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Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He's been found alive after 9 years 07/25/2024 08:43pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Judith Monarrez crumpled onto her kitchen floor and wept when the news arrived in an email: Gizmo, her pet dog missing for nine years, had been found alive. Monarrez was 28 and living with her parents in 2015 when Gizmo, then 2 years old, slipped past a faulty gate in the backyard US promises $240 million to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest 07/25/2024 08:39pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American tribes, officials announced Thursday. The departments of Commerce and Weeks after reopening Key Bridge channel, new leadership comes for US Army Corps of Engineers 07/25/2024 08:36pm • Weeks after the Port of Baltimore's shipping channel was fully reopened, in the wake of the March 26 collapse of the Key Bridge, leadership has changed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Thursday, in a ceremony at the Washington Aqueduct in Northwest D.C., command of the Baltimore Distr G20 finance ministers discuss a global tax on the super-rich 07/25/2024 08:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday for a two-day meeting to discuss a global tax on the super-rich, a top priority for Brazil, which holds the presidency. According to the proposal before the Group of 20, individu Uber and Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in California Supreme Court ruling 07/25/2024 08:20pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that app-based ride-hailing and delivery services like Uber and Lyft can continue treating their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The unanimous decision by the state's top court is a big win for tech gia Georgetown plans to overhaul 'streateries' to make the neighborhood more appealing 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Outdoor dining areas that extend into streets, known as "streateries," became extremely popular when the pandemic started, as people searched for ways to avoid being indoors. Now, some say streateries are an eyesore. "I'm sure they could make it look more beautiful in terms of its aestheti Misinformation and the Stock Market: Will AI Raise the Risk to Investors? 07/25/2024 08:00pm • The high stakes of message delivery and misinformation are not new phenomena. Hessian Colonel Johann Rall was too busy to read an intel note from a British sympathizer during a Christmas party in 1776. The note warned of an imminent risk: George Washington's march to Trenton, New Jersey. In the earl 7 Best Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Renewable energy and fossil fuel stocks often trade inversely to each other. When coal is more expensive, wind and solar generation start looking more appealing. When oil is cheap, paying more for an electric vehicle is more of a hurdle to overcome. Plus, even though inflation has been coming down, 6 Surprising Things That Age You 07/25/2024 08:00pm • Jean Bound, a 73-year-old resident of New York City, has struggled with sleep problems for 20 years. When she wakes up in the morning, she doesn't feel rested and has difficulty getting going.Her lack of sleep became enough of a problem for her to check into a sleep clinic for evaluation. After a ni Jaguars pass rusher Josh Hines-Allen building legacy while embracing maternal roots with name change 07/25/2024 07:30pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Josh Hines-Allen has plans for a new tattoo. He���s not sure where it���s going to go, but he knows what it���s going to say: ���Hines.��� Hines-Allen, who already has ���Allen��� scripted across his right elbow, legally changed his last name this year to pay homage to th 2024 Election Latest: Harris decries suffering in Gaza, calls for cease-fire to free hostages 07/25/2024 07:18pm • Likely Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters that she is ���ready��� to debate Donald Trump and accused her Republican rival of ���backpedaling��� on their faceoff. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a long-awaited White House visit to meet with President Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition 07/25/2024 06:29pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines. The airline said it has been studying seating options, running Penn State coach James Franklin questions if radio helmets will solve sign stealing 07/25/2024 06:23pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti opened this week���s three-day preseason kickoff festivities in Indianapolis by acknowledging he's still waiting for the NCAA to make a decision on the sign-stealing scandal involving Michigan. The Wolverines, of course, didn't talk about it Th Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving 07/25/2024 06:07pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) ��� In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court halted progress on a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, ruling it likely will contribute to climate change. The court suspended on Wednesday a key environmental permit af Locked out of town hall, 1st Black mayor of a small Alabama town returns to office 07/25/2024 06:03pm • The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who had been locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. Mayor Patrick Braxton is being recognized as the mayor of the town of Newbern, under a lawsuit settlement ending a long-running dispute over control of the town government.