Новости за 17.08.2022

Last year, the U.S. branch of the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. Now, a leader of those descendants expressed deep dissatisfaction with the…

CONCORD, N.H. — A hermit known as River Dave — whose cabin in the New Hampshire woods burned down after he had spent nearly three decades on the property and was ordered to leave — has found a new home…

SAN FRANCISCO — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the…

CECILIA, Ky. — For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an "emotional check-in."

WASHINGTON — One year after the United States’ chaotic exit from Afghanistan last August, Republican lawmakers are putting renewed pressure on the Biden administration to answer questions about the withdrawal.

The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S.…

UNITED NATIONS — A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened to her country.

Car rental costs are up nearly 50% since 2019, compared to just a 7% increase in hotel prices and a 16% increase in flight prices over the same period. High demand, a global semiconductor shortage and labor industry shortages contributed…

Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country. It also asks why. Crown will publish “Poverty, by America” on March 21, 2023. Crown says…

BOTTINEAU -- Bernice Indvik, 91; Leona Moe, 97.

Due to the recommendations regarding coronavirus, funerals may be limited to family only.

Dear Doctors: I was diagnosed with inactive lupus six years ago and put on Plaquenil (chemical name hydroxychloroquine). Since lupus is an autoimmune disorder, should I avoid products that may boost the immune system? Does diet play a role? I…

Dear Annie: I enjoy your daily column in our local paper. Reading the letter from "Still Grieving" brought back memories of the passing of my husband of 44 years. We had a wonderful memorial service. He would have loved it.…

Reader Ann F. writes: "I remember learning a bit about incomplete proteins a long time ago and that if you combined, say, beans with corn, you had a complete protein, much as if you'd eaten eggs or meat or cottage…

After advancing to the Sweet 16 of the 9-man playoffs last season, Grant County-Flasher was expecting to bring almost everyone back.

Jamestown and Legacy each entered Tuesday evening's game looking for its first West Region boys soccer win of the year.

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SALT LAKE CITY — For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures more drought, federal officials announced Tuesday.

The Medora Musical is resuming shows after a coronavirus pandemic-related cancellation over the weekend.

NEW YORK — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has…

North Dakota oil production rose for a second straight month in June to just under 1.1 million barrels a day, while natural gas production neared the state's all-time high, the State Mineral Resources Department reported Tuesday.