Australian opal miners fear for industry as land converted to national park

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How do we build an inclusive world? Hear intimate and in-depth conversations with changemakers on disability rights, youth mental health advocacy, prison reform, grassroots activism, and more. First-hand stories about activism, change, and courage from people who are changing the world: from how a teen mom became the Planned Parenthood CEO, to NBA player Kevin Love on mental health in professional sports, to Beetlejuice actress Geena Davis on Hollywood’s role in women’s rights. All About Change is hosted by Jay Ruderman, whose life’s work is seeking social justice and inclusion for people with disabilities worldwide. Join Jay as he interviews iconic guests who have gone through adversity and harnessed their experiences to better the world. This show ultimately offers the message of hope that we need to keep going. All About Change is a production of the Ruderman Family Foundation. Listen and subscribe to All About Change wherever you get podcasts. https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/

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Opal miners in Queensland, Australia are concerned about the future of their industry as the land they source the gemstones from is being converted into a national park. The Queensland government bought the land with a 21-million-Australian-dollar anonymous donation. For the past thirty years, Robbey Vinnicombe has been looking through red dirt in search of a rare treasure. A gemstone that can only be found in this remote part of Queensland: the Boulder Opal. “It’s the most beautiful gemstone on earth. I’ll be here for the rest of my life if I can,” says Vinnicombe. But Vinnicombe and many other miners who work here hold great concerns for the future of their industry. Vergemont, the former cattle station on which Vinnicombe holds mining leases, will soon be transformed into a national park. “There’s dozens and dozens and dozens of stakeholders here that have been here a lifetime and generations, you know what I mean? And we’re just completely ignored, as though we don’t even exist,” says Vinnicombe. The state government argues they acquired the land to preserve crucial habitats for vulnerable and endangered species. “It’s significant for the biodiversity that’s in that part of the world,” says Geoff Penton of Desert Channels Queensland. Existing mining operations can carry on working in some of the property’s locations but for miners with leases that are close to expiring, the future is less certain. The Queensland Department of Resources says it will work with the industry to help prospectors. “We’re all small companies. We’re family companies. We’ve invested our life in this,” explains miner and shop owner James Evert. Each year, the industry brings in 14 million Australian dollars to the area. “I can't see the Winton Shire without Opal in it. It’s so important to us. What we need is certainty for this industry,” says Winton Mayor Cathy White. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

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Cats won’t be banned in Scotland, the government confirms 2:19

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The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats. First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded felines a threat to Scotland's wildlife and suggested "containment" measures be considered to reduce the damage. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission said cats kill at least 700 million birds and other animals each year in the U.K. It advised the government to consider a range of measures, including keeping domestic cats indoors or on leashes, to protect endangered species such as Scottish wildcats. The report said "cat containment" measures could also include "restrictions on introducing cats to households in vulnerable areas"—interpreted by some as effectively a ban. The Scottish government said it would "fully consider" the recommendations. In a nation of animal lovers, the suggestions spawned alarming headlines. The Daily Mail reported: "Fury as households in Scotland could be banned from getting a pet cat." The Scottish Daily Express branded the idea a "madcap scheme." Swinney, who heads Scotland's semi-autonomous Edinburgh-based government, spoke to journalists to defend the administration's pro-feline credentials. "Let me just clear this up today," he said. "The government's not going to be banning cats or restricting cats. We've no intention of doing so and we will not be doing it." Cats Protection, the U.K.'s biggest cat charity, gave the idea of draconian containment measures short shrift, saying, "Pragmatic solutions like keeping cats indoors at dawn and dusk can balance the needs of domestic cats and wild animals." "Scotland is a nation of cat lovers," said Alice Palombo, the charity's advocacy and government relations officer for Scotland, with almost a quarter of households owning a feline pet. "Cats are great pets for all sorts of reasons, whether it's providing companionship for elderly people or those living alone, comfort for people with health conditions or helping children learn important lessons in caring for others," she said. "We believe everyone who is able to care for a cat should be able to enjoy these benefits." This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Amazon to pay nearly $4M to settle lawsuit alleging it took tips from drivers 2:29

