relief funds and students at Oklahoma City University's Innocence Project who found inconsistencies in the state's account of a 1997 cold-case murder.(AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder

An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says there are more cases like his. Ricky Dority used his pandemic relief money to hire a private investigator, … more

By SEAN MURPHY | 10/12/23