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HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — An unprecedented string of wildfires in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control for a fourth day on Wednesday, preventing thousands of evacuees from trying to see whether their homes have been destroyed. Fire officials were hoping for a break in the dry, windy weather, but […]

Officials in Ukraine say the military downed more than 30 Russian missiles and drones over Kyiv on Friday. An air force statement said air defenses shot down 15 cruise missiles and 21 drones. Officials said at least two people were injured from falling debris. The British Defense Ministry said Friday in its intelligence update on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline. The compromise package negotiated between […]

Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for the well-being of people living on it, according to a new study. The study looks not just at guardrails for the planetary ecosystem but for […]

SYDNEY — Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been in Paris, France, for talks on a proposed global plastics treaty. A United Nations committee is meeting to work on a global pact that aims to end plastic waste. There is, though, little consensus about what the outcome should be. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for Plastics began […]

KATHMANDU, NEPAL — Seventy years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first humans to summit Everest on May 29, 1953. The British expedition made the two men household names around the world and changed mountaineering forever. Hundreds now climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak every year, fueling concerns of overcrowding and […]

Kelly Clarkson is relocating The Kelly Clarkson Show to New York City to be closer to her family. While speaking to Nancy O’Dell for TalkShopLive, The Kelly Clarkson Show host revealed what she told her staff in January about the move from Los Angeles to New York. “I talked to them because I was like, […]

The Boston Celtics haven’t come back from a historical 3-0 deficit yet, but NBA fans are starting to believe it’s going to happen – even Draymond Green. On the newest episode of The Draymond Green Show, Green gave his reaction to the Celtics forcing a Game 6 against the Miami Heat. Draymond Green Shares Warning […]

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said a deal to raise the government’s debt ceiling seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5. The later date, laid out in a letter from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, set the risk of a devastating default four days […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. military leaders are starting to unveil the updated Defense Department cyber strategy, calling for troops to “campaign in and through cyberspace” in order to defend the country. The Pentagon on Friday announced it shared a classified version of its 2023 Cyber Strategy with Congress earlier this week and promised to produce an unclassified […]