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3-year college degrees grow more popular in the US, saving time and cash. But critics aren’t sold
Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quick solution. So the laid-off web developer turned to one of a growing number of three-year degree programs. “I can’t afford to be […]
New Aurora housing project aims to bridge gap in mental health services
AURORA | A planned supportive housing development for people working to exit homelessness has more than 3,000 people on its waiting list, but with only 43 units, the project is highlighting an unmet need. The Sanctuary on Potomac, located at 1290 S. Potomac St., will be part of Aurora Mental Health and Recovery’s Potomac Medical […]
What to Stream: Alabama Shakes, ‘The Whisper Man,’ ‘Leanne’ and ‘Star Wars Zero Company’
“The Whisper Man” film adaptation and a new album from the Alabama Shakes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: a new tactical “Star Wars” game, the Netflix […]
Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea
DAKAR, Senegal | Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another African nation that signed a third-country deporation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said […]
Denmark’s prime minister blasts unsolicited beauty advice from plastic surgeon on Instagram
COPENHAGEN, Denmark | Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is fed up with getting unsolicited beauty advice. The 48-year-old wrote Monday on Instagram that she had just returned back home from a trip to Ukraine, where she was exposed to air raid sirens in the ongoing war, only to find a message by a plastic surgeon […]
Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run
ORANGEBURG, S.C. | The last time Pete Buttigieg was giving a political speech in South Carolina, it was to mark a distant finish in the state’s primary that effectively ended his campaign for president. Returning this weekend as he mulls a second run for the White House, Buttigieg set out to reintroduce himself to the […]
Iran warns of a harsh response to anticipated US sanctions and other Middle East news
Iran warned that U.S. sanctions set to be announced Monday would not bring peace to the region. Meanwhile, Israeli and Syrian officials met less than a week after Israeli strikes in Syria. And Israel said it killed a Hamas commander in Gaza. Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the […]
Iran’s rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran | Iran’s currency hit a record low Monday as Washington prepared to announce new sanctions it said would add further pressure on an economy already battered by previous sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade. The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. Iran’s official Central […]
The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’
NEW YORK | In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite to combat climate change. Scientists have long warned that the world will […]