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Documenting the history of American Express as an in-house historian 07/01/2024 09:50am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ira Galtman is part of a small community of corporate archivists. They are historians, cataloguers and documentarians for large companies. They keep track of how companies change their products over time, while also looking for ways for the company to harken back to its history. Fo Dangerous Hurricane Beryl restrengthens to Category 4 off Grenada 07/01/2024 09:16am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Beryl has restrengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm was located about 70 miles (125 kilometers) east of Grenada on Monday morning and had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph. THIS IS A McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles 07/01/2024 08:57am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) ��� For the better part of two years, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone all but disappeared from the 400-meter hurdles course. Turns out, she wasn't hiding or looking for something else to do. Just getting better at what she does best. The 24-year-old Olympic champion lowered the world r Want to grab a cold drink from the downtown Silver Spring CVS? You might have to wait in line 07/01/2024 08:42am • Buying a cold drink to beat the heat this summer might not be as easy as it used to be at a CVS in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. In recent years, CVS shoppers across the D.C. area have likely noticed products such as laundry detergent and paper towel rolls under lock and key. The downtown Sil This Week: Job openings, Fed meeting minutes, June nonfarm payrolls report 07/01/2024 08:00am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: NOW HIRING The Labor Department releases its latest monthly snapshot of U.S. job openings Tuesday. Openings fell in April to the lowest level since 2021, with employers posting about 8.06 million vacancies. Economi It's not as world-famous as ramen or sushi. But the humble onigiri is soul food in Japan 07/01/2024 07:37am • TOKYO (AP) ��� The word ���onigiri��� became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls are stuffed with a variety of fillings and typically wrapped in seaweed. It's an everyday Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch 07/01/2024 07:28am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Australia appointed Sam Mostyn on Monday as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch who is the nation���s head of state. It is the first such Australian appointment since the reign of King Charles III began in 2 DC punk progeny take the stage: 'I want to diverge from the path that was set out for me' 07/01/2024 06:05am • A lot has changed in the 44 years since four teenagers in a D.C. punk band called Teen Idles recorded their unpolished and eponymous song, with the lyrics: "Hours in front of a TV set / We're as idle as teens can get." In 2024, young people are more likely to spend time engrossed in their phones New children's book rewrites the image of talkative Black girls 07/01/2024 04:55am • Former teacher turned children's author Ashley Iman has one message for talkative Black girls: "Find your voice and use it often." Iman's new picture book, "Ruby Ren�� Had So Much to Say," follows 8-year-old Ruby, a third grader who enjoys sharing newly learned facts, witty insights and big dream A center-right coalition in Bulgaria is tapped to form a new government 07/01/2024 04:51am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Monday tapped the largest group in parliament, the center-right GERB-UDF coalition, to form the country���s new government. Accepting the mandate, Prime Minister-designate Rosen Zhelyazkov presented a proposal for a Cabinet and asked the pr Japan revises economic growth in 1Q downward, as latest data show sluggish demand and rising prices 07/01/2024 02:32am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Japan revised its earlier estimates to show that its economy contracted at a 2.9% annual pace in the first quarter of the year, as meanwhile a survey by the central bank released Monday showed conditions remain sluggish. Analysts had expected the downward revision in the GDP data f Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat 07/01/2024 12:10am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole. Cars whooshed by under the blazing 96-degree morning sun as the 59-year-old h NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 Results 06/30/2024 11:49pm • Sunday At Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tenn. Lap length: 1.33 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (26) Joey Logano, Ford, 331 laps, 40 points. 2. (36) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 331, 35. 3. (6) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 331, 51. 4. (22) Ryan Preece, Ford, 331, 33. 5. (9) Chris Buescher, Ford, 331, Texas Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford becomes the 1st major leaguer to hit for the cycle in 2024 06/30/2024 11:24pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Needing a home run for the cycle in the eighth inning, Wyatt Langford was focused on exactly that. Not that it changed his approach much. ���I was obviously feeling really good at that point,��� Langford said. ���Just kind of one of those things that happens.��� The Texas Joey Logano wins at Nashville in record 5th overtime for 1st NASCAR Cup Series victory of year 06/30/2024 10:55pm • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) ��� Joey Logano felt he couldn't get to the finish line fast enough with his No. 22 Ford sputtering and nearly out of gas. First, he had to hold off the driver with the fastest car to win the rain-delayed race that seemingly wouldn't end Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway i