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Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes
Hospitals and clinics destroyed. Millions of tons of debris contaminated with toxic substances, unexploded ordnance and human remains. Tens of thousands of people with injuries that will require a lifetime of care. As Gaza's residents return to what is left of their homes, they face...
Mayotte's students are returning to school amid cyclone devastation
MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — Students in the French territory of Mayotte are preparing to return to school on Monday, just over six weeks after the worst cyclone to hit the islands off Africa in nearly a century laid waste to entire neighborhoods and villages and left widespread devastation in its...
New Mexico governor sets priorities for lawmakers. Public safety and child wellbeing top the list
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is tasking lawmakers to come up with public safety solutions amid a persistently high violent crime rate that is twice the national average and has left many communities on edge. She delivered her State of the State address Tuesday, kicking off...
President Trump wants to make showerheads and toilets flow greatly again, but so may utility bills
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his “perfect” hair. Now back in the White House, he's again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your home. ...
Limits on Honolulu landfills could change after opposition to Wahiawā site
After more than 150 people spoke out last week against building a landfill in Wahiawā over an aquifer, a Honolulu official said the administration doesn’t want it there, either. But a state law gives them no other choice, he said. Now some state lawmakers, including House majority...
153 winners of Nobel and World Food prizes seek new ways to grow food to meet surging global need
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes released an open letter Tuesday calling for a dramatic increase in research and a commitment to new food distribution efforts with a goal of producing more crops and avoiding a global hunger crisis in coming...
