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The Latest: Grandmother of Brazil’s first lady dies
BRASILIA, Brasil — The grandmother of Brazil’s first lady died Wednesday after more than a month fighting COVID-19 in a public hospital on the outskirts of Brasilia. Maria Aparecida Firmo Ferreira, 80, was the grandmother of Michelle Bolsonaro, who is married to Brazil’s President Jair...
Multnomah Falls reopens to the public with coronavirus rules
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s tallest waterfall and one of the state’s most popular attractions has reopened to the public with new guidelines in place amid the coronavirus pandemic. Multnomah Falls opened in the Columbia River Gorge Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service announced. New social...
Endangered Brazilian monkeys get a bridge to themselves
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The overpass juts from a forest over a four-lane highway in a rural area outside Rio de Janeiro. It's meant for a very special sort of pedestrian: golden lion tamarins, small orange primates that for decades have been at risk of extinction. The little primate, whose name derives from...
Gov. Cooper: Trump's coronavirus strategy 'nonexistent'
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration still lacks a sufficient strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, sharpening his criticism of the president as the Democratic governor seeks reelection in the key battleground state. ...
Appeals panel rejects suit over abandoned mine shaft death
DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died when the car she was riding in drove off a Forest Service road and into an abandoned mine shaft in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Colorado. Sarah Ball, 18, was a passenger in...
Fires in Brazil's Amazon up 28% in July, worrying experts
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in July from a year ago, a state agency reported Saturday. The National Institute for Space Research, which is responsible for monitoring Brazil, said it recorded 6,803 fires in the Amazon rainforest last month, compared to 5,318 in the...
Indigenous leader Raoni recovers from illness in Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who has become a symbol of the fight for Indigenous rights and preservation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, has recovered from an illness after being hospitalized for 10 days, a doctor said Saturday. Raoni had been taken to a private...
Rare leopard frog found beyond its known range in Southwest
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A rare frog has been found beyond its known range in the Southwest. A U.S. Forest Service volunteer recently photographed a Chiricahua leopard frog in an earthen stock tank near the town of Camp Verde in central Arizona, the agency said Thursday. Biologists later confirmed that at...
Germany: More details emerge of forest fugitive's flight
BERLIN (AP) — A man accused of disarming four police officers at gunpoint and hiding in Germany's Black Forest for more than five days says he took no food when he fled, largely switched off his cellphone and spent his time in ditches and holes, authorities said Wednesday. The 31-year-old suspect, Yves...
Germany: Black Forest fugitive had no support during manhunt
BERLIN (AP) — A man arrested following a five-day manhunt in Germany's Black Forest that started when he disarmed four officers at gunpoint appears to have had no support from anyone else during his time in hiding, police said Saturday. The 31-year-old suspect, Yves Rausch, was captured on Friday after...
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