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Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms 07/13/2024 01:13am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The deafening hum of a generator was a welcome noise Thursday evening at a Houston independent living center where several dozen seniors had lost power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Joe and Terri Hackl, who had pulled up with the backup electricity source after delivering hundreds Who is the Buddhist nun who built a global charity from a tiny apartment in rural Taiwan? 07/13/2024 12:24am • HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) ��� The Buddhist teacher who founded what is now a global charity and religion with a $283 million operating budget grew up at a time when women could not be ordained as Buddhist nuns. What Cheng Yen, now 87, started in 1966 in Taiwan's countryside as a grassroots effort among h Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers 07/13/2024 12:01am • Michelle Mata wasn���t diagnosed with a mental illness until she was 23, after years of suffering. She knew very little about who to ask for help, having grown up in a Latino family in San Antonio that didn���t talk about mental health. At appointments, she was terrified of telling the truth. ���I d World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride 07/12/2024 11:21pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The world���s first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials said Friday, demonstrating the ship. The 70-foot (21- California reports first wildfire death of the 2024 season as fires persist across the West 07/12/2024 10:37pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season, while wind-whipped flames in Arizona have forced hundreds to flee from what tribal leaders are calling the ���most serious��� wildfire on their reservation 1 dead, 2 missing after tourist helicopter crashes off Hawaiian island of Kauai 07/12/2024 09:40pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� A tour company helicopter crashed off the Hawaiian island of Kauai, police said, killing one person and leaving two missing in the latest in a series of crashes to plague the industry in recent years. A hiker on the Kalalau trail reported seeing the helicopter crash into the water Conservative group behind Project 2025 floats conspiracy idea that Biden could retain power by force 07/12/2024 09:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A conservative think tank that is planning for a complete overhaul of the federal government in the event of a Republican presidential win is suggesting that President Joe Biden might try to hold the White House ���by force��� if he loses the November election. The Heritage Found Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one's sex on a birth certificate 07/12/2024 08:31pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A federal appeals court panel ruled 2-1 on Friday that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. ���There is no fundamental right to a birth certificate reco NASCAR Craftsman Truck CRC Brakleen 175 Results 07/12/2024 08:16pm • Friday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Corey Heim, Toyota, 70 laps, 60 points. 2. (8) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 70, 48. 3. (1) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 70, 52. 4. (19) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 70, 36. 5. (27) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 70 Judge ends Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case, says he flouted the process with his lack of transparency 07/12/2024 08:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ���s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a ���recalcitrant debtor��� who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to shield himself from a $148 million defamation judgment and other debts. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys 07/12/2024 07:18pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� Mississippi should work quickly to fulfill the court-ordered redrawing of some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents, attorneys for voting rights groups said in a new court filing Friday. The attorneys also said it's important to ho Iowa Speedway's repaving could change Newgarden's dominance 07/12/2024 07:04pm • NEWTON, Iowa (AP) ��� Josef Newgarden���s recent run of success at Iowa Speedway might have been buried under the partial repaving the .875-mile oval underwent in the spring. It���s why Newgarden thinks this weekend���s IndyCar Series doubleheader is ���to be determined.��� ���Oh, it���s going to ma Emergency workers uncover dozens of bodies in a Gaza City district after Israeli assault 07/12/2024 06:57pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Civil defense workers on Friday dug bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulled them off rubble-covered streets, as they collected dozens of Palestinians killed this week by an Israeli assault in a district of Gaza City. The discovery of the bodies came after Isra The Democratic Party crisis after Biden's debate spirals with no clear ending 07/12/2024 06:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For more than two weeks now, the Democratic Party has been mired in crisis. And yet there is no sign that the threat to Joe Biden���s reelection is nearing a conclusion, as the president digs in and a growing chorus of Democratic officials, donors and strategists calls for him to s UPS AND DOWNS NEW YORK (AP) _ The following list shows the Nasdaq stocks and warrants that have gone up the most and down the most based on percent of change. Only securities with closing prices or previous closing prices of at least $2 and at least 1000 shares traded are included. Net and percentage changes are the difference between last week's closing price and this week's closing price. UPS Name LastChgPct. 07/12/2024 06:48pm • 1InspirVetArs10.57+9.08Up609.42Soligenixrs7.43+5.32Up252.13ZappElectrs11.50+7.43Up182.64NaaSTcrs4.21+2.69Up177.05Longeveronrs4.39+2.66Up153.86UniQure8.72+4.88Up127.17NiSunIntl9.15+4.90Up115.38LocafyLtd5.59+2.97Up113.49Pineapplers2.16+.94Up77.010MorphicHld55.78+23.94Up75.211BullfrogAI2.64+1.05Up66.01