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Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said in February. The settlement came four years after Amazon forked over $61.7 million to resolve a complaint the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought over similar accusations. In 2022, the office of DC's attorney general at the time followed up with a lawsuit alleging Amazon violated the District’s consumer protection laws by misleading residents about how tips paid digitally were used. According to the lawsuit, the affected drivers were part of Amazon’s Flex business, which allows people to deliver Amazon packages with their own cars. DC’s lawsuit said that after launching the program in 2015, the company represented to consumers that all tips added during check-out for Amazon Flex orders would go to drivers. But both the District and the FTC alleged that Amazon changed its payment model in late 2016 to lower its costs but did not disclose the switch to either customers or drivers. In particular, the FTC's previous complaint alleged the company algorithmically reduced its own wages for drivers in different locations using data it collected about average tips in a specific area. Amazon then used the tips to make up the difference between its new base pay and the $18-25 per hour it had promised drivers, the complaint said. The FTC said Amazon didn’t stop taking the tips until 2019, when the company found out about the agency's investigation into the issue. Amazon has denied the allegations and did not admit to wrongdoing as part of the settlement announced in February. “Like any successful program, Amazon Flex has evolved over time, and this lawsuit relates to a practice we changed more than five years ago,” Amazon spokesperson Steve Kelly said in a statement. Under the terms of the settlement, the company will pay $2.45 million in penalties plus $1.5 million in legal fees. It must also disclose on its website and app how tips impact driver earnings. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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‘Back to plastic’: Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones ‘don’t work’ 2:25

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President Donald Trump said he is banning the federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last very long. Instead, he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic. "It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws," Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encourage paper straws and restrict plastic ones. The order directs federal agencies to stop buying paper straws "and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings." The move by Trump—who has long railed against paper straws and whose 2019 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10—targets a Biden administration policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastics, including straws, from food service operations, events and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035. Several U.S. states and cities have banned plastic straws, and some restaurants no longer automatically give them to customers. But plastic straws are only a small part of the problem. The environment is littered with single-use plastic food and beverage containers—water bottles, takeout containers, coffee lids, shopping bags and more. Around the world, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters the ocean every minute from a range of sources, including plastic bags, toothbrushes, bottles, food packaging and more, experts say. As those materials break down in the environment, microplastics are turning up in the stomachs of fish, birds and other animals, as well as in human blood and tissue. And plastic manufacturing releases planet-warming greenhouse gases and other dangerous pollutants. More than 90% of plastic products are derived from fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas, and millions of tons of plastic waste enter the world's oceans every year. Many multinational companies have moved away from plastic straws and have made reducing plastic use across their operations central to their sustainability goals, making Trump's decision an outlier in the business world. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Bun run: Copenhageners run to the best cakes in town 2:11

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In Denmark, most seasons have a bread or cake associated with them, but no other season's cakes have as much hype around them as those baked to mark the carnival tradition Fastelavn. This year, Copenhageners are taking tastings to the extreme—literally running to the best buns in town. The excitement surrounding its traditional cake, the cream- and jam-filled fastelavnsboller—meaning Fastelavn bun—has only grown in recent years. It's no longer just available on Fastelavn Sunday, but in bakery windows from early January. Bakers across Copenhagen and Denmark's other large cities offer the buns, some creating the most lavish pastries possible. Tipster, a Danish food and beverage company, organized what’s claimed to be the world’s first "Fastelavn Bun Run." “We were doing a selection of ten bakeries that we really, really like and that are doing ten Fastelavns buns that we really think that everybody should try. By coincidence, we did the route between the different bakeries, and the route was exactly 21.1 km, which is the exact distance of a half marathon,” explains Tipster founder Simon Evers. “It was basically just written in the sky that this has to go into a half marathon." It’s a 21.1-kilometer half marathon visiting ten of the city’s top bakeries and sampling a fastelavnsboller at each. In just one day, 3,723 people signed up, although only 100 lucky applicants were allowed to take part. Evers says almost 8,000 people applied in all. The half marathon starts at Flere Fugle, a bakery in Copenhagen’s Northwest district. "This is the best chance that you can get visiting some of the best bakeries in the world and running with 100 people who are just super psyched about it,” he smiles. “We taste everything from like an old school fastelavns bun to a semlor, which is basically what they do in Sweden. And then we have a lot of modern interpretations of the fastelavns bun as well." This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Boston first-time homeowner describes 30-year pursuit of a dream that’s out of reach for many others 2:19

