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GREENSBURG, Ind. (AP) — A rural city in southeastern Indiana has piqued the interest of hundreds of families considering a move there after it offered stand-in "grandparents" to babysit their children as part of an incentive program aimed at attracting remote workers. A local couple, Tami and Dan Wenning, volunteered to serve as grandparents to [...]
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this Oregon town on the Columbia River represent an emerging 21st century concern. Now a critical part of modern computing, data centers help people stream movies on Netflix, conduct transactions on [...]
TAHOE CITY, Calif. (AP) — Drought has dropped Lake Tahoe below its natural rim and halted flows into the Truckee River, an historically cyclical event that's occurring sooner and more often than it used to — raising fears about what might be in store for the famed alpine lake. Scientists are concerned that the growing [...]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — No one needed official evidence but it came anyway from the state of New Jersey, where people apparently really like to bet on sports. They put more than $1 billion on their favorites in September, the first time that has happened since the state legalized sports betting a little more than [...]
Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is gearing up to invest $3.5 billion into climate-focused initiatives in the next 10 years, but if the donation patterns of her foundation continue, the public might never know where that money is going. A spokesperson with Powell Jobs' company, Emerson Collective, said the widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs will [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It was nearly last call on a Friday when Jacob Eli Knight Vasquez went to get a drink across the street from the tavern where he worked in northwest Portland — an area with a thriving dining scene, where citygoers enjoy laid-back eateries, international cuisines and cozy cafés. The 34-year-old had [...]
The Ohio Department of Transportation announced Monday that District 6 officials seek comment from the public on the U.S. 23 study that proposes a free-flow connection of the highway between Columbus and Toledo. The officials have scheduled three public meetings next month for evaluation of the Route 23 Connect Study which presents options for improvements [...]
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — On a scorching afternoon in South Texas, Sonia Lambert looked out at an open-air canal that carries mud-green water from the Rio Grande to nearby towns and farmland, losing much of it to evaporation and seepage along the way. "That will be someone else's problem," Lambert said, referring to her upcoming [...]
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the country are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge. Among them is University of Connecticut sophomore Brianna Monte, a 19-year-old [...]
AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A house connected to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is now in the hands of a couple who plans to preserve it. David Manaute and Patti Barry live near 5480 Atlantic View already and were familiar with the house's history. A historical marker stands on the property, which is on the coastline [...]