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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon climate plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in the U.S. military. Thursday’s recommendations focus on making worsening climate extremes a mandatory part of strategic, tactical and operational defense planning. That includes things like training troops how

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A new military investigation found the coronavirus pandemic curtailed trainings in 2020 and contributed to nine service members drowning off San Diego’s coast. The findings released Wednesday were from the latest investigation into the sinking of the amphibious assault vehicle on July 30, 2020. It was one of the Marine Corps’

By MATTHEW BROWN, BRIAN MELLEY, and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Video of the ruptured underwater pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern California shows a thin crack that could indicate a slow leak that was difficult to initially detect. Experts said Thursday that the

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Small arts organizations were among those hit the hardest by shrinking donations last year, according to a study by the Urban Institute. Small charities nationwide have faced significant losses in charitable giving as donors cut back during the COVID health and economic crisis: Four

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors welcomed progress in Congress’ standoff over extending the federal debt ceiling. A temporary extension will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent resolution. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%.

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — An Oregon man said he survived a recent train derailment in Montana by holding onto a grab bar in the bathroom of a passenger car that ended up on its side and separated from the rest of the train. Justin Ruddell of Klamath Falls said

By WILSON RING Associated Press The state of Vermont is proposing to remove the bald eagle from the state’s listing of threatened and endangered species. The move comes 13 years after Vermont became the last state in the continental United States to see the return of breeding bald eagles. Since 2008, the number of breeding

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said it is to relax travel rules further next week, a move that will open up many long-distance holiday destinations to travelers for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic a year and half ago. In its most dramatic move, it

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions have resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. Amy Hagstrom Miller is the president of Whole Woman’s Health, which has four clinics in Texas. She said Thursday that

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers against a woman suing for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international soccer star raped her in Las Vegas. In a scathing recommendation, Magistrate Judge Daniel

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is forming a task force to study the issue of missing and murdered Native Hawaiian women and girls. The state House created the panel, which aims to gather data and identify the reasons behind the problem. Few figures currently exist, but those that do suggest Native

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Pfizer is asking the U.S. government to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. If regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Pfizer already had announced that a lower dose of its vaccine worked and appeared safe in a

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Officials have identified the armed passenger who died in a gunfight after fatally shooting a federal agent inside an Amtrak train in Arizona. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson said Thursday that 26-year-old Darrion Taylor was shot by officers several times. The shooting occurred Monday when a regional task

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with two cubs got dangerously close to her in Yellowstone National Park. Twenty-five-year-old Samantha R. Dehring of Carol Stream, Illinois, pleaded guilty Wednesday to willfully remaining, approaching and photographing

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two lawsuits filed against Alex Murdaugh this week say the South Carolina attorney created a fraudulent bank account to steal money. The lawsuits say Murdaugh took money from both a $5 million life insurance settlement for his dead housekeeper and the law firm founded a century

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge will allow attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee after a mass shooting to access some of the files that have been sealed in the criminal case against the gunman. On Thursday, Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn granted

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court has ruled that Polish laws have supremacy over those of the European Union in areas where they clash. The Constitutional Tribunal held Thursday that some provisions of the treaties binding EU members and some rulings by the 27-nation bloc’s highest court conflict with

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says no lithium mining permits will be issued for anyone if legislators don’t approve a bill declaring it a “strategic mineral” and reserving any future exploration and mining for the government. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took an all-or-nothing stance on Thursday when asked about the bill’s uphill fight.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at a Texas high school has been released from jail after posting bond. Timothy George Simpkins was released from the Tarrant County jail at midday Thursday after he was jailed a day earlier on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump intends to assert executive privilege in a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. That’s according to a letter sent by lawyers for the former president. The move could prevent the testimony of onetime aides. The letter went