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Two years after buying her first home at age 62, Julieta Lopez still wells up with tears as she recounts her 30-year struggle for homeownership in Boston. “I can’t believe... I wake up, I’m like, ‘this is mine. I did it. I finally did it,’” she says, her voice breaking with emotion. “These are happy tears because I did it.” That emotional milestone marks the end of a journey that required overcoming major personal setbacks and a housing market that increasingly puts the American dream out of reach for many first-time buyers. "It's taken me 30 years. I've gone through illness, financial woes, but it was worth it," Lopez says. "Get you a piece of the pie. Build your generational wealth. Be your own landlord." Now almost 64, Lopez secured her home by tapping into resources for first-time homebuyers. "I was able to buy it through my savings, a program through the city of Boston and a few other first-time home-buying programs," she explains. The financial benefits are clear. "My mortgage is $2,100 a month," Lopez says. "My rent was $2,600 and it was going to go up to $2,900." Brian McCabe is a professor of sociology who also teaches a course titled “Understanding Affordable Housing Policy” at Georgetown University. He confirms the growing challenges facing those aspiring to become first-time homeowners. "Homeownership remains really central to the American dream," he says. "It's one of the few issues where everybody, almost everybody agrees–people want to own their own homes." McCabe, however, notes a troubling trend: "Those that already have wealth, often already have family or generational wealth, are able to use that to enter the housing market. And so we're seeing inequality probably deepening over the long term when people aren't able to enter into homeownership." For Lopez, homeownership represents more than financial savings. "It makes me feel empowered," she says. "It made me feel like I got a part of the American dream." This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US Copyright Office 2:22

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Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields. The nation's copyright office, which sits in the Library of Congress and is not part of the executive branch, receives about half a million copyright applications per year covering millions of individual works. It has increasingly been asked to register works that are AI-generated. And while many of those decisions are made on a case-by-case basis, the report issued clarifies the office's approach as one based on what the top U.S. copyright official describes as the "centrality of human creativity" in authoring a work that warrants copyright protections. "Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection," said a statement from Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who directs the office. An AI-assisted work could be copyrightable if an artist's handiwork is perceptible. A human adapting an AI-generated output with "creative arrangements or modifications" could also make it fall under copyright protections. The report follows a review that began in 2023 and fielded opinions from thousands of people that ranged from AI developers to actors and country singers. It shows the copyright office will continue to reject copyright claims for fully machine-generated content. A person simply prompting a chatbot or AI image generator to produce a work doesn't give that person the ability to copyright that work, according to the report. "Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine ... would undermine rather than further the constitutional goals of copyright," Perlmutter said. Not addressed in the report is the debate over copyrighted human works that are being pulled from the internet and other sources and ingested to train AI systems, often without permission or compensation. Visual artists, authors, news organizations and others have sued AI companies for copyright theft in cases that are still working through U.S. courts. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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University in Perth tackles shortage of sonographers in Western Australia 2:17

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A new program at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth is aiming to tackle an ongoing shortage of sonographers in Western Australia. The specialized medical sonography course is the first of its kind in the state, but the industry remains worried about the current gap in workforce numbers, which is expected to increase. Students take part in the new medical sonography course created at Edith Cowan University and no time is wasted to get them industry-ready. “I like how hands-on it is, like, even straight off the bat from first year we get to, like, start practicing and doing, like, actual practical hands-on work,” says student Sage Matys. The course lasts four years and provides accreditation. It started in 2024 aiming to increase the number of people working in the industry. According to Edith Cowan University, Western Australia would ideally need 30 to 35 sonographers every year just to meet demand, but it’s far from the case. This lack of sonographers is something the industry has warned about for many years. “There were over 11 million Medicare-funded ultrasound services last year and that's been growing in demand at around seven percent year on year for the last decade. And the workforce just hasn't been keeping up,” says Tony Coles of the Australasian Sonographers Association. Shani Watts is a senior lecturer at ECU and she also works for BreastScreen WA. Watts is worried about patients not being able to be attended to straight away and says it can sometimes take up to three weeks for a patient to get a breast ultrasound. She says other scans, like for knees, can take up to two months. “It's unacceptable really for some of the wait times that people have to be waiting, particularly if you've got something that you're particularly worried about, for instance, with breast screen if you've got a concern about a lump, you want something done fairly soon.” The Federal Government stated it is actively working to resolve workforce shortages in the allied health sector. ECU hopes its new course will help meet the state's demand starting in 2028. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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WWE continues to expand its social media reach with Royal Rumble 2:26

