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Renewable energy jumps to new high, powered by China solar boom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Installation of renewable energy worldwide hit a record high last year, with 92.5% of all new electricity brought online coming from the sun, wind or other clean sources, an international agency reports.
Mar 26, 2025 8:22 AM
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Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of North America and Africa
NEW YORK (AP) — The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun this weekend during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere — but make sure to protect your eyes.
Mar 26, 2025 8:22 AM
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Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here's how it's made
What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process.
Mar 26, 2025 7:35 AM
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'Like a sound from hell:' Was an illegal sonic weapon used against peaceful protesters in Serbia?
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.
Mar 25, 2025 10:30 PM
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Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor 'glitch'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's Houthis this month to a group chat that included a journalist, saying it was “the only glitch in two months” of his ad
Mar 25, 2025 9:40 PM
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What is Signal, the chat app used by US officials to share attack plans?
LONDON (AP) — A magazine journalist's account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive information is supposed to be handled.
Mar 25, 2025 7:30 PM
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More states move to ban cellphones in school as Georgia is latest to act
ATLANTA (AP) — More states are moving to ban or restrict cellphones in school, a trend that continues to win bipartisan support in legislatures.
Mar 25, 2025 2:22 PM
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Calgary paleontologist part of discovery of new dinosaur with 30-centimetre claws
CALGARY — A University of Calgary paleontologist is part of a discovery of a new species of dinosaur with 30-centimetre-long claws found in a Mongolian desert.
Mar 25, 2025 1:00 PM
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Napster sold to tech commerce company for $207 million
NEW YORK (AP) — A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million.
Mar 25, 2025 12:22 PM
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Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service's steadily expanding list of U.S. markets , although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation's capital city.
Mar 25, 2025 9:38 AM
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