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In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
The safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, designed specifically for koalas, has previously been tested by vaccinating a few hundred koalas brought to wildlife rescue centers for other afflictions.
Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin says he will put the millions raised into his charity
Tuesday, May 09, 2023
The decision begins the 25-year-old's plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a "Monday Night Football" game in January.
A jury hears final arguments in E. Jean Carroll's claims against Trump
Monday, May 08, 2023
A lawyer told a jury Monday that Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law.
Leaders from Japan and South Korea vow better ties following summit
Monday, May 08, 2023
Japan's prime minister expressed sympathy toward Koreans forced into industrial slavery during Japan's colonial rule as the leaders from the two countries vowed to strengthen cooperation.
Dozens are reported dead from a fire deep in a gold mine in Peru
Monday, May 08, 2023
The Yanaquihua mining company said 175 workers had been safely evacuated after the accident. It said the 27 dead worked for a contractor that specializes in mining.
And the winner is: MTV Movie & TV Awards relies on old clips as it names its winners
Monday, May 08, 2023
Scream VI won for best movie and The Last of Us was crowned best TV show at a host-less, pre-taped and muted MTV Movie and TV Awards on Sunday night.
Out-of-control wildfires cause evacuations in western Canada
Sunday, May 07, 2023
A provincewide state of emergency was declared in Alberta as more than 110 wildfires burned across the province, while two out-of-control wildfires burned in British Columbia.
After years of isolation, Bashar al-Assad's Syria is allowed back in the Arab League
Sunday, May 07, 2023
Syria's membership was suspended 12 years ago early on in the uprising-turned-conflict, which has killed nearly a half million people and displaced half of the country's pre-war population.
Hundreds dead as the death toll from floods in eastern Congo nearly doubles
Sunday, May 07, 2023
The administrator of the worst-affected area, the Kalehe territory of South Kivu province, said more bodies were recovered Sunday, including many found floating in Lake Kivu.
A California panel has called for billions in reparations for descendants of slaves
Sunday, May 07, 2023
California's reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.
Mage has won the Kentucky Derby, at a race meeting marred by 7 horse deaths
Sunday, May 07, 2023
Mage earned a surprising Kentucky Derby victory on Saturday, capping a nerve-rattling day that included two more fatalities ahead of the 149th edition of the world's most famous race.
Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97
Saturday, May 06, 2023
Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died on Saturday.
Texas petrochemical plant fire sends 5 workers to hospital
Friday, May 05, 2023
Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. on Friday at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a Houston suburb. A Deer Park official said that there was no shelter-in-place order.
BMW warns that older models are too dangerous to drive due to airbag recall
Friday, May 05, 2023
The warning covers vehicles from the 2000 through 2006 model years that previously had been recalled to replace the faulty and dangerous air bag inflators.
A suspect has been arrested in Serbia's second mass shooting in 2 days
Friday, May 05, 2023
Serbian police said they arrested a suspect in a shooting attack that killed at least eight and wounded 14, the nation's second mass shooting in two days. Serbia's president vowed tough gun measures.
Jury finds that Ed Sheeran didn't copy Marvin Gaye classic 'Let's Get It On'
Thursday, May 04, 2023
A federal jury in New York concluded Thursday that the British singer didn't steal key components of Marvin Gaye's 1970s classic "Let's Get It On" when he created his hit song "Thinking Out Loud."
Germany and Italy clamp down on Italian mob with raids and arrests
Thursday, May 04, 2023
The police operation, coordinated by European Union judicial cooperation agency Eurojust, aimed to dismantle a network that includes the 'ndrangheta, Colombian drug producers and paramilitary groups.
New York passes law banning fossil fuel equipment in most new buildings
Thursday, May 04, 2023
When the phase-in starts in 2026, newly constructed buildings will have to forego fossil fuel equipment in favor of devices like induction ranges and heat pumps that run on electricity.
Eli Lilly says an experimental drug slows Alzheimer's worsening
Thursday, May 04, 2023
In the 18-month trial, people in the early stages of Alzheimer's who received infusions of donanemab showed 35% less decline in thinking skills compared to those given a dummy drug, Lilly announced.
A court in Belarus sentences a dissident journalist to 8 years in prison
Wednesday, May 03, 2023
Raman Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend were arrested in May 2021 when their Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was ordered to land in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.