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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) continues to expand its social media reach, as its successful blend of wrestling and celebrities took center stage at its Royal Rumble premium live event. The sports entertainment company said that this year's Royal Rumble set a record for most social video views in the event's history. An encounter in the ring between wrestler Bron Breakker and popular streamer IShowSpeed became the most-viewed Royal Rumble social post of all time, with more than 300 million social views in less than 24 hours. IShowSpeed, who has appeared at other WWE events, including WrestleMania 40, has more than 35 million subscribers on YouTube. Logan Paul, who also participated in the men's Royal Rumble match, has more than 23 million YouTube subscribers. WWE currently has more than 100 million subscribers on YouTube. That easily dwarfs the National Football League, which has nearly 14 million subscribers; the National Basketball Association, with more than 22 million subscribers; Major League Baseball, with 6 million subscribers; and the National Hockey League, which has close to 3 million subscribers. Merchandise sales, which were in partnership with Fanatics, soared more than 95% compared with the prior Royal Rumble record set last year. And sponsorship revenue jumped 94% compared with the previous record set in 2024. The premium live event, which was broadcast on Peacock in the United States on February 1, set a Royal Rumble viewership record, up almost 14% domestically from a year earlier. This year's Royal Rumble, which saw Jey Uso win the men's namesake match and Charlotte Flair win the women's, was held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as part of a partnership with Indiana Sports Corp. Aside from the Royal Rumble, the deal, announced last year, will bring WWE's SummerSlam and WrestleMania to Indianapolis in future years. WWE, which is part of TKO Group Holdings, previously said that WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble have a combined economic impact of more than $300 million. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Paradox Museum Miami takes guests through a 21st-century funhouse of mind-boggling illusions 2:26

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Art gallery, science exhibition, and 21st-century funhouse, Paradox Museum Miami takes guests on a tour through optical illusions and other enigmas geared for the age of Instagram. The 11,000 square-foot (1,000 square-meter) museum, housed in Miami’s trendy Wynwood arts and entertainment district, features more than 70 exhibits that challenge the imagination, executive director Samantha Impellizeri said. “It ebbs and flows between periods of highly tactile and interactive exhibit pieces and fully immersive photo opportunities where you yourself become the paradox and walk away with some really fun and unique social media content," Impellizeri said. Paradox Museum has more than a dozen locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. “Each paradox is uniquely tied to its community,” Impellizeri said. “So as you walk throughout the experience, you’ll notice different themes and art installations that directly reflect not only Miami but the Wynwood community specifically." Many of the exhibits at Paradox Museum harken back to old carnival funhouses, like the mirror maze, the spinning tunnel and the upside-down room. The difference is that Paradox Museum explains the math and science behind each illusion. “We’re a top field trip destination for pre-K all the way up through college students,” Impellizeri said. “We have a full curriculum of educational activities to do before, during and after the visit to expand upon that educational scope.” Like any museum, Paradox Museum plans to update its exhibits to keep visitors coming back. “We’re not going to be the same space in a year to three years from now," Impellizeri said. "We’ll be engaging with new technology and layering additional discoveries on top of it.” Paradox Museum is part of a large trend of immersive art experiences opening all over the world this past decade. “Immersive experiences around the world are increasing in popularity and popping up more and more,” Impellizeri said. ”And it’s exciting to see that this trend of interactive and immersive experiences taking off that allows guests to become part of the art, part of the installation itself." This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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UK’s biggest water company seeks court approval for emergency funding to prevent nationalization 2:09

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Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in and around London, is seeking court approval for up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) of emergency funding to prevent the cash-strapped company from falling into government administration. The High Court in London began a four-day hearing on the financing package, with Thames Water facing off against smaller creditors who complain that the deal is too expensive and favors bigger investors. Creditors holding about 90% of the company’s debt have already backed the deal. Without the funding, Thames Water will run out of money in March, which could force the government to temporarily nationalize the company. Both the government and Thames Water say water will continue flowing to customers regardless of what happens. Thames Water, which has about 17 billion pounds ($20.9 billion) of debt and has been repeatedly cited for illegal sewage spills, is at the center of a nationwide backlash over rising water bills as Britain seeks to modernize its water and sewage systems to cope with climate change and a growing population. The company has been the focus of criticism from consumers and politicians who say Thames Water created its own problems by paying overly generous dividends to investors and high salaries to executives while failing to invest in pipelines, pumps and reservoirs. Company executives say the fault lies with regulators, who kept bills too low for too long, starving the company of the cash it needed to fund improvements. Ofwat, which regulates water companies in England and Wales, in December approved a 35% increase in Thames Water’s consumer charges over the next five years. The company argued that bills needed to rise by 53% in order to finance needed projects and provide the financial returns necessary to attract investors. The company had until Feb. 18 to appeal the decision. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Global tech stocks rattled by DeepSeek a new Chinese AI chatbot 2:29

