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Group sues federal government, claims it ignores harms of idle offshore oil and gas infrastructure 07/11/2024 01:51pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� An environmental group is suing the federal government to force the U.S. Department of Interior to reassess the long-term environmental effects of delays in shutting down inactive oil and gas infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington License suspension extended for 2 years for a trucker acquitted in a deadly motorcycle crash 07/11/2024 01:40pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A commercial truck driver who was acquitted in the 2019 deaths of seven motorcyclists won't be eligible to get his license back for another two years, New Hampshire safety officials said. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of multiple manslaughter and neglig US inflation cools again, potentially paving way for Fed to cut interest rates soon 07/11/2024 01:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Inflation in the United States cooled in June for a third straight month, a sign that the worst price spike in four decades is steadily fading and may soon usher in interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. In a better-than-expected report, consumer prices declined 0.1% from May Court in Japan allows transgender woman to officially change gender without compulsory surgery 07/11/2024 12:33pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Japanese high court has approved a legal gender change for a transgender woman without requiring compulsory gender-affirming surgery, a step that LGBGQ+ groups on Thursday called a mixed victory. Under the law, transgender people who want to have their gender assigned at birth chang Higher costs and low base fares send Delta's profit down 29%. The airline still earned $1.31 billion 07/11/2024 12:31pm • Americans are traveling in record numbers this summer, but Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it saw second-quarter profit drop 29% due to higher costs and discounting of base-level fares across the industry. The airline is also predicting a lower profit than Wall Street expects for the third quarte EU accepts Apple pledge to let rivals access 'tap to pay' iPhone tech to resolve antitrust case 07/11/2024 12:18pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The European Union on Thursday accepted Apple���s pledge to open its ���tap to pay��� iPhone payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and head off a potentially hefty fine. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm and top antitrust enforcer, said it appr Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia 07/11/2024 11:00am • MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) ��� Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope will strengthen the nation's energy future. They aren't mining the coal that powered the steel Sale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn't Steeltown USA anymore 07/11/2024 10:51am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Generations of Pittsburghers have worked at steel mills, rooted for the Steelers or ridden the rollercoaster at Kennywood amusement park, giving them a bird's eye view of the massive Edgar Thomson Works, the region���s last blast furnace. Now, Steeltown USA's most storied steel c US, Canada and Finland look to build more icebreakers to counter Russia in the Arctic 07/11/2024 10:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the White House announced Thursday. The pact announced at the NATO summit calls for enhanc NATO agrees to take on coordination of some Ukraine security support. How that will work 07/11/2024 09:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� NATO has agreed to launch a new program to provide reliable military aid and training to Ukraine and help it get ready to join the alliance. The plan will supplement, but not replace, the two-year-old Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was created by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloy Wind power expansion meets grassroots resistance in Brazil's Northeast 07/11/2024 09:35am • QUEIMADA NOVA, Brazil (AP) ��� Cousins Nilson Jos�� dos Santos and Geremias da Cruz dos Anjos grew up together in neighboring rural communities in Brazil's impoverished Northeast. The ruggedness of the land here and recurring drought make it unsuitable for the commercial farming that has transformed Here's what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar 07/11/2024 09:30am • Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami's unprecedented brutal summer last year wasn't that deadly, contrasting with the rest of the nation where federal records show heat fatalities nationally spiked to a 45-year high. One of the reasons is that Miami takes hea Rain and lots of it wanted: DC-area farmers keep a close eye on drought conditions 07/11/2024 08:23am • It's not just the high temperatures that make farming tougher, it's the drought conditions that have farmers feeling watchful. According to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, there are moderate to severe drought conditions in the Potomac River Watershed and that's affecting Carlos Alcaraz faces Daniil Medvedev, and Novak Djokovic plays Lorenzo Musetti in Wimbledon's semis 07/11/2024 07:33am • LONDON (AP) ��� Carlos Alcaraz's ability to hit any type of shot, from any position on the court, on any surface, keeps fans on the edge of their seats. Keeps other players guessing, too. Alcaraz delights in all of that ��� he loves putting on a show just as much as he enjoys knowing he makes the gu South Korea to deploy laser weapons to intercept North Korean drones 07/11/2024 07:12am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea said Thursday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South in recent years. South Korea���s Defense Acquisition Program Administration said that it will deploy at lea