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Carl Goodwin, manager of Seattle Sausage, takes a water break while selling bottles of water to baseball fans leaving the Mariners game on a warm Wednesday afternoon, June 23, 2021, in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle. Forecasts say extreme heat will roast the Puget Sound region from Saturday through Monday. (Amanda Snyder/The Seattle Times via AP)
Portland records hottest day ever amid Northwest scorcher

By Sara Cline And Rebecca Boone Jun. 25, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

Molly Yeh poses for a portrait at SOBE WFF® on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
Chef Molly Yeh's lockdown life full of recipes, baby firsts

By Kelli Kennedy Jun. 07, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Coffee pickers gather outside the home of Alvina Jeronimo Perez and her husband Anibal Garcia to buy fried chicken and french fries from the couple in Tizamarte, Guatemala, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Residents eke out a living with subsistence agriculture to feed their families and harvesting coffee for their cash needs from school fees to medicine. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids

By Sonia Pérez D. Jun. 03, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

A retiree receives the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health worker inside a tent, during a mass vaccination program for the elderly at the clinic outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, May 24, 2021. South Africa is in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible with signs the virus may be surging again. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa starts jabs for elderly as virus surge looms

By Andrew Meldrum May. 28, 2021 04:16 AM EDT

A mouse sits on top of hay stored by Bruce Barnes on his family's farm near Bogan Gate, Australia on May 20, 2021. Vast tracts of land in Australia's New South Wales state are being threatened by a mouse plague that the state government describes as "absolutely unprecedented." Just how many millions of rodents have infested the agricultural plains across the state is guesswork. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Plague of ravenous, destructive mice tormenting Australians

By Rod Mcguirk May. 27, 2021 11:32 PM EDT

Protesting farmers burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Delhi- Haryana border, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Farmers are marking six months of their agitation against the new agricultural laws they say will leave them poorer and at the mercy of big corporations. The government has billed the laws as necessary to modernize agriculture. Multiple rounds of talks between the government and farmers have failed to end the stalemate. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)
Indian farmers mark 6 months of protest with no end in sight

Rishabh Raj Jain May. 26, 2021 07:51 AM EDT

A car is driven past a billboard showing machines harvesting cotton outside a Huafu Fashion plant, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China's cotton industry, but it's unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China's Xinjiang

By Ken Moritsugu And Dake Kang May. 25, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

CORRECTS YEARS OF FARMING TO 43 INSTEAD OF 45 - Morey Hill stands near a barn on his farm, Friday, April 16, 2021, near Madrid, Iowa. In 43 years of farming, Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but not until last year had he endured it all in one season. Now, as Hill and other farmers begin planting the nation's dominant crops of corn and soybeans, they're dealing with another shift _ the strongest prices in years and a chance to put much of the recent stomach-churning uncertainty behind them. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
US farmers finally see better outlook after 2 odd years

By Scott Mcfetridge Apr. 27, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

This cover image released by shows "The Chef’s Garden: A Modern Guide to Common and Unusual Vegetables — with Recipes" by Farmer Lee Jones. The 640-page handsome book is equal parts vegetable reference bible, family memoir and recipe collection. (Avery via AP)
A farmer to chefs reveals his deep vegetable knowledge

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 21, 2021 10:17 AM EDT

Bankers report strong growth in rural parts of 10 states

Apr. 15, 2021 02:45 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Strong economic growth continues in rural parts of 10 Western and Plains states even though business continues to lag behind the level it...

Eugenia Alexander is planning to build a creative green safe space for the community serving the city of East Saint Louis at the intersection of Trendley Ave. and 11th St. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
Urban farmers work to bring fresh food to southwest Illinois

By Deasia Paige Apr. 11, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants wait for their turn at the secondary processing station inside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March. It's the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's hardline immigration tactics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs

By Elliot Spagat Apr. 09, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 1, 2021 file photo Gov. Greg Gianforte receives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacist Drew Garton at a Walgreen's pharmacy, in Helena, Mont. Gianforte has tested positive for COVID-19. The Republican governor's office released a statement Monday, April 5, 2021 evening saying that after experiencing mild symptoms a day earlier, Gianforte was tested "out of an abundance of caution." The first lady, who has not exhibited symptoms, has been tested and is awaiting her results. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)
The Latest: Montana governor tests positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 02:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Hispanic farm workers wait in line to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Mecca, Calif. Volunteers in California are working to ensure that the thousands of farmworkers who toil in the fields every day are receiving coronavirus vaccinations. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
California targets critical farmworkers for vaccinations

By Olga R. Rodriguez And Daisy Nguyen Apr. 03, 2021 11:14 AM EDT

In this March 24, 2021 photo, a farmworker poses for the camera holding a bucket of harvested tomatoes at a farm in Delray Beach, Fla. Many U.S. health centers that serve agricultural workers across the nation are receiving COVID-19 vaccine directly from the federal government in a program created by the Biden administration. But in some states, farmworkers are not yet in the priority groups authorized to receive the shots. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)
Groups rush to get Florida farmworkers vaccinated

By Adriana Gomez Licon Apr. 01, 2021 10:09 AM EDT

People pass next of an exchange shop which seen close amid a crackdown on some exchange shops by authorities around the country that the blame for inciting the crisis, at Beirut's commercial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. More than half the population now lives in poverty, while an intractable political crisis heralds further collapse and Lebanese are gripped by fear for the future. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese are gripped by worry as economic meltdown speeds up

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 19, 2021 02:07 AM EDT

Mississippi legislators chop pecan bill from to-do list

Mar. 15, 2021 02:30 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Critics had said it was nutty for Mississippi legislators to consider pecan harvesting bills during a year with big issues that required...

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2006 file photo, an image of Tara Grinstead is displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. Georgia's highest court opened a door Monday, March 15, 2021, for taxpayer funds to help cover the legal defense of Ryan Duke, who is awaiting trial for the 2005 slaying of the high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor, File)
Court: Defendant in teacher slaying has route to state funds

By Russ Bynum Mar. 15, 2021 11:48 AM EDT

Liz Pace poses with a photo of her grandfather Worthen Jackson, a caretaker of the Capitol Reef Orchards over 50 years ago, on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Capitol Reef National Park, in Fruita, Utah. Pace, came to Capitol Reef National Park orchards to discuss a proposed orchard rehabilitation plan. (K. Sophie Will/The Spectrum via AP)
Capitol Reef wants to revive orchards as visitors increase

K. Sophie Will Mar. 13, 2021 08:00 AM EST

FILE - In this May 12, 2020, file photo, farmworkers harvest beans during the coronavirus outbreak in Homestead, Fla. Many U.S. health centers that serve agricultural workers across the nation are receiving COVID-19 vaccine directly from the federal government in a program created by the Biden administration. But in some states, farmworkers are not yet in the priority groups authorized to receive the shots. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Clinics wait to vaccinate farmworkers: 'Our hands are tied'

By Carla K. Johnson Mar. 10, 2021 12:02 PM EST