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Huge U.S. technology companies that soared amid an artificial intelligence frenzy last year are getting pummeled after a little-talked-about Chinese startup demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals versions from OpenAI and Google, and for a fraction of the cost. An AI company called DeepSeek said it has developed a large language model that can compete with U.S. giants. It’s a new kind of chatbot that rivals some of the leading models from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. DeepSeek seemed to come out of nowhere, barely noticed in tech circles until mid-January. But experts say it's not entirely a surprise. "It was clear that they were one of the leading shops in China, but is a very small outfit that basically achieved some remarkable AI capabilities. And also another thing that's remarkable about it is that they did so with very much less resources than some of the big tech firms. And so that's why it's caused a big of an upset because people thought that it wouldn't really be possible to build such a good AI unless you were big tech. And so it has changed people's perception on the industry a little bit," says Carsten Jung, Head of Macroeconomics and AI at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). DeepSeek’s app had already hit the top of Apple’s App Store chart, and analysts said such a feat would be particularly impressive, given how the U.S. government has restricted Chinese access to top AI chips. Skepticism, though, remains about how much DeepSeek’s announcement will ultimately shake the AI supply chain, from the chip makers making semiconductors to the utilities hoping to electrify vast data centers running those chips. "AI is becoming cheaper. It is becoming better. And progress is continuing to increase… But DeepSeek definitely is now in the game and people will use it, but not for everything," says Jung. DeepSeek’s disruption also rocked AI-related stocks worldwide. In Amsterdam, Dutch chipmaking equipment company ASML slid 7%. In Tokyo, Japan’s Softbank Group Corp. lost 8.3% to pull closer to where it was before leaping on an announcement trumpeted by the White House that it was joining a partnership to invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants. Utilities say it’s not fair 2:26

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Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a long and expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else. It's raising questions over whether diverting power to higher-paying customers will leave enough for others and whether it's fair to excuse big power users from paying for the grid. Federal regulators are trying to figure out what to do about it, and quickly. Front and center is the data center that Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is building next to the Susquehanna nuclear plant in eastern Pennsylvania. The arrangement between the plant's owners and AWS is the first such to come before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). For now, FERC has rejected a deal that could eventually send 960 megawatts—about 40% of the plant's capacity—to the data center. That's enough to power more than a half-million homes. Big Tech also wants to stand up their centers fast. But tech's voracious appetite for energy comes at a time when the power supply is already strained by efforts to shift away from planet-warming fossil fuels. Plugging directly into a power plant would take years off their development timelines. The profit potential is one that other nuclear plant operators, in particular, are embracing after years of financial distress and frustration with how they are paid in the broader electricity markets. Many say they have been forced to compete in some markets against a flood of cheap natural gas as well as state-subsidized solar and wind energy. Power plant owners also say the arrangement benefits the wider public, by bypassing the costly buildout of long power lines and leaving more transmission capacity on the grid for everyone else. Susquehanna’s owners say the data center won't be on the grid and shouldn't have to pay to maintain it. But critics contend that the power plant itself is benefiting from taxpayer subsidies and ratepayer-subsidized services, and shouldn't be able to strike deals with private customers that could increase costs for others. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Australian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off a tennis court and on 2:05

