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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 UK's new government announces legislation for 'national renewal' as Parliament opens with royal pomp 07/17/2024 02:12pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country���s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for ���national renewal��� at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. Stabilizing the U.K.���s public finances and spurring Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say 07/17/2024 02:07pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Public school advocates say they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist in a long-running fight with state lawmakers who have repeatedly opposed efforts to let vo Money from Washington's landmark climate law will help tribes face rising seas, climate change 07/17/2024 01:48pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Tens of millions of dollars raised by a landmark climate law in Washington state will go to Native American tribes that are at risk from climate change and rising sea levels to help them move to higher ground, install solar panels, buy electric vehicles and restore wetlands, Gov. Ja After no men picked for Olympics 2024 in artistic swimming, Italy's Minisini says he's ending career 07/17/2024 12:01pm • ROME (AP) ��� With no men picked to compete in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics, where they are eligible for the first time, a former world champion is ending his career this week. At the Italian national championships, four-time worlds gold medalist Giorgio Minisini said he is competing for Great golf and being on the good side of the draw go a long way at the British Open 07/17/2024 11:40am • TROON, Scotland (AP) ��� Justin Thomas made his British Open debut at Royal Troon eight years ago, and it taught him everything he needs to know about what can make this major so maddening. It had nothing to do with gorse bushes or pot bunkers. It was about weather and tee times. ���I was in the bad Ex-regional Fed president: Inflation headed lower, with interest rates likely to follow 07/17/2024 10:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Having worked in the Federal Reserve system her entire career, Loretta Mester rose to become president of the Cleveland Fed for a decade until her retirement on June 30. During most of her years on the Fed's interest-rate-setting committee, Mester was likely to favor relatively h The ���greenhouse effect���: How an oft-touted climate solution threatens agricultural workers 07/17/2024 10:28am • MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) ��� To harvest tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, to clip herbs, to prune and propagate succulents, people work in oppressive heat and humidity. Some wring out shirts soaked with sweat. Some contend with headaches, dizziness and nausea. Some collapse. Some hover on the brink of exha Sports on TV for Thursday, July 18 07/17/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, July 18 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN'S) 5:30 a.m. (Friday) FS2 ��� AFL: Adelaide at Essendon GOLF 4 a.m. USA ��� DP World Tour/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland Noon GOLF ��� Sports on TV for July 22 - 28 07/17/2024 10:00am • Adv20 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 22 FIBA BASKETBALL (MEN'S) 3 p.m. FOX ��� Pre-Olympic Showcase: U.S. vs. Germany, London NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. ESPN ��� Summer League Tournament: TBD, Championship, Las Vegas TENNIS 4 a.m. TENNIS ��� Kitzbuhel-ATP, Um Billie Jean King Cup finals will switch location this year 07/17/2024 09:49am • MALAGA, Spain (AP) ��� The Billie Jean King Cup will switch venue from Sevilla to Malaga for this year's finals, organizers said Wednesday. The tournament - formerly known as the Fed Cup - will be played alongside the men���s Davis Cup Final 8 at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Ar French women's gymnastics team excels under new training regimen. Just in time for Paris Olympics 07/17/2024 09:35am • PARIS (AP) ��� For a moment at the World Championships in Antwerp last year, no one knew where the female French gymnasts had gone. In an environment where military-style rules have been the norm for decades, it felt unusual, even surreal. The athletes had not gone too far. They were simply enjoying AUTO RACING: Team Penske aims to follow up NASCAR-IndyCar sweep in Indy oval return, Toronto streets 07/17/2024 09:29am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Brickyard 400. Indianapolis. Schedule: Friday practice, 2:35 p.m.; Saturday qualifying, 1:05 p.m.; Sunday race, 2:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Michael McDowell dominated the 200-mile Cup race on