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UP communities to get $1.4M in recycling grants

Upper Peninsula communities will receive $1.4 million in recycling infrastructure grants, including $299,000 for the cities of Iron Mountain and Kingsford to purchase curbside carts and implement community-wide recycling, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ...

Fresh flames force more evacuations in France

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on Tuesday, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation as returning heat threatened firefighters' fragile hold on a vast wildfire west of ...

NY school pauses plan to deploy robot teacher

NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker's ties to a company that produces ...

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Netanyahu visits Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he had an "excellent" meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. It was their first sitdown since launching a joint war against Iran and it offered Netanyahu a chance to smooth out strains in their relationship. The closed-door meeting on Tuesday lasted nearly an hour and a half. The White House said it was "positive and productive." Both leaders face growing pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection and is embattled in part because of his deteriorating relationship ...

Zelenskyy seeks more cooperation with US

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral, with the two leaders discussing ways for Ukraine to produce its own powerful weapons and "other ideas that could help" in its ongoing war against ...

MMACF Youth Advisory Council looks for teens

MENOMINEE — The M&M Area Community Foundation is inviting local youth ages 12 to 17 to join its Youth Advisory Council, or YAC, a program that puts real decision-making power in young people’s hands through grantmaking, volunteering and service projects. An orientation meeting will take place at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at 833A First St., Menominee, MI 49858. All interested youth — and their parents — are encouraged to attend to learn about the program, meet fellow members and find out how to get involved. Through YAC, members will: — Learn the fundamentals of ...