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Island nations have grown skilled at playing larger powers against each other. This leverage will be important as they face the existential threat of global warming.

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The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Henning Tiemeier of Harvard University that aired Sunday, July 3, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

Greg Abbott's massive border apparatus after 53 migrants were found dead or dying in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. It reflects how, across the nation’s entire southern border, crossings are at or near the highest in about two decades. He said that state troopers would begin inspecting more tractor-trailers in wake of the tragedy. Abbott stopped the checks after signing agreements with governors in Mexico's four neighboring states, but warned he might reimpose them if he didn't see improvement. He also said Texas has turned back more than 22,000 migrants over the last year — a fraction of the attempted border crossings across the southern border in a single month.

The deadliest smuggling attempt in U.S. history underscores the limitations of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s massive border security operation.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has said he is committed to making the state "fully pro-life."

Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed lawmakers to act after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a state gun-control law and overturned Roe v. Wade.

Most professional-grade fireworks are made in China, and costs related to congestion in U.S. ports, overseas shipping and transportation have jumped.

James Mattis condemned "the immoral, the tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically foolish effort" of Russia's war with Ukraine.

Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins urged countries struggling with inflation to accept it as a small price to pay, as "Ukrainians are paying with their lives."

Fuel expenditures aren’t taking up a greater share of consumer spending than they normally do.

With Thursday’s decision, Florida remains one of 11 states that have already recognized and protected abortion access independently from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Coney Island New Rides Construction is underway in the amusement park district of Coney Island, Friday, June 17, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Luna Park in Coney Island will open three new major attractions this season alongside new recreational areas and pedestrian plazas. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) (John Minchillo)NEW YORK — (AP) — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and witness Coney Island’s Luna Park like you’ve never seen it before. Leti’s Treasure is a throwback to Shoot the Chutes, another Coney Island classic, which opened a year later in 1885. Coney Island's original Luna Park was destroyed by a fire and then sold in the 1940s, but the park was reborn in 2010 with the construction of a new Luna Park, which has been evolving and expanding since then.

Coney Island's Luna Park will soon be introducing three new attractions and pedestrian plazas on 5 acres along the iconic New York boardwalk as part of an expansion project.

After being canceled for two years because of COVID-19, Altamonte Springs’ massive Fourth of July event is making a colorful return.

The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.

“We have to face the reality that today Europe’s system is dependent on gas,” Hochstein told the AP after the hearing. The European Union received roughly 40% of its natural gas from Russia before the war. Western-led sanctions and Russian cutoffs, as well as Europe's major switch to non-Russian suppliers, are depriving Europe of Russian natural gas. Renewable energy is.”Climate advocates are wary of what they see as Hochstein's support of some infrastructure projects in Europe for liquified natural gas. “Unfortunately, we don't have the clean infrastructure to replace natural gas in the short- or medium-term,” Hochstein told the AP.

President Joe Biden’s point man for global energy problems knows, he says, that transitioning away from the climate-wrecking pollution of fossil fuels is the only way to go.

Much of the problems that America faces today can be laid directly at the feet of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The best data shows neighboring Charles County has become majority-Black in recent years, and incomes there are much higher than in Prince George's County.

The growing social media platform is far more viral and harder to police than Facebook or YouTube.

A Texas "trigger ban" is still scheduled to take effect 30 days from last week’s Supreme Court decision.

As mortgage rates jump, "affordability is now worse than at the peak of the mid-2000s housing boom," one economist said.

Abu Hamzah al Yemeni was a senior leader of Horas al-Din group. The attack was the latest in a series over the past few years targeting al Qaeda-linked militants in northwestern Syria.

The Group of Seven leading economic powers are meeting in Germany for their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday. From there, he would fly via Air Force One to Madrid for the NATO summit. Ahead of his early departure, Biden met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi and summit host Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The talks in Germany, which draw to a close Tuesday, want to make sure that Russia pays a high price for its invasion. They also intend to set priorities for the coming decade, with a new focus on checking China’s growing international ambitions.

Syrian opposition activists and the U.S. military say a drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of an al-Qaida-linked group

After Russia's shock invasion of Ukraine, what issues are likely to dominate the Nato summit?

The order followed a lawsuit by abortion providers alleging that the laws, designed to take effect automatically if Roe v. Wade were struck down, are “constitutionally vague.”

