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New industry readies for launch as researchers hone offshore wind turbines that float 05/14/2024 07:21am • ORONO, Maine (AP) — As waves grew and gusts increased, a wind turbine bobbed gently, its blades spinning with a gentle woosh. The tempest reached a crescendo with little drama other than splashing water. The uneventful outcome is exactly what engineers aimed for. The demonstration featuring a 13-f India PM Modi files his nomination to run for a third term in general election 05/14/2024 06:17am • VARANASI, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi on Tuesday surrounded by his party leaders and supporters as he formally filed paperwork to run in an ongoing election that is essentially a referendum on his decade in power. The 73-year-old leader h Billboard that collapsed in Mumbai storms killed at least 14 and injured 75 05/14/2024 05:31am • MUMBAI, India (AP) — A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday. A rescue operation was continuing Tuesday morning, and authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency that 89 people had been r Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza 05/14/2024 03:58am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways, that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now unfolding in Gaza. Palestinians refer to it as the Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story 05/14/2024 03:35am • NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a day job in New York City's Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up near the street corner, home to a Chinese bakery and pharmacy, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial begins, his second in the last decade 05/13/2024 11:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Bob Menendez went on trial in Manhattan federal court Monday, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favors that would help three New Jersey businessmen. The Democratic senator sat with his lawyers and listened as Judge Sidney H. Stein tol Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone 05/13/2024 10:31pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a backyard fire p Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom after crews set off chain of explosives 05/13/2024 09:08pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Crews set off a chain of carefully placed explosives Monday to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and with a boom and a splash, the mangled steel trusses came crashing down into the river below. The explosives flashed o As work continues to remove cargo ship from collapsed Baltimore bridge, what about its crew? 05/13/2024 08:45pm • A crew of Indian and Sri Lankan men has spent the last 49 days confined to a hulking and motionless cargo vessel in Baltimore, its bow pinned by what's left of the shattered bridge it struck. Demolition crews set off explosives Monday to push broken bridge trusses away from the grounded Dali contai How to Be Financially Responsible -- and What It Means 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Have you ever been told you need to be more financially responsible? The phrase "financial responsibility" is often touted as a goal that everyone needs to reach, but what does it actually mean? Some money decisions are obviously good ones, like saving money for an emergency or paying off your credi The Best Picnic Foods That Won't Spoil in Warm Weather 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Easy picnic foods that won't spoil in heatThere is something magical about eating outdoors whether at the beach, on a picnic blanket, camping or in your own backyard. Dining al fresco is an American pastime but as temperatures rise, so does the risk of food safety. Hot temperatures provide the optim Memorial Day weekend 2024 could be busiest for travel in nearly 20 years 05/13/2024 07:51pm • ▶ Watch Video: Record travel expected as millions make plans for Memorial Day This year is expected to be one of the busiest travel years in nearly two decades, with about 43.8 million people expected to travel at least 50 miles, according to AAA. Joy Noelle Balanag booked her vacat New Mexico to stand in for California as McConaughey stars in film about a 2018 deadly wildfire 05/13/2024 04:55pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is standing in for California in a new film as Jamie Lee Curtis’ production company and others tell the story of a bus driver and a school teacher who rescued students during the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. The 2018 blaz Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:23pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S. electric vehi Small, well-built Chinese EV called the Seagull poses a big threat to the US auto industry 05/13/2024 04:20pm • LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with craftsmanship that rivals U.S.-made electric