Many of Maine’s 66 lighthouses were open for public tours Saturday.
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Putin aiming to strengthen North Korean ties ‘on all fronts’
Kim is expected to travel to Russia for a meeting in Vladivostok with Putin early next week.
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Body cam catches elite federal prosecutor offering his Justice Department card in DUI crash arrest
Joseph Ruddy, one of the architects of Operation Panama Express, or PANEX – a task force launched in 2000 to target cocaine smuggling at sea – was charged with driving under the influence with property damage stemming from a Fourth of July crash, but was still representing the U.S. in court as recently as last week.
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Rescuers may soon try to remove a sick American researcher from 3,000 feet down in a Turkish cave
More than 170 people, including doctors, paramedics and experienced cavers, in teams from Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Turkey are involved in the rescue operation.
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Israel says it will reopen the main cargo crossing to Gaza on Sunday, a relief for Gazan producers
Palestinian fishermen, businessmen and rights advocates said the closure marked a form of collective punishment against Gaza’s 2 million people, including tens of thousands of laborers who heavily depend on exports to Israel and the West Bank to stay afloat.
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Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says
A World Bank report says online gig work is growing globally and is creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce.
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U.S. offshore wind slammed by runaway costs
While the Inflation Reduction Act provides at least $370 billion in grants, tax credits and other incentives for climate and clean energy projects, that’s proving no match for rising inflation and borrowing costs.
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UN secretary-general has urged the Group of 20 leaders to send a strong message on climate change
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres asked nations that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to aim to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and for emerging economies to reach the same goal by 2050.
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Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
Besides the Pulitzer, she has received both a National Humanities Medal and National Medal of Arts, an NAACP Image Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation and a National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress.
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U.S. Open: Shelton joins past champs Djokovic, Alcaraz and Medvedev in semifinals
American Ben Shelton, at age 20 and seeded 47th, joins the top three seeded players in the semifinals and faces Novak Djokovic on Friday.