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The first person Madison Keys sent a message to after winning the Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title was her mother. "Because," a smiling Keys said, "of course, you have to text Mom first." One of the others the 29-year-old American quickly reached out to was her therapist. Keys credits their conversations over the past 1 1/2 years with helping her in life, generally—understanding herself, discovering what truly matters—but also on a tennis court, whether it comes to accepting that nerves will arrive during a match or deciding she would be okay with never winning a major trophy. Keys said during an interview with The Associated Press that she and her therapist "talked a lot" during this trip overseas, including after a narrow victory over qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the second round. "I called her and said that I was kind of just dealing with some things. And we were able to talk," Keys said. "And then we kind of just continued to text since then." They speak weekly or every other week during the season when possible. "There's also the reality of: Sometimes, I'm like, 'Hey, I need to talk mid-tournament,'" Keys explained. "Sometimes it's even just being able to go back and forth (with) someone that can just kind of provide some support." Keys said she first tried speaking with a sports psychologist when she was around 18 or 19, then tried working with others. "Never really found anyone that I quite connected with and clicked with," she said. "And then, I finally kind of pivoted and went with my current therapist." "The stigma around therapy, in general, not just in sports, I think, is slowly starting to go away. I think that everyone should be in therapy, no matter what. I think it helps," Keys said. "No matter what's going on in your life, you're going to have moments where things are tough, and you need someone to talk to. I think it's very important." This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Dubai’s ceaseless boom is putting strains on its residents 2:31

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Skyscraper-studded Dubai has been on a hot streak for the last five years—and some residents are starting to feel burned. The city-state has seen record-breaking real estate transactions as more and more people come to live there, and its state-owned airline Emirates is booking record earnings. But all that growth comes with strains for the city's population. Traffic feels worse than ever on Dubai’s roads. The price of housing continues to spike even with new real estate projects being announced almost daily. Caught in the middle are both its Emirati citizens and the vast population of foreigners who power its economy—sparking rare public expressions of concern. Under Dubai's current plans, the city aims to have 5.8 million residents by 2040, adding more than half its current estimated population in just 15 years. Since 1980, its population has already soared from around 255,000 to around 3.8 million. Real estate lit the fire in Dubai's growth in 2002 when the desert sheikdom began allowing foreigners to own property. After sharp falls during both the 2008-2009 financial crisis and Dubai's brief coronavirus lockdown, prices have been soaring. Traffic has only intensified with Dubai's new arrivals. For Dubai's autocratic government, overseen by ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, possible solutions to the grinding traffic have ranged from the practical to the fanciful. The government in recent months has repeatedly encouraged companies to allow more remote work options, including in a report released in November that also suggested staggered and flexible working hours. Dubai's road toll system, known as Salik, added gates to charge drivers more and instituted surge pricing at the end of January. Dubai's Metro will also grow beyond its broadly north-south routes in a nearly $5 billion expansion. “In the coming years, residents of Dubai will be able to move around by walking, cycling, its extensive network of roads and bridges, the Metro and its new lines, water taxis, or flying taxis on specific air routes,” Sheikh Mohammed said on X in December. But for now, Dubai keeps attracting more people and more cars—and the traffic jams only get longer. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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Pug Paradise: South African couple create sanctuary for hundreds of pugs 2:12

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A pug rescue center in South Africa has taken in more than 2,500 pugs since opening in 2008, with more pugs needing assistance in the last few years. Pug Rescue is home to over 200 pugs and also has two foster homes in Johannesburg and Cape Town. “So currently we have 208 pugs in our care. They're not all at the rescue center, we do have some foster homes in Johannesburg, and then we also have foster homes in Cape Town. So there are more and more pugs needing assistance in these past few years because we have a major exit of people that are immigrating to various countries. At one stage there was a ban on flying any flat-faced dogs, and right now it is very, very expensive to get your animals overseas. And a lot of the overseas countries also don't allow animals when you rent a property,” says Cheryl Gaw, who works as a pug rescuer after her retirement. There are a number of reasons why pugs find themselves without a home. Gaw says some pugs were rescued from neighbors who had been neglecting them or from owners who were no longer able to afford the expenses of having a pug. Mduduzi Nkonzo, director and senior caregiver at Pug Rescue, explains that some people don’t realize the challenges of raising the pugs and the long-term complications they can come with. “I think the biggest problem with people they don't realize how pugs need veterinary care. They are quite expensive to look after pugs. But people they don't realize that they see cuteness on the pugs and then they just rush to get a pug and then they can't manage to look after the pug because they really have high vet bills, if I can say. Because they've got problems with eyes, they've got problems of backs, they've got problems of ear infections, so it's quite really difficult. They are nice animals, but they are expensive to look after,” he says. The Pug Rescue is reliant on donations and fundraising as this support comes from their followers on social media including international donors. This article was provided by The Associated Press.…

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