In a profanity-filled speech onstage at London Stadium last Friday, Armstrong said he no longer wants to be a U.S. citizen.

As the fallout of the decision unfolds, here are some answers to reader questions about what it means for reproductive health care, civil rights and more.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, ending the constitutional right to an abortion. Follow along for the latest news on the fallout and demonstrations.

In a futile attempt to lower gas prices, the president risks entangling the US further in a region it should be trying to exit. Reviving the Iran nuclear deal would be smarter.

NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, speaking at a rally Saturday night with former President Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.”Miller's spokesman said the Illinois Republican had intended to say the decision was a victory for a “right to life." Miller is running for reelection in the state’s newly redrawn 15th Congressional District against GOP Rep. Rodney Davis with the former president’s blessing. “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday,” she said, drawing cheers from the crowd. During the rally, Trump took a victory lap for the Supreme Court's bombshell ruling Friday ending the constitutional right to abortion. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortionCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The Supreme Court voted 6 to 3 to uphold a restrictive Mississippi law and overturn the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade.

The right to choose abortion is important. Even when women don’t choose it.

‘First Blood’ premieres on Saturday and the ‘BET Awards’ air on Sunday.

A candidate to replace her is Dexter Paine, a current USOPC board member and former chair of U.S. Olympic sports in the U.S. are run by more than four dozen NGBs that are, in turn, overseen by the USOPC. Some of this can be blamed on the pandemic, which delayed the 2020 Olympics by a year and put a major strain on budgeting throughout the Olympic world. Max Cobb, the CEO of U.S. Biathlon, acknowledged the growing tension between the NGBs and the USOPC. Cobb said 2022 is the right time to realign priorities, with the Paris Games still more than two years off.

Changes are coming at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, sparked by frustration with years of flat revenue and what some portray as heavy-handed management in the wake of sex-abuse scandals that upended the movement in America.

The attorney general said federal law protects people who take the FDA-approved pregnancy-termination pill, or who cross state lines to get a legal abortion.

Corporations are scrambling to adjust policies after the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.

Read the final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Emotional advocates massed at the Supreme Court after it struck down Roe v. Wade, ending longstanding constitutional abortion protections.

Thirteen states have "trigger bans" in place to criminalize abortion if Roe v. Wade falls. Several other states are likely to enact similar laws.

Nearly half of U.S. states are expected to effectively ban all or most abortions on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling tossing out Roe v. Wade.

The decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was the most anticipated of the court’s term, with political tension surrounding the fight over abortion erupting in May with the leak of a draft opinion indicating a majority of justices intended to end the long-standing precedent.

Unions are having a moment in the US, but public-sector unions don’t necessarily act in the public interest.

Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, confirmed the existence of law enforcement activity on Wednesday.

Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, confirmed the existence of law enforcement activity on Wednesday.

Russia Ukraine War 100 Days Explainer FILE - An explosion tears a hole in the side of an apartment building after a Russian tank fired a rocket in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) (Evgeniy Maloletka)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The U.S. will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, U.S. officials said Thursday. The latest package will include a number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. The initial four that the U.S. sent have already gone into Ukraine and are in the hand of troops there. The new aid comes just a week after the U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies send Ukraine the longer-range systems that they believe will allow forces to better fight back against Russia.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and tribal leaders are advocating for a congressional commission to examine the impacts of the federal Native American forced-assimilation policy.

The White House's proposed budget, released in March, suggests allocating $82 billion towards preparing for future pandemics.

Election 2022 Missouri Senate FILE—John Wood, committee investigative staff counsel, at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2022. An effort is underway in Missouri to get Wood to run as an independent for U.S. Senate. Supporters on Monday, June 20, launched a website, and former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said he also supports a run by Wood. A committee on Monday launched a website encouraging John F. Wood to run for retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt's seat. Danforth, 85, said in an interview that he had nothing to do with the website but also wants Wood to run.

Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats.

One couple has made it their mission to document buildings and signs across the country. In doing so, they have busted a few myths and maybe even their own misconceptions about modern rural America.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring."

Inflation is taking a toll on infrastructure projects across the U.S., driving up costs so much that state and local officials are postponing projects, scaling back others and reprioritizing their needs. Gillett had hoped the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would finance a boom in highway and bridge construction. In addition to roads, the federal infrastructure bill includes billions of dollars for water projects, railways, airports, broadband internet, electric grids and green-energy projects over the coming years. Officials at Des Moines International Airport were counting on the federal infrastructure money to replace an aging terminal with a modern structure. Though Missouri forged ahead with this year's projects, inflation “will take a bite out of the future,” McKenna said.

