Hallie Golden
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Hallie Golden
@halliegolden.bsky.social
Late national reporter for the AP (Seattle) • Former freelancer for
The Guardian and The New York Times • Tips welcome: hgolden@ap.org
apnews.com/article/clim... runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better
Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can pile ...
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May 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
apnews.com/article/army... soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest
Female soldier becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest
A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event over the weekend and came in 14th overall.
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April 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Spent the week reporting on the wildfires. Here's one of the stories I was a part of: apnews.com/article/sout...
Californians scrambled to evacuate dogs, cats, horses, even pigs as LA flames closed in
Animal owners in Los Angeles have scrambled to get themselves and their beloved companions out of the way of fast-moving wildfires this week that have incinerated whole neighborhoods.
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January 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year.
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Running a marathon a day in 2024, she has a world record within her grasp
Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne feels she has done all it takes to become the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year.
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December 31, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Reposted by Hallie Golden
As the planet warms, insurance companies are dropping homeowners in communities they deem too dangerous because of wildfires, hurricanes and other threats. Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public. nyti.ms/41EOpNc
December 18, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69. apnews.com/article/debb...
Eminem's mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper's lyrics, dies at age 69
Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his song lyrics, has died. She was 69.
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December 4, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by Hallie Golden
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November 25, 2024 at 9:55 PM

An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says apnews.com/article/un-k...
An average of 140 women and girls were killed by a partner or relative per day in 2023, the UN says
Two U.N. agencies say an average of 140 women and girls were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:14 AM
In a board game, climate experts work to save the world, which diplomats at COP29 try in real life apnews.com/article/clim...
Here's what happened when experts at COP29 played a climate change board game
While diplomats negotiated at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, climate experts played a board game where players are supposed to work together to combat global warming.
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November 22, 2024 at 10:43 PM