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The controversial plan to turn a desert green 09/08/2024 09:00am • (CNN) ��� Ties van der Hoeven���s ambitions are nothing if not grand. The Dutch engineer wants to transform a huge stretch of inhospitable desert into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife. His sights are set on Egypt���s Sinai Peninsula, an arid, triangle-shaped expanse that connects Africa Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate 09/08/2024 08:48am • MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) ��� With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those ���involved in unscrupulous behavior��� this election, which he said would be un The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective 09/08/2024 08:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The artificial intelligence industry has gone on a lobbying binge in the past few years, deploying scores of hired influencers to help shape potential government action. The growth is not surprising. The technology is being rapidly adopted by powerful sectors ��� health care, de Starbucks turns to a celebrity CEO as it struggles to define itself for an era of mobile orders 09/08/2024 08:08am • To Howard Schultz, the chaos he observed at a Starbucks in Chicago one recent morning summed up the troubles of the company he long led as chairman and CEO. Commuters tumbled off trains and into a Starbucks store to pick up the orders they had placed on their cellphones. Drinks weren���t ready when Employers in America want to hire more workers. Just not right now 09/08/2024 07:00am • (CNN) ��� It couldn���t be clearer at this point that the US labor market is cooling. Even though the unemployment rate edged lower last month to 4.2%, joblessness is still hovering near highs not seen since the fall of 2021. On top of that, employers have hired significantly fewer workers in rec Reentering the pool caused ���flashbacks��� to shark attack in which she lost her leg. Now this swimmer has two Paralympic medals 09/08/2024 06:38am • (CNN) ��� When American swimmer Ali Truwit first got back into the water after losing her leg in a shark attack, the sound of water rippling around the pool ���triggered flashbacks��� to that day. ���It was really, really hard,��� she told CNN���s Don Riddell. ���At that point physically, the tem Maryland, DC and Virginia get more money for house calls for moms and infants 09/08/2024 04:35am • More money is on the way for a home-visiting health care program designed to provide better care for pregnant women, new parents and infants. The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced an additional $23.1 million in federal aid to the agency's national Home Visiting Pr Star athletes from across sports offer accolades as Alex Morgan prepares for last pro match 09/08/2024 12:00am • WNBA star Caitlin Clark used the word ���legend.��� Gymnast Simone Biles offered thanks for elevating women's sports. As Alex Morgan prepared for her final professional match on Sunday, the accolades for the retiring U.S. soccer star came from across the sports landscape ��� from Biles to fellow U. Bailey throws for 380 yards, 2 TDs, including OT winner, as Drake beats Eastern Washington 35-32 09/07/2024 11:52pm • CHENEY, Wash. (AP) ��� Luke Bailey's second touchdown pass, a 14-yarder to Trey Radocha in overtime, gave Drake a 35-32 win over Eastern Washington on Saturday night. The catch in the back of the end zone capped a wild game that saw both teams make critical mistakes and squander scoring opportunitie Stanford's special teams help key 41-7 win over Cal Poly 09/07/2024 11:09pm • STANFORD, Calif. (AP) ��� Tiger Bachmeier had a 90-yard punt return for touchdown in the third quarter, sparking Stanford to a 41-7 win over Cal Poly on Saturday. Ashton Daniels passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns, while back-up quarterback Justin Lamson ran for a score to help Stanford to its f A preview of the new World War I Memorial in DC ��� and why it���ll hit you hard 09/07/2024 10:25pm • The finishing touches are being put on the new World War I Memorial in D.C. It���s a three-acre site sitting right along Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Freedom Plaza. On Friday, WTOP got a preview of the new memorial ahead of its opening next weekend. The centerpiece is a 60-f Quintana gets 100th win as Mets blank Reds 4-0 for 9th straight victory 09/07/2024 10:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jose Quintana earned his 100th career win with 6 2/3 sharp innings as the surging New York Mets extended their longest winning streak in more than six years Saturday with a 4-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. A slumping Harrison Bader homered to spark a four-run sixth for the Met Cam Ward passes for 3 TDs, runs for another and No. 12 Miami rolls past Florida A&M, 56-9 09/07/2024 09:55pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Cam Ward passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns in his first home start for Miami, then he capped his day with a rushing score and the 12th-ranked Hurricanes beat Florida A&M 56-9 on Saturday night. Ward's first pass was a touchdown throw to Elijah Arroyo on Miami 'No happy ending': 10 years after Sarah, Jacob Hoggle went missing, father grapples with lack of progress in case 09/07/2024 09:20pm • Sarah Hoggle, age progressed to 13 and Jacob Hoggle, age progressed to 12. (Courtesy National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) Although it���s been 10 years since Troy Turner���s children ��� 3-year-old Sarah and 2-year-old Jacob Hoggle ��� went missing, he said it feels like no time Mellusi rushes for 2 TDs and Wisconsin beats South Dakota 27-13 09/07/2024 08:59pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Chez Mellusi���s grandfather died on Friday, but he didn���t tell Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell until the conclusion of Saturday���s game. By that point, Mellusi had delivered a performance that would have made his grandfather proud. Mellusi rushed for two touchdowns, Tyler Van