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US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says 08/07/2024 07:04pm • The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to a report by an energy think tank released Thursday. Last December, countries at the U.N. COP28 climate conference committed to tripling all renewable electricity by 20 Beyond Meat reports better-than-expected sales despite demand remaining weak 08/07/2024 07:00pm • Beyond Meat on Wednesday reported better-than-expected sales in the second quarter despite continuing weak demand for its plant-based burgers, chicken and other products. The El Segundo, California-based company said its revenue fell nearly 9% to $93.2 million for the April-June period. That was bet A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young help US rout Nigeria 88-74 to reach Olympic women's hoops semifinals 08/07/2024 06:50pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The U.S. made a change in its starting lineup, inserting Jackie Young for Diana Taurasi, to try to get off to a better start. It paid immediate dividends as the Americans started strong and beat Nigeria 88-74 on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Paris Games, extending their Illinois governor says sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home should resign 08/07/2024 06:43pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the sheriff whose deputy fatally wounded Sonya Massey in her home last month after the Black woman called 911 for help. Pritzker, a Democrat, said Republican Jack Campbell should step down because ���the Minnesota Supreme Court upholds law restoring right to vote to people with felony convictions 08/07/2024 05:57pm • The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences. The new law was popular with Democrats in the state, including Gov. Tim Walz, who signed it and who is Vice President Kamala Harris��� running mat Slimmer Deebo Samuel impressing the 49ers at training camp with Brandon Aiyuk out 08/07/2024 05:54pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� Deebo Samuel has looked like a different person since arriving for the offseason program this spring for the San Francisco 49ers ��� and it's not just about his new No. 1 jersey. The player who was an All-Pro in 2021 when he was one of the game's most dangerous playmaker Israel court hears bid to close prison where soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian 08/07/2024 05:37pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The Israeli Supreme Court considered a petition Wednesday to shutter a desert military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinians, as a new video emerged purporting to show the sexual assault of a Palestinian detainee. Rights groups have been engaged in a leg The GOP and Kansas' Democratic governor ousted targeted lawmakers in the state's primary 08/07/2024 05:33pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Gov. Laura Kelly and her allies have unseated a fellow Democrat who consistently voted against her in the Kansas Legislature, while GOP voters ousted a lawmaker many Republicans blamed for Kelly's narrow reelection two years ago. Democratic state Rep. Marvin Robinson, of Kansas US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds 08/07/2024 05:29pm • The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. A major reason for the Paris Olympics Day 12: Quincy Hall gives Americans another come-from-behind gold 08/07/2024 05:24pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics. Hall sprinted from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal. Hall, buried in fourth place as th Wednesday's Olympic Medalists 08/07/2024 05:23pm • ATHLETICS Men's 3000m Steeplechase GOLD_Soufiane El Bakkali, Morocco SILVER_Kenneth Rooks, United States BRONZE_Abraham Kibiwot, Kenya Men's 400m GOLD_Quincy Hall, United States SILVER_Matthew Hudson-Smith, Britain BRONZE_Muzala Samukonga, Zambia Men's Discus Throw GOLD_Roje Stona, Jamaica SILVER_My China wins artistic swimming gold at Paris Olympics, where the sport moved forward without Russia 08/07/2024 05:08pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� China took gold in the artistic swimming team event Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics, with the United States getting silver and Spain taking bronze. China dominated in the absence of Russia, which had won every gold medal in artistic beginning with the 2000 Sydney G China goes 1-2 in semifinals of men's 3-meter springboard diving at Paris Olympics 08/07/2024 04:29pm • SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) ��� China moved a step closer to its sixth straight gold medal in diving, claiming the top two spots in the semifinals of the men's 3-meter springboard semifinals Wednesday. Wang Zongyuan led with 537.85 points over six dives, followed by defending Olympic champion Xie Siyi July 4th fire was 'the worst thing that could possibly happen.' Now, this Montgomery Co. women's shelter is reopening 08/07/2024 04:20pm • A month after a Montgomery County, Maryland, women's shelter caught fire, the Interfaith Works Women���s Center on Crabbs Branch Way reopened Wednesday, welcoming 37 women back home. ���We did not foresee ��� that something like this would happen,��� said N���Jeri Henry, Interfaith Works deputy d Amgen, Airbnb fall; Fortinet, Dynatrace rise, Wednesday, 8/7/2024 08/07/2024 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Novo Nordisk, down $10.89 to $119.23. The drug developer's second-quarter financial results fell short of Wall Street forecasts. Amgen Inc., down $16.45 to $312.50. The biotechnology company's second-quarter