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'I can't breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death 07/17/2024 06:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ten years after Eric Garner ���s death at the hands of New York City police officers made ���I can���t breathe��� a rallying cry, loved ones on Wednesday remembered his life and legacy. ���I want people to remember him and remember that he was the one that helped get laws changed, EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment 07/17/2024 06:13pm • The EPA's Inspector General is investigating why the agency didn't get its specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors into the air over East Palestine until four days after the disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment last year. The Associated Press reported on a whistleblower's concerns this spri US judge suspends Alaska Cook Inlet lease, pending additional environmental review 07/17/2024 06:12pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal judge has ruled in suspending the lone lease stemming from that sale. U.S. District Court Judge Shar Billy Napier enters Year 3 with Florida hopeful while facing ominous vibes, daunting schedule 07/17/2024 05:47pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Billy Napier enters his third season as Florida coach in maybe the toughest position in college football: Head coach at an Southeastern Conference powerhouse whose program is struggling to gain traction and facing one of the most daunting schedules in the country. Napier arrived at S Selena Gomez gets her due, Netflix and FX top HBO and 2 Queen Elizabeths get nominated for Emmys 07/17/2024 05:37pm • With less overall entries due to the shortened TV season, this year's Emmy nominations probably won't spark any protest campaigns. The folks at FX should be popping bottles though for a stand-out year, with 93 nominations ��� including 25 nods for ���Shogun��� and 23 for ���The Bear.��� The nominati Blade collapse, New York launch and New Jersey research show uneven progress of offshore wind 07/17/2024 05:34pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Three events Wednesday highlighted the uneven progress of the offshore wind industry in the Northeast, including the start of a major project in New York, research aimed at preventing environmental damage in New Jersey, and a temporary shutdown of a wind farm in Massachu Former Mozambique finance minister on trial in US over 'tuna bond' scandal that spurred debt crisis 07/17/2024 05:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The ��� tuna bond ��� scandal that shook Mozambique's economy is washing into a U.S. court, where a former Mozambican finance minister is being tried on charges that he took bribes to commit his country ��� secretly ��� to huge loans that prosecutors say got looted. When the loans Archeologists find musket balls fired during 1 of the first battles in the Revolutionary War 07/17/2024 05:02pm • CONCORD, Mass. (AP) ��� Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major battle in the Revolutionary War. The latest evidence of that firefight is five musket balls du ASML, Five Below fall; J&J, V.F. Corp. rise; Wednesday, 7/17/2024 07/17/2024 04:11pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: ASML Holding NV (ASML), down $136.14 to $932.06. Bloomberg News said the U.S. is considering severe trade curbs if companies like ASML continue shipping advanced chip tech to China. Five Below Inc. (FIVE), down $25.57 to $76. 'Of all the places': Deep red Butler, Pennsylvania, grapples with Trump assassination attempt 07/17/2024 03:59pm • BUTLER, Pa. (AP) ��� On the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, in the wake of Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the same four words have been spoken again and again: ���Of all the places.��� Butler, home to some 13,000 people, and the county whose grand courthouse grac Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion 07/17/2024 03:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded Toronto cleans up after storm as Trudeau says better infrastructure needed for future 07/17/2024 03:30pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Cleanup crews worked to get Canada���s largest city back to normal on Wednesday, a day after a torrential downpour flooded Toronto���s major roadways and left thousands without power. Around Toronto, flooding temporarily closed several major roads and left drivers stranded. Authorit Editorial Roundup: United States 07/17/2024 03:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 12 The Washington Post on young people in America and national service Polls suggest young Americans are less enchanted with their country than previous generations. Yet even those who want to serve their country, conducting some Jon Jones fights charges stemming from alleged hostility during a drug test at his home 07/17/2024 02:35pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile. Jones appeared seated next to his attorney as the pleas were entered on his behalf d Aging bridges in 16 states will be improved or replaced with the help of $5B in federal funding 07/17/2024 02:20pm • Dozens of aging bridges in 16 states will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in federal grants announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden's administration, the latest beneficiaries of a massive infrastructure law. The projects range from coast to coast, with the largest providing an