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New federal rule may help boost competition for railroad shipments at companies with few options 09/07/2023 04:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Companies that have plants and facilities served by only one railroad may soon be able to get a bid from another railroad if their current service is bad enough under a new rule that was proposed Thursday to help boost competition. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board announced Nemechek's gamble to step back from Cup Series leads to 2024 promotion to drive for Jimmie Johnson 09/07/2023 04:32pm • John Hunter Nemechek doesn’t regret moving to the Cup Series for one ill-fated, underperforming season with Front Row Motorsports. The second-generation NASCAR driver was theoretically ready for the promotion and had done his time in the ladder systems. But that rookie year was the 2020 COVID-19 'Stop Cop City' activists arrested after chaining themselves to bulldozer near Atlanta 09/07/2023 04:02pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities arrested five activists, including two wearing clerical attire, who chained themselves to a bulldozer Thursday to halt construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that opponents call “Cop City.” The protest occurred as a larger group gathe Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least 6 dead and 6 missing, villages cut off 09/07/2023 03:58pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Widespread flooding in central Greece left at least six people dead, six missing and dozens trapped, with severe rainstorms feeding raging torrents that burst dams, washed away roads and bridges, hurled cars into the sea and left large areas without power or drinking water. F Russian missile turns Ukrainian market into fiery, blackened ruin strewn with bodies 09/07/2023 01:55pm • KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian missile that struck Wednesday in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin where weeping civilians looked for loved ones among the mangled, burned bodies scattered across the ground. The blast in the town of Kostiantynivka kill Funeral held for victims of Russian market attack amid more strikes, as Blinken visits Ukraine 09/07/2023 12:53pm • KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Victims of a deadly Russian missile attack that struck a busy market in eastern Ukraine were buried Thursday, as Moscow kept up its assault on Ukraine’s grain export infrastructure, hitting a Ukrainian port for the fourth time in five days. Wednesday's attack on th Board of Public Works approves American Legion Bridge, vehicle emissions contracts 09/07/2023 12:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to approve $150 million in contracts that could one day lead to a widening of the American Legion Convicted of embezzlement, former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is running again 09/07/2023 11:49am • BALTIMORE (AP) — More than a decade after being convicted of embezzling donated gift cards, a former Baltimore mayor has announced she’s again running for office. Sheila Dixon, who resigned as part of a 2010 plea agreement in the corruption case, penned an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Thursday Rail operator pleads guilty in Scottish train crash that killed 3 in 2020 09/07/2023 10:19am • LONDON (AP) — A British rail operator pleaded guilty Thursday to safety failures that led to a train derailment that killed three people and injured six others three years ago in Scotland. Network Rail admitted in High Court in Aberdeen, Scotland, that it failed to ensure the safety of passengers What are biofuels and why is it so confusing whether they are a source of clean energy or not? 09/07/2023 10:16am • BENGALURU, India (AP) — India, the current president of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, has proposed a global biofuel alliance that seeks to accelerate the development of sustainable biofuels to support the global energy transition. The alliance is likely to get an official Lainey Wilson leads the 2023 Country Music Award nominations for the second year in a row 09/07/2023 10:15am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's another landmark year for breakout country superstar Lainey Wilson, who tops the CMA Awards nominations for the second year in a row. Wilson was a first-time nominee in 2022, which means she’s made history in 2023 — becoming the first and only artist to top the nominati George Santos' 'vulnerability report' spotted red flags long before his election 09/07/2023 09:27am • ▶ Watch Video: CBS News obtains secret George Santos "vulnerability report" When an outside firm hired by then-congressional hopeful George Santos in 2021 delivered a secret internal report detailing aspects of the candidate's checkered background, several of his aides found it too muc Tesla will install 20,000 EV charging stations at 2,000 Hilton hotels 09/07/2023 09:13am • Tesla has partnered with Hilton Worldwide to install 20,000 charging stations at 2,000 Hilton hotel properties in North America starting next year. They will be universal charging walls, not specific to just Tesla vehicles. McLean, Virginia-based Hilton said the partnership will make Hilton's EV Chinese Premier Li Qiang takes a test ride on Indonesia's new high-speed railway 09/07/2023 08:21am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang took a test ride Wednesday on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, which connects two Indonesian cities as part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. Li is visiting Jakarta for two days of talks with leaders of the Associat Grammy Museum to launch 50 years of hip-hop exhibit featuring artifacts from Tupac, Biggie 09/07/2023 08:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Museum announced Thursday that it is launching the “Hip-Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit”, celebrating 50 years of the music and culture ’s global impact. The 5,000 square foot exhibit will include rare artifacts such as Tupac Shakur’s handwritten 1992 essay