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Starbucks' new CEO wants to recapture the coffeehouse vibe 09/10/2024 01:45pm • Starbucks��� new chairman and CEO said Tuesday that he plans to focus on improving service ��� particularly during the morning rush ��� and reestablishing stores as gathering places as he takes over at the struggling coffee giant. In an open letter on the Seattle coffee giant's website, Brian Niccol Raise a (shot) glass to Wild Turkey���s ���Buddha of Bourbon��� 09/10/2024 01:32pm • LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP) ��� As bourbon fans flocked to the Wild Turkey visitors' center, sitting near the entrance was no ordinary greeter. Jimmy Russell, who has lived through so much of the distillery's rich history, was at his post as a goodwill ambassador, signing whiskey bottles, posing for phot Steelers preparing to start Justin Fields against the Broncos while Russell Wilson deals with injury 09/10/2024 01:25pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The Pittsburgh Steelers are planning to stick with Justin Fields over an injured Russell Wilson as they get ready for a trip to Denver in Week 2. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday the Steelers (1-0) ���are preparing as if Justin is going to be our quarterback��� with Wilson's status Loudoun Co. courthouse named for civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston 09/10/2024 01:19pm • Loudoun County's historic courthouse, in Leesburg, Virginia, now bears the name of groundbreaking civil rights attorney Charles Hamilton Houston, whose arguments within its walls led to U.S. Supreme Court rulings, and more equitable education for area families. After graduating from Harvard Law S A Libyan city scarred by flooding that killed thousands tries to rebuild a year later 09/10/2024 12:25pm • DERNA, Libya (AP) ��� A year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall of water that swept away thousands of people, its residents no longer hold out hope of finding many of their loved ones. For Libya, the disaster on the night of Sept. 10 was unpreceden Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question merits of case brought by election activist 09/10/2024 12:17pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Liberal justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court voiced concerns Tuesday about the motives of a conservative activist who is seeking guardianship records in an effort to find ineligible voters while also appearing to cast doubt that the documents should be made public. Plenty of former NFL coordinators have found a home as assistants in Big Ten 09/10/2024 12:06pm • It turns out the revolving door sending college coaches to the NFL also works in the other direction. While the Big Ten lost its most prominent head coach as Jim Harbaugh took over the Los Angeles Chargers after leading Michigan to a national title, it gained four guys with Super Bowl rings who w Peter Frampton finally finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame doors open to him 09/10/2024 11:38am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� At the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last year, Sheryl Crow was about to sing her hit ���Everyday Is a Winding Road��� when she invited a rock icon up on stage. ���Ladies and gentlemen, I have to bring out one of my heroes ��� Peter Frampton,��� she said as he app A 9/11 anniversary tradition is handed down to a new generation 09/10/2024 11:34am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims' relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. ���I never got to meet you.��� It is the sound of generational change at ground zero, where relatives read out victims' names on every anniversar Algerian boxing that's home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status 09/10/2024 11:24am • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) ��� The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport���s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Algeria and Japan joining World Boxing increases the organization's membership to Southwest Airlines shakes up its board under pressure from a big shareholder 09/10/2024 11:20am • Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and the chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan in a partial concession to hedge fund Elliott Investment Management, which has been pushing for changes at the airline including Jordan���s ouster. Southwest said Tuesday that si Death toll from Typhoon Yagi rises to 87 in Vietnam. Dozens remain missing 09/10/2024 10:51am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� The death toll from Typhoon Yagi and its subsequent rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday as 70 others remain missing and hundreds were injured, state media said. Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian country in decades. It mad As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives 09/10/2024 09:43am • CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) ��� Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town. Rail service and cargo ships ��� the lifeblood of supplies for a town not connected to the r Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination 09/10/2024 09:37am • LONDON (AP) ��� Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country's equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination. In an open letter to lawmakers on Tuesday, campaigners including Mel B, singer Beverley Knight and lawmaker Paulette Hamilton calle EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13B euros in back taxes 09/10/2024 09:24am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Apple on Tuesday lost its last bid to avoid paying 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, in a finale to a dispute with the European Union that centered on sweetheart deals that Dublin was offering to attract multinational businesses with minimal taxes across t