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Even if they did work, critics worry they could backfire spectacularly. Ask scientists and you’ll get a range of answers: “Probably not.” “Maybe?” and “Are you insane?” And yet ideas for geoengineering – literally engineering ways to either lower carbon dioxide levels or temporarily cool the planet while they come down – are increasingly being Continue reading

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in the north of the country. Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade,” made its way to the Continue reading

Prosecutors in Utah have charged a man they say killed his 25-year-old daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy TOOELE, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy. Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his Continue reading

The judge also pushed back the date for ruling on Trump’s motion to set aside his guilty verdicts based on the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, from Sept. 16 to Nov. 12. When Trump’s lawyers asked Merchan last month to push back the sentencing, they told him that if he ruled on Sept. 16 against Trump’s Continue reading

First person tests positive for bird flu without clear exposure to sick animals Show Caption Hide Caption Bird flu’s ‘low risk’ to public, experts say. Despite a number of farm workers catching bird flu across the U.S., experts say there’s low risk to the general public with a few exceptions. A Missouri resident has tested Continue reading

A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada faces a federal charge for a plan to attack a New York City Jewish center on or around Oct. 7 in support of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Friday. Authorities alleged the suspect zeroed in on Oct. 7 as the one year anniversary of Hamas’ terrorist attack, in Continue reading

Prosecutors in Utah have charged a man they say killed his 25-year-old daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy TOOELE, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man with murder Friday, alleging he killed his adult daughter, a Salt Lake City sheriff’s deputy. Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, of Tooele, confessed in a text message to his Continue reading

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. It taught Rodrigues, 71, the value of ahupuaa, a Native Hawaiian system for dividing land from the mountains down to the ocean, with the residents Continue reading

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently. The vice president is cloistered in a historic hotel in downtown Pittsburgh Continue reading

Data vs cremations Counting struggles Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country’s medical system.Several cities across the South Asian nation have Continue reading