17+ hour, 21+ min ago   (717+ words) Biomass power, predominantly generated by burning wood, is growing globally as countries accelerate their transition to use cleaner energy. “The biomass industry has become a new driver of deforestation in Indonesia,” said Timer Manurung, director of Indonesia-based organization Auriga Nusantara,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) Newser Alaska Drops Voter Misconduct Cases Over a Checked Box Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (240+ words) The central bank will close out its two-day meeting on Wednesday and could raise its benchmark interest rate in an effort to tame stubbornly high inflation. Wall Street will also get an update Wednesday on U.S. retail sales for August. That…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (367+ words) A pastor lead off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the North Carolina Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow "integrity and honesty"... Convicted Sex Offender Leads Prayer at GOP Candidate Rally A pastor…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (297+ words) A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the "Hog Trail Murders" in the 1990s was put to death Thursday, becoming the state's... Florida Executes Man Convicted of Killing, Suspected in Others A…...

4+ day ago   (216+ words) A Wall Street Journal exclusive won't go over well at the Pentagon. The newspaper reports that Iran is once again building ballistic missiles, relying on stockpiled parts... WSJ: Iran Is Building Ballistic Missiles Again A Wall Street Journal exclusive won't…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (429+ words) An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday. The Israeli military said the attack killed a militant. Separately, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (672+ words) Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho, three former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were convicted of inciting subversion and face up to 10 years in prison. Lee and Chow pleaded not…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (423+ words) South Korea's National Intelligence Service said it is trying to determine if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has an older son while reaffirming its assessment that his daughter... South Korea Is Digging Into Kim's Progeny South Korea's National Intelligence…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (258+ words) Newser Voices on Far Right Victory Include an Auschwitz Survivor Eva Umlauf survived Auschwitz as a toddler. Eight decades later, she says she's stunned by what she's seeing in Germany. The 82-year-old doctor and psychotherapist, who heads the International Auschwitz…...