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By Associated Press HAVANA — Like millions of other Cubans, María de los Ángeles Pozo thinks back fondly to when a government ration book fed her family everything from hamburgers, fish and milk to chocolate and beer. People would even get cakes for birthdays and weddings. The “libreta,” as Cubans know it, was launched in

By Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — As Argentina on Sunday marked the most traumatic date in its modern history — the 1976 military coup that ushered in a brutal dictatorship — President Javier Milei posted a startling video that demanded justice. Not for those who suffered repression under the junta, but for those victims

By Associated Press BOSTON — It may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the U.S. on Sunday with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, hail, heavy snow and gusty winds. Near Los Angeles, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued through the afternoon, with the National Weather Service predicting scattered showers, quarter-sized

By Associated Press LONDON — Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the latest actor reportedly offered a license to kill and succeed Daniel Craig as the new James Bond. The star is no stranger to action movies and at 33 is a good age to join the franchise, as producers likely want a 10 year commitment to the

By Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth. It could also make for great aurora viewing. There’s no reason for the public to be concerned, according to the alert issued

By Associated Press Champions of organic farming have long portrayed it as friendlier to humans and the earth. But a new study in a California county found a surprising effect as their acreage grew: Nearby conventional farms applied more pesticides, likely to stay on top of an increased insect threat to their crops, the researchers

By Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Zach Edey had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Purdue cruised into the Sweet 16 by pounding eighth-seeded Utah State 106-67 with an impressive offensive performance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 18 points and eight boards for Purdue (31-7),

By Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — West Virginia coach Mark Kellogg is entertained watching superstar Caitlin Clark and Iowa’s offense, up to the point when he realizes his team is going to have to defend the Hawkeyes. The eighth-seeded Mountaineers get that chance Monday night against top-seeded Iowa in the second round of the

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications. A

By Metro Creative It can be disconcerting to new dog owners when they discover their pooches whimpering, shaking or seemingly crying in their sleep. Although there may be some rare instances when this behavior is linked to pain and distress, by and large it is a natural response in many animals when they doze off.

By Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — And to think, some folks said they might not make it to March Madness. The Gonzaga Bulldogs laughed that off as easily as they swatted away an exhausted Kansas team Saturday, rolling past the Jayhawks 89-68 to return to the Sweet 16 for the nation-leading ninth straight time.

By Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians who fled an ongoing Israeli raid of Gaza’s main hospital described mass arrests and forced marches past bodies in interviews on Sunday, while the United Nations said Israel is now blocking its main agency helping Palestinians from sending food aid to the enclave’s devastated north. Israel’s military

By Associated Press RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Guterres spoke on the Egyptian

By Associated Press The Tennessee Titans are finalizing a deal to acquire cornerback L’Jarius Sneed from the Kansas City Chiefs for a pair of draft picks, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal still requires Sneed

By Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a

By Associated Press MOSCOW — Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday showing signs of severe beatings as they faced formal terrorism charges. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing. A court statement said two of the suspects

By Associated Press ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. — Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces. Members of the Muscogee Creek Nation returned to Alabama this weekend for a memorial service on the 210th

By Metro Creative Certain locales are synonymous with particular types of food. Maine is known for its lobsters, while New Yorkers swear there is no better slice of pizza than one you might find in Manhattan. In Seattle, which is situated along Puget Sound and just a short distance from the Pacific Ocean, seafood tends

By Associated Press NEW YORK — French bulldogs. U.S. dog owners. C’est l’amour. Frenchies remained the United States’ most commonly registered purebred dogs last year, according to American Kennel Club rankings released Wednesday. The club calls the Frenchie the most popular breed, though other canine constituencies may beg to differ. Is it a coup to

By Soeren Mattke University of Southern California The Conversation via AP Mild cognitive impairment – an early stage of dementia – is widely underdiagnosed in people 65 and older. That is the key takeaway of two recent studies from our team. In the first study, we used Medicare data for about 40 million beneficiaries age

By Missouri Independent via My Courier-Tribune Missouri’s backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal limit. The median time it took Missouri’s social services department to process Medicaid applications for low-income Missourians in February was 77 days, an agency spokesperson

By My Courier-Tribune Pest control in the garden might conjure images of a season-long battle with bugs, weeds and diseases. But sometimes four-legged “friends” such as deer, rabbits and squirrels can inflict far more damage, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Protecting the garden against famished fauna can be a challenge. “Hunger is

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people looked for outdoor activities during lockdowns. Now the question is, will those wannabe green thumbs stick with the habit. In 2022, 80% of U.S. households took part in lawn and gardening activities, a five-year high, according to the

By St. Louis Post-Dispatch via TN Content Exchange A fisherman on the Lake of the Ozarks brought ashore a world-record paddlefish Sunday that weighed more than 164 pounds — the biggest paddlefish ever caught and the largest fish of any kind in Missouri’s record books. Chad Williams, of Olathe, Kansas, hooked the monster fish around

By Wealth of Geeks via AP A 2021 report from the Journal of Women’s Health found that American women are more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum than any other developed high-income nation. While maternal mortality rates in countries like the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Australia have gradually declined since 1990, the U.S.

By American Heart Association News A popular weight loss strategy that limits the hours during which calories can be consumed may nearly double a person’s long-term risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, new research finds, especially among people with underlying cardiovascular disease or cancer. But questions remain about just how time-restricted eating, which limits calorie