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This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile ...

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Female soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event over the weekend and came in 14th overall.

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Tears and tail wags: Inmates reunite with service dogs they raised There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came together when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who raised ...

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Californians scrambled to evacuate dogs, cats, horses, even pigs as LA flames closed in Animal owners in Los Angeles have scrambled to get themselves and their beloved companions out of the way of fast-moving wildfires this week that have incinerated whole neighborhoods.

Spent the week reporting on the wildfires. Here's one of the stories I was a part of: apnews.com/article/sout...

Running a marathon a day in 2024, she has a world record within her grasp Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne feels she has done all it takes to become the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year.

Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year.
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As the planet warms, insurance companies are dropping homeowners in communities they deem too dangerous because of wildfires, hurricanes and other threats. Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public. nyti.ms/41EOpNc

Eminem's mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper's lyrics, dies at age 69 Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69.

Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69. apnews.com/article/debb...

California scientists accidentally find nuclear fever dream in Arctic snow California-based scientists with NASA accidentally found Camp Century, an abandoned military site, buried in the arctic snow.

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An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says Two U.N. agencies say an average of 140 women and girls were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year.

An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says apnews.com/article/un-k...

Here's what happened when experts at COP29 played a climate change board game While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where players are supposed to work together to combat global warming.

In a board game, climate experts work to save the world, which diplomats at COP29 try in real life apnews.com/article/clim...