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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits in an effort to lower her country's reliance on foreign energy at a time when the Iran war is disrupting global energy markets. But Sheinbaum — a scientist and climate expert — notably avoided the term hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a drilling method used to extract oil and natural gas from deep underground bedrock using a highly pressurized liquid. Instead, she framed the initiative as a quest for “sustainable” extraction, emphasizing that environmen

$Mexico’s president weighs fracking to curb reliance on US natural gas$

March smashes record as most abnormally hot month for continental US, federal meteorologists say

Zeldin tells climate skeptics to 'celebrate vindication' after repeal of baseline climate rule

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Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman told The Associated Press on Wednesday in his first interview since the ouster that he was “blindsided” by the move but has no hard feelings and is unlikely to sue. Rothman was fired on Tuesday night in a unanimous vote by the board of regents following a roughly 30-minute closed-door discussion. Regents have not given a reason for firing Rothman, who was in the job for just under four years. “Absolutely I was blindsided,” Rothman told the AP. He said he has still not been given a reason for his firing.

Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general

Qatar's Diamond League track meet put back from May to June amid ongoing uncertainty

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'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon

On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend's wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista — New Conquest — where pristine rainforest in Brazil's Amazon stood a year ago. The rain meant he couldn't work on building his own house or do odd jobs for others in the area, but the weather wasn't the only thing holding him back. Like thousands of others who have moved to the small city of Oiapoque, in Brazil’s northern state of Amapa, Fonseca is waiting for an economic boom that may or may n

Takeaways from AP’s story on how oil drilling is fueling a migrant surge in Brazil's Amazon

In an uncertain environment for corporate giving, Liberty Mutual Foundation launches $600M endowment

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Suspects in ISIS-inspired attack outside NYC mayor’s residence believed they could kill up to 60 people, prosecutors say

Two men accused of trying to detonate makeshift bombs during protests near New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s residence last month detailed in a notebook and through audio recordings how they hoped their ISIS-inspired attack would kill dozens of people, according to an indictment released Tuesday.Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, who were arrested on March 7 outside Gracie Mansion, were charged with eight crimes, including providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction for the attack, federal prosecutors said.“All I

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The US and Iran have agreed a ceasefire, with talks to bridge the gulf between them. Here’s what to know

After a month and a half of spiraling conflict in the Middle East, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday – less than two hours before US President Donald Trump’s deadline, after which he had promised to wipe out a “whole civilization.”That threat, which critics warned could be a war crime if carried out, appears to have been staved off for now at the 11th hour. But there remains a gulf between the two countries, who each portrayed the temporary truce as a victory for their nations.The ceasefire is a starting point for further negotiations, and it remains

Trump agrees to suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks

Sen. Elissa Slotkin sits down with Trump voters in Iowa while campaigning for Democrats

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, threatening ceasefire

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again Wednesday in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, casting doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war will hold. The United States and Iran both claimed victory after reaching the agreement, and world leaders expressed relief, even as more drones and missiles hit Iran and Gulf Arab countries. Israel also intensified its attacks in Lebanon, hitting several commercial and residential areas in Beirut without warning. At least 112 people were killed and hundreds were

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Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller wins Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former House seat in Georgia

Republican Clay Fuller on Tuesday won Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat in Georgia, turning back a Democratic challenge with the help of President Donald Trump’s endorsement despite uneasiness over the war in Iran. In a deep red district that Greene won by 29 points and Trump carried by almost 37 points two years ago, Fuller was on track to prevail by about 12 points with almost all votes counted. The result added to a string of special elections where Democrats performed better than expected, a track record that the party hopes will create momentum toward Nove

Trump uses the language of annihilation to threaten Iran ahead of deadline

ICE agents shoot and wound man during traffic stop in Central California

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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, threatening ceasefire

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Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review

A federal judge Tuesday refused to block filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone by mail across the U.S. — at least for now — in a setback to Louisiana's effort to stifle groups that send it into states where abortion is banned. U.S. District Judge David Joseph, who sits in Lafayette, Louisiana, ruled against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who asked that U.S. Food and Drug Administration rules that allow mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail be paused while a challenge to those 2023 regulations moves through the courts.

How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran

Iran-linked hackers have disrupted multiple US industrial sites

Oil prices plunge and markets surge on Iran war ceasefire, but ‘significant hurdles remain’

Oil prices plummeted and stocks surged Wednesday after President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, spurring hopes that more oil tankers would soon be able to transit the key Strait of Hormuz.WTI, the US crude benchmark, tumbled 18% to $92 a barrel — a sharp drop but still well above the $67 level it settled at on February 27, before the war began. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dropped nearly 17%, to $91 a barrel.US stocks opened sharply higher: The Dow soared 1,374 points, or 2.95%. The S&P 500 gained 2.56%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 3.46%.Despi

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Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens

Hundreds of Cuban women gathered Tuesday in Havana to decry a U.S. energy embargo and other measures imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. The rally was organized by the Federation of Cuban Women, a massive organization with close ties to the government and the Communist Party, to honor the late Vilma Espín, the federation’s founder, a guerrilla fighter and Raúl Castro’s wife. The crowd that gathered at a park commemorating a 19th-century independence patriot waved Cuban flags, held signs that read “Down with the B