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Turkey and Syria death toll over 17,000

February 9, 2023

Live Updates: Death toll; rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria The Latest on the earthquake: Feb 9, 2023 6:04 AM By The Associated Press Eds: UPDATES: This story has been updated with Syria appealing...

Spotlights from the governors boat light the horizon during a journey from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg, Norway, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. It was carrying the childrens choir from Longyearbyens only church, Svalbard Kirke, to visit the even more isolated Arctic outpost of Barentsburg, which is run by a Russian mining company. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Isolated mining company gets visit from children’s choir

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Margo Jenkins February 7, 2023

Spotlights from the governor's boat light the horizon during a journey from Longyearbyen to Barentsburg, Norway, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. It was carrying the children's choir from Longyearbyen's only...

People walk next to a mosque destroyed by an earthquake in Malatya, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (DIA images via AP)

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 3,400

February 6, 2023

Update, February 7, 2023 9:27am death toll surpasses 5,000. Feb 6, 2023 4:13 PM 3 minute read AZMARIN, Syria (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early...

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago

December 7, 2022

From Associated Press By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern...

Animal hoarding cases hit 10-year high in 2021

Animal hoarding cases hit 10-year high in 2021

September 12, 2022

BERLIN (AP) — Cases of people hoarding cats, dogs and other living creatures in Germany reached a ten-year high in 2021, the country’s Animal Protection Association said Thursday The association...

FILE - In this July 8, 2021 file photo Britains Queen Elizabeth II visits the set of the long running television series Coronation Street, in Manchester, England. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne

September 8, 2022

By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California shows some smuggled animals from Mexico and Hong Kong into the U.S. On Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, Manuel Perez, of Oxnard, Calif., who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the U.S., including 60 reptiles, hidden in his clothing, pleaded guilty to federal charges. (US Attorneys Office for the Central District of California via AP)

California man smuggles 1,700 animals across the border and pleads guilty

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Madison Martin September 6, 2022
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California shows some smuggled animals from Mexico and Hong Kong into the U.S. On Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, Manuel Perez, of Oxnard, Calif., who smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals into the U.S., including 60 reptiles, hidden in his clothing, pleaded guilty to federal charges. (US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California via AP)
ICYMI: Climate change is a real thing that is putting the earth in danger. Could Earthships be the solution?

ICYMI: Climate change is a real thing that is putting the earth in danger. Could Earthships be the solution?

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – zachary strunk, reporter August 16, 2022

The waste that people produce daily is the main cause of climate change and global warming, Earthships are a way that we can lessen the effect of global warming. An Earthship is a type of passive solar...

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, stands listening to a verdict in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. American basketball star Brittney Griner apologized to her family and teams as a Russian court heard closing arguments in her drug possession trial said it expected to deliver a verdict later Thursday. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP)

WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence

August 16, 2022

MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday, amid talks...

Ukraine digital army brews cyberattacks, intel and infowar

Ukraine digital army brews cyberattacks, intel and infowar

March 18, 2022
Hundreds of volunteer “hacker” corps wage cyberattacks force in Europe’s first major war of the internet age. It is crucial to information combat and to crowdsourcing intelligence.
The Afghan War is over.

The Afghan War is over.

August 30, 2021

BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS The last military planes have left Kabul and the evacuation operation is over, Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command told Pentagon...

Trump suspends travel from Europe to US for 30 days

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – HIllsboro Breaking News Desk March 11, 2020

Mar 11, 2020 8:54PM (GMT 01:54) - 1225 words By LISA MASCARO, ANDREW TAYLOR, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking drastic action Wednesday, President...

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