On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food
OREGON, Ohio (AP) — On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a ...
On Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump had a chance to clarify their positions on Ukraine. Trump evaded ABC moderator David Muir’s question regarding the ...
How pollsters have adapted to changing technology and voters who don’t answer the phone
In the 1970s, after household telephones had become widespread in the U.S., survey operators adopted a random-sampling method called random digit dialing, in which the survey’s designers would choose ...
The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?
Perhaps the best known whip-poor-wills in American horror appear in H.P. Lovecraft’s novella “ The Dunwich Horror .” ...
Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before ...
Women are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease − in part because doctors don’t take major sex and gender differences into account
The reasons for these differences are not fully clear. Some potential factors include differences in artery plaque composition that make men’s plaque more likely to rupture or burst and women’s plaque ...
Nebraska Democrats hope Omaha will be a ‘blue dot’ on the state’s red electoral map − and their lawn sign is a vibe
With Nebraska’s blue dot signs, Omahans are fighting to keep their spot on the map, not erase it. They are an act of claiming space, making Democrats visible in a state so strongly associated with ...
Civilian support for military coups isn’t a bug – it’s a feature
But in the past two decades, virtually every successful coup has been associated with some level of support outside the military. So while civilian support might not be unique to recent cases, there ...
Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens as Kyrgyzstan insists aircraft had been de-registered
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the ...
Former CT nonprofit director used stolen grant funds for vacations, private schools, officials say
Michele Devine, 50 of Waterford, stole around $400,000 from a Norwich-based nonprofit where she served as executive director.
Three leaders to be inducted into Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
HARTFORD—The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame will hold its 31st induction ceremony Tuesday in Hartford. Three new inductees ...
Yellen says isolationism 'made America and the world worse off' in speech to global finance leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger ...