Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday , two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future. Climate change is fueling stronger, more persistent storms and the state’s infrastructure lags along the Green Mountains’ riverside villages with steep faces and rolling hills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel’s suspected killing of Hamas’ political leader in the heart of Tehran, coming after a week in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised U.S. lawmakers he would continue his war against Hamas until “total victory,” points to an Israeli leader ever more openly at odds with Biden administration efforts to calm the
PARIS (AP) — Shinnosuke Oka of Japan won the men’s all-around gymnastics title at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, upsetting the two main favorites in a nail-biting contest. The former junior world champion won with a total of 86.832 points ahead of Zhang Boheng and Xiao Ruoteng, both of China. Defending Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto
PARIS (AP) — Karlis Lasmanis scored eight points to lead defending champion Latvia to a 21-12 victory over the Netherlands on Wednesday to improve to 2-0 in men’s 3×3 basketball pool play at the Paris Olympics . Nauris Miezis added five points and six rebounds in the win after Latvia opened the tournament by beating
PARIS (AP) — Kanak Jha secured the U.S. its best Olympic run in men’s table tennis by reaching the last 16 at the Paris Games on Wednesday, while the shock of the tournament came when world No. 1 Wang Chuqin of China lost to 26th-ranked Truls Moregard of Sweden. Jha, the 120th-ranked player in the
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest Palestinian journalists working with the Qatari network to be killed in the war-torn enclave. Correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul, 27, cameraman Rami al-Rifi and a child who was not identified were
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Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine has been pushing its Western allies for F-16s for Ukraine for months, saying they were critically needed to fight back against the
Paris has much to offer its residents and any visitor. And with the Olympics as their canvas, there are personal portraits being painted all around the City of Lights. They have powered through the weather — rain didn’t dampen their spirts and surging temperatures couldn’t cool their heels. They gathered at watch parties to see
PARIS (AP) — Marena Whittle had nine points and Alex Wilson scored eight, capped by a 2-pointer that lifted Australia to a 21-19 win over Germany on Wednesday in women’s 3×3 basketball pool play at the Paris Olympics . Wilson made a basket to put Australia up by 2 with just over a minute left
