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2 freight trains collided in Colorado, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring 2 crew 08/23/2024 01:36pm • BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ��� Two freight trains collided and derailed in Boulder, Colorado, on Thursday night, damaging a bridge, spilling fuel and injuring two crew members, according to police. The Boulder Police Department said on the social platform X that the crash happened north of Boulder Communi 2 journalists killed in Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq, local officials say 08/23/2024 11:23am • IRBIL, Iraq (AP) ��� Two female journalists were killed in a Turkish airstrike that hit their car in northern Iraq���s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, local officials and media said Friday. The journalists, Hero Baha���uddin and Golestan Tara, worked for a local Kurdish media company, according to l Verstappen under pressure in front of his home crowd as F1 returns at the Dutch Grand Prix 08/23/2024 11:15am • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) ��� The Dutch Grand Prix has generally been a party for Max Verstappen and his legions of orange-clad fans. This year could be very different. Verstappen has won all three races at the beach-side Zandvoort track since the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 schedul How to prepare for the Fed's forthcoming interest rate cuts 08/23/2024 10:55am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages. Right now, most experts envision three quarter-point Fed cuts ��� in September, November and Security was stepped up temporarily at a NATO air base in Germany because of a 'potential threat' 08/23/2024 10:32am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The security level at a NATO air base in western Germany was raised temporarily because of intelligence information pointing to a ���potential threat,��� but was reduced again on Friday, the alliance said. An announcement late Thursday night of the increase in the security level at t National Park Service explores ending reversible lanes along Rock Creek Parkway 08/23/2024 05:46am • The National Park Service is exploring eliminating the one-way reversible lanes in place during morning and evening rush hours along Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway in D.C., citing crash data and safety concerns. In an 81-page Transportation Impact Assessment, completed with the U.S. Department of Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 16 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say 08/22/2024 11:38pm • Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes have killed at least 16 people in the Gaza Strip. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received the bodies, which were counted by an Associated Press reporter and included the remains of a woman and three children, after strikes overnight and into Thursday. Canada forces arbitration in freight train labor dispute to avert economic crisis. Union cries foul 08/22/2024 09:27pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Freight trains in Canada could be running again within days after the government forced the country���s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, a move aimed at averting potentially dire economic consequences across the country and in the U.S. if the tra Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution 08/22/2024 07:25pm • CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) ��� The Missouri Supreme Court blocked an agreement that would spare the life of a man on death row. Instead, Marcellus Williams must now proceed with a hearing on his innocence claim, with a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution. The ruling late Wednesday came h Convicted drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Trump charged with domestic violence 08/22/2024 06:48pm • A New York man whose 10-year prison sentence for dealing thousands of kilograms of marijuana was commuted in early 2021 by then-President Donald Trump has been arrested on domestic violence charges on Long Island. Jonathan Braun, 41, was charged Tuesday with three counts of assault on allegations he Michigan State Police trooper to stand trial on murder charge in death of man struck by SUV 08/22/2024 06:31pm • KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) ��� A now-retired Michigan State Police trooper who drove his unmarked SUV into a 25-year-old man who was fleeing from police has been ordered to stand trial for second-degree murder. A district judge in the Grand Rapids suburb of Kentwood said via a Zoom hearing Thursday that s South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee 08/22/2024 06:23pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The South Carolina Senate on Thursday started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power- generation world. The Special Committee on South Carolina���s Energy Future plans Outdated EV charger on Benning Road gets a makeover at groundbreaking event 08/22/2024 05:30pm • Ford is the latest car manufacturer to announce a scaling back in production of electric vehicles due to a lack of demand, as customers voice frustrations over high costs and a lack of charging infrastructure. The federal government, however, is trying to beef up the country���s charging capabil Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service 08/22/2024 05:08pm • Cruise's trouble-ridden robotaxis are joining Uber's ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers. The alliance is the latest change in direction for Cruise since its California license to provid Fritz begins first power school job at Houston, which reloaded with transfers to back QB Smith 08/22/2024 03:06pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Willie Fritz has won at every stop in a coaching career spanning more than three decades. Now at Houston, the 64-year-old Fritz faces his biggest challenge yet in his first job at a power conference school. Outside expectations are low for the Cougars, who are entering their second