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EICHSFELD, Germany (AP) — When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a special payment card that’s for asylum-seekers only. She no longer pays in cash for her apples, eggs and fish — like most of the Germans standing in line with her at the register. Laca, 45, came from […]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Parts of Mexico and San Diego County were rattled by a series of earthquakes near the border Sunday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). According to USGS, at least 30 earthquakes struck Delta, Baja California — south of El Centro, California and Mexicali, Mexico — between 3 […]

Thomas Jefferson University is apologizing after the names of some graduates from the nursing program were unrecognizably pronounced at their commencement, as seen in videos from the ceremony that have since gone viral. The mispronunciations at the Jefferson College of Nursing commencement ceremony, which occurred Thursday, according to the university’s website, were attributed to the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, home to a Chinese bakery and pharmacy, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around […]

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, bringing down torrents of cold lava and mud, leaving 41 people dead and another 17 missing. The heavy rains, along with a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi, caused a river to breach […]

Sunlight is already providing a growing amount of our electricity. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina think they can utilize the rays to turn air pollution into cleaner fuel. If successful, the tech would provide a way to essentially store intermittent solar power as methanol, which could be later used to provide energy […]

May 12—UPDATE: 4 p.m. Flood advisories are in effect for Oahu and Maui County until 7 p.m. At 3:50 p.m., the radar showed heavy rain falling at a rate of up to 1 inch per hour for much of Oahu. Some locations that will experience flooding include Honolulu, Waipio, Mililani, Pearl City, Waikele, Wahiawa, Wheeler […]

May 12—State Rep. Randall Pettigrew jumped on the phone the same day Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she was calling lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a special session in July. Pettigrew, a Republican who lives in Lovington in far Southeastern New Mexico — some 300 miles from the capital city — sought to find […]

At least 37 people were killed after flash floods and cold lava flowing from a volcano hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hours of heavy rain on Saturday swept torrents of ash and rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra. The cold lava mudslides inundated two districts, swept people to their […]

May 13 (Reuters) – Georgia’s police have begun pushing away demonstrators who staged an all-night rally at parliament in Tbilisi ahead of a lawmakers’ debate of a “foreign agents” bill that has sparked a political crisis, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Monday. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mich. (WOOD) — Deputies say they arrested a man who tried to break into a towing company near Battle Creek Sunday morning. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said it got a call around 10:15 a.m. from a someone who reported a suspicious man at the tow yard in Springfield. The caller said the man […]