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Hydrogen wildcatters are betting big on Kansas to strike it rich
A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen, a fuel that can generate power without adding to climate change.
Finding it in vast quantities would revolutionize the energy transition. But the ...Read more
FTC, Indiana residents pressure state to block hospital merger
Indiana residents and federal officials are urging state health regulators to stop two rival hospitals in Terre Haute from merging. The deal, if approved, would leave residents with a hospital monopoly.
Union Health, a nonprofit whose main hospital is licensed as a 341-bed facility, would buy the county’s only other acute care hospital, the ...Read more
Hundreds are dead after succumbing to Las Vegas' heat. Here are 3 of their stories
LAS VEGAS — Hanging on Judy Reiber’s kitchen wall is a photo of a particularly bad snowstorm that finally convinced her it was time to leave Colorado. What she didn’t know then was that the Nevada heat would kill her.
Reiber is only one of at least 402 people who have died from heat-related illnesses this summer, marking the deadliest ...Read more
Mexico looks past Trump threats with $2.7 billion port expansion
Mexico is looking beyond the incoming Trump administration’s threats of tariffs, betting on a bright future for global merchandise trade no matter what actions its northern neighbor and biggest trading partner takes.
While Donald Trump promises 60% levies on goods imported from China and 20% on the rest of the world, Mexico is making a ...Read more
Australian government drops bill on social media misinformation
The Australian government won’t proceed with legislation that would have forced social media sites to crack down on misinformation on their platforms after failing to win enough cross-party support.
“Based on public statements and engagements with Senators, it is clear that there is no pathway to legislate this proposal through the Senate,�...Read more
Cook County politician told cops, 'I'm an elected official' during DUI arrest
CHICAGO — During her arrest earlier this month for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing a car in Uptown, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele repeatedly told police officers she was an elected official, made crude comments about one of the arresting officers and refused to cooperate with officer requests, ...Read more
Boston Democrat Pressley tells Republicans to keep MLK's name 'out of your mouths' in anti-DEI fight
BOSTON — Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley says a bill that would eliminate federal DEI programs is an “utter disgrace,” demanding Republicans who back the legislation not to quote Martin Luther King, Jr.
If approved, the “Dismantle DEI Act of 2024” would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government and ...Read more
COP29 ends with deal on climate finance after bitter fight
Nearly 200 countries agreed to triple the amount of money available to help developing countries confront rapidly warming temperatures.
But the deal reached at the close of the two-week COP29 summit in Azerbaijan resulted from fractious and at times openly hostile negotiations, producing an agreement that even its supporters may see as ...Read more
Trump's $100,000 Swiss-made watch is a slow seller
Donald Trump is returning to the White House after one of the most remarkable political comebacks in U.S. history. His side hustle as the frontman for a fledgling high-end watch brand, however, is less of a success so far.
The majority of the $100,000 wristwatches endorsed by and featuring the name of the U.S. president-elect have yet to be ...Read more
Who's still without power after the western Washington bomb cyclone
SEATTLE — More than 95,000 customers in the region remained without power Saturday, four days after a deadly bomb cyclone battered Western Washington.
Deadly, easterly winds of up to 74 mph hit Tuesday, leaving more than half a million customers without power, injuring dozens and killing two people.
The storm’s aftermath has left ...Read more
Storm shatters Bay Area rainfall records; region gets a break on Saturday
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sunny skies on Saturday morning gave Bay Area residents a break from the two days of heavy rains that pounded the region, breaking daily rainfall records in cities from Santa Rosa to San Jose.
“We still are going to have rain these next few days, but it’s nothing like what we went through,” said meteorologist Dylan ...Read more
Polish ruling party picks Warsaw mayor for presidential race
Poland’s ruling party chose Warsaw’s mayor as its candidate in next year’s presidential election, as Prime Minister Donald Tusk seeks an ally to help deliver on his legislative agenda.
Rafal Trzaskowski won the primaries among Civic Platform party members with 75% of votes against 25% for his opponent, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, ...Read more
NYC's outdoor dining sheds are about to disappear. Here's why
NEW YORK — The look of the city is about to change dramatically: Under new city regulations, the outdoor dining sheds that have become a distinctive part of the post-COVID landscape must come down by the end of the week.
Restaurants willing to meet new, tougher rules for the setups can put them back up in the spring — but many have chosen ...Read more
'Blanket ban' on renters with criminal histories sparks federal lawsuits
ATLANTA — Two corporate landlords with portfolios of Georgia rental homes are accused of violating fair housing laws through a “blanket ban” on people with criminal histories, according to an Indiana-based housing group.
Federal class action lawsuits filed Wednesday against Progress Residential and Tricon Residential allege the companies ...Read more
Trump picks ex-adviser Brooke Rollins for agriculture chief
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump picked Brooke Rollins as U.S. secretary of agriculture, tapping a member of his first-term White House team and elevating another loyalist to his incoming administration.
Rollins’ commitment to supporting farmers, food self-sufficiency and the restoration of agriculture-dependent American small ...Read more
COP29 ends with deal on climate finance after bitter fight
Nearly 200 countries agreed to triple the amount of money available to help developing countries confront rapidly warming temperatures.
But the deal reached at the close of the two-week COP29 summit in Azerbaijan resulted from fractious and at times openly hostile negotiations, producing an agreement that even its supporters may see as ...Read more
COP29 reaches final stage with $300 billion deal offer
COP29 host Azerbaijan released a final draft of a climate finance deal, calling on rich nations to commit at least $300 billion a year in climate financing to the developing world.
The draft, which came early Sunday morning in Baku, set the stage for a hard-won financing agreement after two weeks of fraught negotiations.
The final funding ...Read more
After years of limbo in LA, 836-pound Bahia Emerald may return to Brazil
LOS ANGELES — For more than 15 years, one of the world's most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald — has been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, its ultimate fate uncertain amid more than a decade of discord, disagreement and courtroom wrangling.
Now, a federal judge has ruled that the smuggled stone ...Read more
Trump chooses ex-aide Brooke Rollins for agriculture chief
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump selected Brooke Rollins, who heads a policy institute created to promote his agenda, as his nominee for U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Rollins’ commitment to supporting farmers, food self-sufficiency and the restoration of agriculture-dependent American small towns “is second to none,” Trump ...Read more
Feds will teach LAUSD students how to stay safe online
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to fight the sexual exploitation of children, federal authorities will teach Los Angeles Unified School District students, staff and parents how to stay safe online.
A memorandum of understanding between the nation's second-largest school district, the U.S. Attorney's Office and Homeland Security Investigations was ...Read more
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