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Christmas tree retailers find lots to like at a Pennsylvania wholesale auction
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country, and there was no shortage of bidders.About 50,000 Christmas trees and enough wreaths, crafts and other seasonal items to fill an airplane hangar were bought and sold by lots and on consignment at the annual two-day event put on at the Buffalo Valley Produce Auction in Mifflinburg.
Buyers from across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic were there to supply garden stores, corner lots and other retail outlets for the coming rush of customers eager to bring home a tree — most... Read More
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments, showed officials how to protect polling places from attacks and gamed out how to respond to the unexpected, such as an Election Day bomb threat or sudden disinformation campaignThe agency was largely absent from that space for elections this month in several states, a potential preview for the 2026 midterms. Shifting priorities of the Trump administration, staffing reductions and... Read More
Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan
GENEVA (AP) — Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a U.S.-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.The head of the Ukrainian delegation, presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak, wrote on social media said that they held their first meeting with the national security advisers from the U.K., France and Germany. The allies have rallied around Kyiv in a push to revise the plan, which is seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco... Read More
Slovenians vote in a referendum on assisted dying for terminally ill patients
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians on Sunday voted in a referendum on a law to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives.Parliament in the small European Union nation passed the law in July after voters had backed it in a nonbinding referendum last year. Opponents, however, have forced another vote on the divisive issue after collecting more than 40,000 signatures.
The law envisages that mentally competent people, who have no chance of recovery or are facing unbearable pain have the right to assisted dying. This means that patients administer the lethal... Read More
US ski star Shiffrin leads 2nd World Cup slalom of Olympic season after opening run
GURGL, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin and Lara Colturi went 1-2 again in the opening run of the second women’s World Cup slalom of the Olympic season Sunday, replicating the result from last week’s race.Racing in sunny but cold conditions on a course set by her coach Janne Haarala, Shiffrin finished 0.31 seconds ahead of the Italian teenager, who competes for Albania.
Swiss racers Camille Rast, who is the slalom world champion, and Wendy Holdener shared third place and needed to make up 0.48 on the American later Sunday.
Lena Duerr in fifth was the... Read More
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