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In diesel-dependent East Timor, renewable energy transition remains slow despite government pledges 09/10/2024 12:34am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� East Timor is at an energy development crossroads. While the small Southeast Asian nation ��� and one of the world's youngest countries ��� has made international and domestic pledges to reduce its carbon footprint through untapped solar and other renewable energy potent Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race 09/10/2024 12:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� This year���s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump ��� with clear differences on taxes, abortion, immigration, global alliances, climate change and democracy itself. Since replacing President Joe Bi GM Chris Getz working on the future as the White Sox approach the end of a miserable season 09/09/2024 11:36pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� White Sox general manager Chris Getz is taking a closer look at the organization's international operations. He is working on hiring a manager. He is shining a light on some of the team's top prospects. As the White Sox near the end of one of baseball's worst seasons ever, the futur Ryan Seacrest debuts as new ���Wheel of Fortune��� host 09/09/2024 11:29pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� For the first time in almost 8,000 episodes, ���Wheel of Fortune��� did not open with a hello from longtime host Pat Sajak. Ryan Seacrest stepped into Sajak���s shoes after his 41-year tenure as host of the famed game show, joining co-host and letter turner Vanna White. Seacres Spring rains destroyed a harvest important to the Oneida people. Farmers are working to adapt 09/09/2024 10:13pm • This spring, a torrent of rain sent a river rushing over a field on the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, destroying most of what was in its path, including the traditionally important crop of white corn. Families tried planting a second time, but it was too wet; many seeds dissolved in the water-soaked s The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen 09/09/2024 10:11pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� The U.N. chief said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. Secretary-General Ant��nio Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Thousands evacuate as wildfires rage outside Los Angeles and Reno, Nevada 09/09/2024 09:33pm • MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, Calif. (AP) ��� As a raging wildfire continues to spread east of Los Angeles, driven by days of triple-digit temperatures, a teacher in an evacuation zone is planning to keep instructing online at his home in a Southern California mountain town. Stephen Richardson, whose 1930s Kate, the Princess of Wales, has finished chemotherapy and will return to limited public duties 09/09/2024 09:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Kate, the Princess of Wales, has completed chemotherapy and will make some public appearances in the coming months, bolstering Britain���s royal family after it was rocked by the twin cancer diagnoses of the princess and King Charles III. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William releas James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 09/09/2024 09:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen ��� eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, ���The Lion King��� and Darth Vader ��� has died. He was 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup 09/09/2024 08:54pm • CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) ��� Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company���s latest attempt to latch onto a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon. The four different iPhone 16 models will all come equipped with s Chargers show finishing mentality in first game of the Jim Harbaugh era 09/09/2024 08:47pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) ��� Since being hired as the Los Angeles Chargers coach, Jim Harbaugh���s mantra has been to be physical. He also had his team participate in ���fourth-quarter finisher��� conditioning drills during the offseason and training camp to drive home the point that he wanted his t Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as 'unserious and unacceptable' 09/09/2024 08:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Calling it ���unserious and unacceptable,��� House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The respons Louisiana residents brace as Tropical Storm Francine is expected to hit their coast as a hurricane 09/09/2024 08:10pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Tropical Storm Francine strengthened Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly issued in some coastal communities and residents began filling sandbags in preparation for heavy r Check Holds: What You Need to Know 09/09/2024 08:00pm • In early September, news of an apparent "glitch" in the Chase Bank system tore through the internet, originally via TikTok and X (formerly Twitter). A person or persons discovered that they could deposit a check into their Chase account through an ATM and withdraw money immediately -- before the che Are Brokerage Accounts Taxed? 09/09/2024 08:00pm • With the impending presidential election, there's a lot of uncertainty facing U.S. investors -- including what will happen to tax rates. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is expected to sunset in 2025. This opens the door for major changes within U.S. tax law, something both candidates have proposed. W