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Here are the worst areas for air pollution in DC, according to satellite imagery 03/08/2024 02:20pm • Air quality is often measured near the surface using handheld monitors or devices run by state agencies or the Environmental Protection Agency. Now researchers are using satellite images to quickly identify pollution problems that cause health issues. "Satellite data provides a first look at w Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Transcript of President Joe Biden���s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden���s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, I� Ex-police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says 03/08/2024 12:58pm • A former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, the Justice Department said. Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, is facing up to 40 years in pr Audi seals full takeover of Sauber ahead of becoming Formula 1 constructor in 2026 03/08/2024 11:02am • INGOLSTADT, Germany (AP) ��� German automaker Audi said Friday it has reached an agreement for a full takeover of the Sauber team ahead of its entry as a full Formula 1 constructor in 2026. Audi said Sauber's current majority shareholder Islero Investments backed Audi's plans for a full takeover of Germany's top prosecutor takes over Tesla fire investigation, suspecting terrorism 03/08/2024 09:20am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Berlin. A spokeswoman said there is an initial suspicion that a terrorist organization may have been involved in the attack. In such cases China trumpets rising car exports to Russia as its envoy holds talks in Ukraine 03/08/2024 04:59am • BEIJING (AP) ��� In Beijing and Kyiv, the divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, his boss, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, trumpeted a sharp rise in China-Russia trade ��� which the West sees as How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare 03/08/2024 01:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Most of America ���springs forward��� Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your body clock out of whack ��� whi Kyoto's picturesque geisha district fights back against over-tourism with keep-out signs 03/07/2024 11:38pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s ancient capital of Kyoto, long a popular destination for tourists, is closing off some private-property alleys in its famous geisha district because of complaints about misbehaving visitors. Tourists crowd the narrow, quaint streets of the area called Gion, often following t What caused the fire at the Eastern Market Metro station? 03/07/2024 10:06pm • Metro says it's still working to identify what caused a part on a railcar to come loose, leading to a fire starting under the train and smoke filling up the Eastern Market station last month. "Usually, probable causes of incidents are identified in the first few hours after an incident," Jayme Jo Transit crime is back as a top concern in some US cities, and political leaders have taken notice 03/07/2024 09:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fear of crime on subways and buses is back as a top concern in some U.S. cities, and so are efforts to persuade public officials to take the issue seriously. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she would task 750 members of the National Guard with helping patrol the nation��� United Airlines plane makes a safe emergency landing in LA after losing a tire during takeoff 03/07/2024 07:45pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. Video shows the plane losing one of the six tires on its left-side main landing gear assembly seconds after takeoff. The tire land Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and repel widespread gang attacks 03/07/2024 07:40pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Haiti���s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince in a fierce battle for political power. An initial three-day curfew was announced o Lawyers say a trooper charged at a Philadelphia LGBTQ+ leader as she recorded the traffic stop 03/07/2024 07:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� A Philadelphia city official arrested during a traffic stop said she started recording because she feared for her husband's life as a trooper handcuffed him on a rainy elevated highway. The trooper then charged at her ���like a linebacker," knocking the cellphone away and endi San Francisco mayor touts possibilities after voters expand police powers, gets tough on drug users 03/07/2024 07:10pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Mayor London Breed on Thursday pledged even more improvements under a pair of controversial public safety proposals voters approved this week that expand police powers and force some welfare recipients into drug treatment, marking a shift from the city's staunchly progressive Norfolk Southern alone should pay for cleanup of Ohio train derailment, judge says 03/07/2024 07:09pm • Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio, a federal judge ruled. The decision issued Wednesday threw out the railroad's claim that the companies that made chemicals that spilled and owned tank cars that ruptured sh