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Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of students. Some struggled to get back on track with school
September 17, 2025 - 9:09 PM

SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hurricane Helene, she had to tightrope across a wooden beam to reach what was once her bedroom.
Experts independently resurrect Census Bureau advisory committee axed by Trump administration
September 17, 2025 - 9:06 PM

A U.S. Census Bureau advisory committee made up of scientific experts that was axed by the Trump administration earlier this year is resurrecting itself and meeting Thursday with no official blessing or formal ties to the statistical agency.
What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title
September 17, 2025 - 9:05 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
September 17, 2025 - 9:04 PM

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Back on track after her four-year 'Burrito Ban,' Shelby Houlihan looks to make up for lost time
September 17, 2025 - 8:53 PM

TOKYO (AP) — For stretches of her four long years in running purgatory, the poster child for a drug-fighting system in sports that nobody truly understands was as likely to be seen driving her ’71 VW minibus across the country as working out on the track.
Saudi Arabia signs mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan after Israel attacks Qatar
September 17, 2025 - 8:31 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that regards any attack on either nation as an attack on both in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar.
3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting
September 17, 2025 - 8:10 PM

NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Three police officers were fatally shot and two wounded Wednesday in southern Pennsylvania, and the shooter was killed by police, authorities said.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
September 17, 2025 - 8:05 PM

What the Fed rate cut will mean for your finances
Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky
September 17, 2025 - 8:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she would have picked Pete Buttigieg as her running mate last year but America wasn't ready for the pairing, according to an excerpt of her new book.
Former world champion sprinter Fred Kerley set to join no-testing Enhanced Games
September 17, 2025 - 7:58 PM

TOKYO (AP) — Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete and first American to join the no-drug-testing Enhanced Games.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of students. Some struggled to get back on track with school

Experts independently resurrect Census Bureau advisory committee axed by Trump administration

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Back on track after her four-year 'Burrito Ban,' Shelby Houlihan looks to make up for lost time

Saudi Arabia signs mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan after Israel attacks Qatar

3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Harris says Buttigieg was her 'first choice' for 2024 running mate but the pairing was too risky

Former world champion sprinter Fred Kerley set to join no-testing Enhanced Games

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