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‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press WYOMING, Iowa (AP) — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than…

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when…

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel

By NATALIE MELZER and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of…

Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term

Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump has long pledged to deport millions of people, but he’s bringing more specifics to his current bid for the White House: invoking wartime powers,…

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern…

FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge

FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge

By JONATHAN MATTISE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI…