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Big Tech’s data centers may face grid cutoffs during power crises

Big Tech’s data centers may face grid cutoffs during power crises

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping th...

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Louisiana plant fire is 90% contained but evacuation order continues

Louisiana plant fire is 90% contained but evacuation order continues

ROSELAND, La. (AP) — A fire at an automotive supply plant in Louisiana was 90% contained Sunday, but a mandatory evacuation order remained in place as crews tried to address remaining flames, law ...

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Ambush in flashpoint region killed at least 14 Nigerien soldiers, authorities say

Ambush in flashpoint region killed at least 14 Nigerien soldiers, authorities say

An ambush by armed men in a flashpoint region in military-run Niger last week killed at least 14 soldiers, the country’s defense minister said in a statement, the latest in escalating militant att...

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A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says

A record 383 aid workers were killed in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. humanitarian office said Tuesda...

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New Zealanders save more than 30 stranded whales by lifting them on sheets

New Zealanders save more than 30 stranded whales by lifting them on sheets

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to ref...

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Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

Syria faces crisis and Gaza heads toward famine, World Food Program official says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The deputy executive director of the U.N. World Food Program has been on whirlwind visits to hotspots in the Middle East and Sudan to assess dire humanitarian situations and ...

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