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Beryl weakens to tropical depression after slamming into Texas as Category 1 hurricane 07/08/2024 09:15pm • HOUSTON (AP) — After Hurricane Beryl slammed into Texas early Monday, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses, unleashing heavy rain and killing at least three people it moved east and later weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Monday evening. T This change — years in the making — could shave seconds off your Metro trip for every stop you make 07/08/2024 08:48pm • A change to the way doors open on Metrorail cars is being rolled out across the transit system Monday — and it could save you several seconds for every stop on your trip. Doors that automatically open once a train pulls into a station have been cleared to use throughout the entire system starti United Airlines flight loses wheel after takeoff from Los Angeles and lands safely in Denver 07/08/2024 08:34pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A United Airlines Boeing jet lost a main landing gear wheel Monday while taking off from Los Angeles and later landed safely in Denver, the airline said. There were no reported injuries on the ground or on board Flight 1001, United said in a statement. “The wheel has been re What Is an E-Check? 07/08/2024 08:00pm • E-checks are an electronic version of a paper check and are used to make payments online by both consumers and businesses through a data network. If you've entered your banking information online to make a direct payment, like with recurring rent or car payments, you've probably used an e-check befo Prosecutor tells New York City jury at bribery trial that Sen. Bob Menendez put power 'up for sale' 07/08/2024 07:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor accused Sen. Bob Menendez in a closing argument at his bribery trial Monday of putting his power up for sale to benefit three New Jersey businessmen who bribed him with gold, cash and a luxury car. The presentation by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Monteleoni that will c Alex Bowman quiets Hendrick speculation with his Cup win on a rainy Chicago street course 07/08/2024 03:21pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Bowman spent his 30th birthday in an Iowa hospital after breaking his back in a short-track accident. Feeling as if he had let everyone down, it was a tough moment. That was just last year, and it seemed like a long time ago Sunday night. Bowman is a NASCAR Cup Series winner on DP World Tour Schedule 07/08/2024 03:01pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen All rail cars carrying hazardous material have been removed from North Dakota derailment site 07/08/2024 02:15pm • BORDULAC, N.D. (AP) — All of the rail cars that contained hazardous materials have been removed from the site of a derailment in North Dakota, and all hotspots from the resulting fire have been extinguished, an official with CPKC said Monday. Railroad spokesman Patrick Waldron said in an email tha A Missouri fire official dies when the boat he was in capsizes during a water rescue 07/08/2024 02:01pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — An assistant fire chief in central Missouri died early Monday when the boat he was in capsized during a water rescue in a flash flood. The Boone County Fire Protection District said Matthew Tobben and another firefighter had just rescued two people from flooded Bear Creek in C Hong Kong's government seeks to regulate online car-hailing platforms, a move likely to affect Uber 07/08/2024 10:47am • HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong government is seeking to regulate online car-hailing platforms through licensing and impose tougher penalties on illegal ride services, a move likely to have a significant impact on tech companies such as Uber. Transport officials sent a document Monday to the legis Prosecutors to review evidence this week after Md. crash claims NFL draftee Khyree Jackson, 2 others 07/08/2024 10:40am • A small tribute sits at the crash site near Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland, for NFL draftee Khyree Jackson and two of his former high school teammates. Jackson, 24, of Waldorf; Isaiah Hazel, 23, of Upper Marlboro; and Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, of Upper Marlboro, died followi A Kenyan court says 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful 07/08/2024 09:26am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Kenyan court on Monday ruled that the 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful and unconstitutional, a lawyer and his family said. Justice Stella Mutuku in the ruling in Nairobi also faulted Kenya's attorney general and the director of publ Greenbrier: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 07/08/2024 08:38am • LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Greenbrier Companies Inc. (GBX) on Monday reported earnings of $33.9 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Lake Oswego, Oregon-based company said it had profit of $1.06. The maker of railroad freight car equipment posted Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education 07/08/2024 08:00am • Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in hi Bowman wraps up a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a win on a rainy Chicago street course 07/07/2024 11:02pm • CHICAGO (AP) — At long last, Alex Bowman got a win. And a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. So yeah, he was ready to party. “We’re going to drink so much damn bourbon tonight, it’s going to be a bad deal,” a jubilant Bowman said. “I’m probably going to wake up naked on the bathro