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  • Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what's left

    November 16, 2023 - 7:46 AM

    TEKOHAW, Brazil (AP) — At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil — in places white and bare as a beach.

  • Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live

    May 24, 2023 - 9:10 AM

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest.

  • Molten lava on Hawaii's Big Island could block main highway

    December 02, 2022 - 11:36 PM

    HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Many people on the Big Island of Hawaii are bracing for major upheaval if lava from Mauna Loa volcano slides across a key highway and blocks the quickest route connecting two sides of the island.

  • No-camping signs put up near Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill

    July 27, 2022 - 3:43 PM

    OTTAWA - It is not an obvious place to pitch a tent in Ottawa, on a concrete plaza opposite Parliament Hill.

  • Edmunds: What actions can void your new car warranty?

    March 16, 2022 - 5:09 AM

    A new car limited warranty, sometimes called a “bumper-to-bumper” warranty, is a contract between the vehicle owner and the automaker. It promises to take care of any applicable repairs provided that the owner properly maintains the vehicle. But like most contracts, a warranty can be broken if one person doesn’t hold up his or her end of the bargain. That’s why it’s important to know what circumstances can void that coverage.

  • Safety app for drivers debuts in flood-plagued Virginia city

    January 31, 2022 - 9:08 AM

    NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back left her trapped in a maze of flooded streets.

  • Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation

    September 16, 2021 - 11:39 AM

    LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death.

  • Edmunds' guide to vehicle history reports

    July 28, 2021 - 4:59 AM

    Obtaining a vehicle history report is an integral part of any used-car purchase. It’s one of the best ways to learn about a given vehicle’s past and help make your search for a used car much easier. Most importantly, the report tells shoppers if a car has a branded title. Branding means an insurance company has declared the vehicle a total loss and given it a salvage title because of an accident, flood damage or other catastrophic event.

  • Kayaker's photos show crack in closed I-40 bridge in 2016

    May 20, 2021 - 3:36 PM

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Photos taken by a Mississippi River kayaker about five years before a crack was found in the Interstate 40 bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas appear to show the fracture that led transportation officials to close the span indefinitely last week.

  • Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash

    May 19, 2021 - 12:42 PM

    Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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