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Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat

Jul. 01, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole. Cars whooshed by under the blazing 96-degree morning sun as...

What to stream this week: Emma Roberts in space, Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills, Zach Bryan in bars

Jul. 01, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

Eddie Murphy reprising his role as Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and country music star Zach Bryan releasing a new studio album are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as...

Summer hours are a perk small businesses can offer to workers to boost morale

Jun. 30, 2024 08:18 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — With summer having gotten off to a scorching start, workers across the country may be dreaming of a seaside escape or cutting out early to watch a movie in an air-conditioned theater. For some, that can be a reality. Business owners have found that offering summer...

'Lab-grown' meat maker hosts Miami tasting party as Florida ban goes into effect

Jun. 30, 2024 04:25 AM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — As Florida's ban on "lab-grown” meat is set to go into effect next week, one manufacturer hosted a last hurrah — at least for now — with a cultivated meat-tasting party in Miami. California-based Upside Foods hosted dozens of guests Thursday evening at a rooftop...

What to know about water safety before heading to the beach or pool this summer

Jun. 29, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe around water. Drowning is the leading cause of death...

Japanese emperor reconnects with the River Thames in state visit meant to bolster ties with UK

Jun. 29, 2024 02:07 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he kicked off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him:...

8 homeless moms in San Francisco struggled for help. Now, they're learning to advocate for others

Jun. 29, 2024 01:11 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — They know chronic back pain from couch surfing while pregnant. They tuck their children in at bedtime in the backs of cars and under bridges. Once their kids are asleep, and only then, do they let themselves cry. Since January, a group of eight San Francisco...

Florida arts groups left in the lurch by DeSantis veto of state funding for theaters and museums

Jun. 29, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Coral Gables Art Cinema will be short more than $100,000 this year. About $150,000 has suddenly disappeared from the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's budget. The Miami New Drama also has an unexpected $150,000 budget hole. Across Florida, arts groups are...

Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost?

Jun. 28, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family’s oceanfront view, allegedly felled by...

Tractor Supply is ending DEI and climate efforts after conservative backlash online

Jun. 28, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tractor Supply is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts, a move coming after weeks of online conservative backlash against the rural retailer. Tractor Supply said it would be eliminating all of its diversity, equity and inclusion roles while...