
LA firefighters rely on ax, luck to free Woods from crash
ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) ??" With short, sure strokes of a flathead ax, firefighter Cole Gomoll methodically chopped along the edge of the SUV's broken windshield as golf icon Tiger Woods ??" tangled up in his seatbelt and covered in a sheet to avoid shards of glass ??" waited in shock inside the mangled wreck. When Gomoll had cut a long, continuous line to the end of the glass, he and another Los Angeles County firefighter peeled back the windshield. The 6-lb (2. 7-kilogram), ax and...
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Trump the dominant force at conservative conference
WASHINGTON (AP) ??" A conference dedicated to the future of the conservative movement turned into an ode to Donald Trump as speakers declared their fealty to the former president and attendees posed for selfies with a golden statue of his likeness. As the Republican Party grapples with deep divisions over the extent to which it should embrace Trump after losing the White House and both chambers of Congress, those gathered at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday made to...
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UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough
The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new United Nations report finds. So the U. N. 's climate chief is telling nations to go back and try harder. Most countries ??" especially top carbon polluters China, United States and India ??" missed the Dec. 31 deadline for submitting official emission-cutting targets for November's climate negotiations in Scotland. Friday's...
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