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Mina Guli, an Australian businessperson who embarked on a journey to raise awareness of global water challenges, was at Türkiye’s Lake Tuz this week where she ran a marathon on the dry parts of the country’s second-largest lake. This was Guli’s 77th marathon in a journey where she aims to reach 200 in all continents. Guli…

"We are dealing with a trifecta. Covid is still very much here. Polio, we have identified polio in our sewage. And we're still dealing with the monkey pox crisis," New York Mayor Eric Adams said Friday on CNN's New Day. "We're addressing the threats as they come before us and we're prepared to deal with them and with the assistance of…

Republicans in Georgia violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing voting maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled on Thursday, ordering that new maps must be drawn in time for the 2024 elections.Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia demanded that the state’s legislature move swiftly to…

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested in Miami on Thursday due to a fugitive out-of-state warrant stemming from a traffic stop in Texas in May, according to a statement from Arlington police.Prince was pulled over in Dallas because of an expired registration. Police say they found two handguns, a vape pen containing THC and…

Thursday, Nov. 2 Family Storytime Join the Yelm Timberland Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Thursday for family storytime. The event includes music, movement, books and activities for the whole family. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult. The library is at 210 Prairie Park St. NE in…

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DRIVING THE DAY: EU ENLARGEMENT        HAPPENING TODAY — COMMISSIONERS WANT MEMBERSHIP TALKS WITH UKRAINE: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her 26 College colleagues meet this…

Father Grigory Borisov offers a prayer for Ukraine every day in a special liturgy at the Lasnamäe church, a towering, whitewashed place of Russian Orthodox worship in the centre of the most populous suburb of Estonia’s capital, Tallinn, where a majority are Russian speakers.The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God was built in 2013 with the…

A woman accused of causing a crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, Thursday in Los Angeles County has been arrested, according to the California Highway Patrol.The driver, Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, was hospitalized with moderate injuries and faces a charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, Highway Patrol…

Leading that list is someone once dubbed the “accidental congressman,” Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-Mich.). A long shot primary challenger, he won the seat in 2012 after the Republican incumbent failed to qualify for the primary ballot and then resigned. Two years later, Bentivolio — a novice politician with no real chance of winning in ordinary…

From sprawling castles to a UFO-inspired abode, Airbnb has revealed its most wish-listed unique homes in the UK — and they're all available to book now. Quirky properties are most certainly on the rise, with Airbnb reporting a 113 per cent increase in unique properties from 2019 to 2021. Whether it's domes, windmills, lighthouses or trains,…