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Huge health challenges face Gaza residents returning to their homes

Jan. 27, 2025 16:26 PM EST

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

Jan. 23, 2025 08:24 AM EST

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

Jan. 21, 2025 19:56 PM EST

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

Jan. 21, 2025 17:39 PM EST

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

Jan. 21, 2025 15:35 PM EST

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

Jan. 14, 2025 01:14 AM EST

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...

Clean tap water isn't flowing in Virginia's capital as residents find creative ways to cope

Jan. 09, 2025 17:49 PM EST

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Theresa Fulgham wasn’t going to wait any longer. After days without water in Virginia’s capital that prompted some residents to melt snow to flush toilets, it was time to get cleaned up. “We need a shower today. Enough is enough,” Fulgham, a live-in...

France's Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals

Dec. 21, 2024 12:33 PM EST

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — One week after its worst cyclone in nearly a century, and a day after a testy presidential visit, France’s impoverished Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte is still grappling with counting the dead, restoring essential services and aiding a beleaguered population. ...

Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

Dec. 20, 2024 20:48 PM EST

MIRERENI, Mayotte (AP) — Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by the strongest cyclone to hit the French territory in nearly a century. Particularly tense scenes on Thursday underscored...

Rescuers dig for survivors of Vanuatu earthquake with no water and unclear death toll

Dec. 18, 2024 22:20 PM EST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu's capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the number of people killed and injured expected to rise. The...