Inflation is taking a toll on infrastructure projects across the U.S. Rising prices for materials such as asphalt, steel and iron pipes are driving up the costs to build roads, bridges, rail lines and water mains.

In the wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa, there's a renewed debate surrounding gun control in America.

Students processing the attack in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers — yet another school shooting — returned to a common theme: They are the “lockdown generation.”.

Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

A surge in student mental health needs, staff shortages, and widespread episodes of misbehavior and violence have put extraordinary strain on school counselors and psychologists.

After starting as a niche corner of the finance world, ESG investing has since exploded to become a major force on Wall Street _ and the latest front in the nation’s cultural schism.

Several U.S. senators introduced a new bill Monday called the “Urgently Feeding America’s Babies Act,” which would direct President Joe Biden and his administration to invoke the Defense Production Act in response to the ongoing baby formula shortage.

Signs of Republican resistance are mounting over a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine.

The count of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is nearing 1 million, and there's a wealth of data making clear which groups have been hit the hardest.

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic.

America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borrowing costs.

Following a pressure campaign from outsiders, more companies are disclosing the racial breakdowns of their boards of directors.

A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has visited Warsaw to express gratitude to Poles for their humanitarian and other support for Ukraine.

Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he’s ready for the U.S. to get back to lunar exploration.

Pebble Beach is now the third anchor site for the U.S. Open.

President Joe Biden is highlighting how last year’s infrastructure bill can improve shipping and help resolve the country’s supply chain debacles that have contributed to inflation at a 40-year high.

President Joe Biden says he's not yet convinced that Russia’s announcement that it will scale back military operations near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv will lead to a fundamental shift in the war.

The Pentagon says it may have to go back to Congress for additional money to support Ukraine’s battle to defeat Russia’s invasion.

The run by tiny Saint Peter's to the cusp of the Final Four has been riveting.

U_S_ officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a “genocide.”.

Coaching longevity is a rarity in college basketball’s top tier.

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has received the honor of being one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2022, the company said in a news release Wednesday.

A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover of their country.

Katerina Fedotov, who was born and raised in Ukraine, is a fourth-generation ballet performer. She shares her American dream with her parents, who in 2000 founded Russian Ballet Orlando.

Despite having 1,485 registered voters, only 493 people cast a ballot in the election.

As lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, they are finding common ground in support of Ukraine.

Russia is revving up its sophisticated propaganda machine as its military advances in Ukraine.

A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures.

The “Uprooting Prejudice: Faces of Change” exhibit is free to the general public and will be open until April 29.

More than five years after a Black congregation merged with a mostly white North Carolina church, members of The Refuge Church continue striving to be an example of unity and racial reconciliation in the American South.

Steps from the St. Augustine beach shoreline, the nearly 100-year-old building is living history. A history that helped change America forever.

The NFL is helping wave the flag for flag football to become part of the Olympics.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Russia has arrayed enough military forces along Ukraine's borders to provide Moscow with a complete range of options, including moves short of a full-scale invasion.

Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the U.S. after halting its use of the aircraft there over concerns new 5G services in America could interfere with airplane technology that measures altitude.

Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle is ending after a federal judge signed a plan that slashes the U.S. territory’s public debt load as part of the largest municipal debt restructuring in U.S. history and allows the government to start repaying creditors.

U.S. competition regulators have mounted an effort to tighten enforcement against illegal mergers, in line with President Joe Biden’s mandate for greater scrutiny to big business combinations.

Native American communities have seen more robust news coverage in recent years, in part because of an increase in Indigenous affairs reporting positions at U.S. newsrooms and support from foundations.

The Jan. 6 riot was an insurrection with a 360-degree view.

Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship on the Alabama coast have made a surprising discovery.

A trademark tiff between America’s oldest beer maker and its best-selling beer brand appears to be over before it really began.

Thousands of dogs across the country are in Central Florida competing for America’s top dog. It’s all part of the American Kennel Club National Championship

America’s casinos have won more money this year than ever before, according to figures released Thursday from a national gambling trade association.

Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline.

Several independent websites are joining forces to create a network for news about rural America, hoping to fill a void in areas hit hard by the shrinking media industry of the past two decades.