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Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami's reefs from climate change
July 03, 2025 - 9:21 PM

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Coral in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami’s coastline that was devastated by coral bleaching two years ago.
US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy
July 03, 2025 - 9:18 PM

COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert, where a border wall cuts past onion fields and parched ranches with tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush and yucca trees.
A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III
July 03, 2025 - 9:18 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by the policies of President Donald Trump, millions turned out last month for protests around the United States and overseas. Mindful of next year’s 250th anniversary of American independence, organizers called the movement “No Kings.”
Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of independence with a UFC fight at the White House
July 03, 2025 - 9:15 PM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.
Takeaways: US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
July 03, 2025 - 9:15 PM

COLUMBUS, N.M. (AP) — The military is expanding its authority and reach along swaths of the southern U.S. border where troops have been empowered to detain people who enter the country illegally.
Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential
July 03, 2025 - 9:13 PM

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity.
The Baha'i faith is small, far-flung, and faced with repression in parts of the Middle East
July 03, 2025 - 9:10 PM

The Baha’i faith — a small but global religion with an interfaith credo — fits comfortably into the religious spectrum of most countries. In several Middle East nations, however, Baha’i followers face repression that is drawing criticism from human rights groups.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues
July 03, 2025 - 9:08 PM

Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa restrictions.
US military's attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
July 03, 2025 - 9:06 PM

HONOLULU (AP) — A high-altitude plateau on the Big Island is the only place in Hawaii where thousands of ground forces can practice firing live munitions. It's also a place many Native Hawaiians consider the spiritual heart of the island.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
July 03, 2025 - 9:04 PM

The House gives final approval to Trump's big tax bill in a milestone for his second-term agenda
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iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
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Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
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Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
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Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami's reefs from climate change

US expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III

Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of independence with a UFC fight at the White House

Takeaways: US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border

Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential

The Baha'i faith is small, far-flung, and faced with repression in parts of the Middle East

Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues

US military's attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition

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

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