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Judge green-lights narrowing of main road through Atlantic City despite opposition from casinos 01/26/2024 03:31pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehic Radio communication problem preceded NYC subway crash that injured 25, federal report says 01/26/2024 02:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A worker guiding an out-of-service New York City subway train that collided with another earlier this month says he lost radio contact with the driver before the crash and a message to stop at a red light was not received, according to a new federal report. The communication break Underground fire and power outage in downtown Baltimore snarls commute and closes courthouses 01/26/2024 02:31pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — An underground fire and an hourslong power outage in downtown Baltimore snarled Friday morning’s commute and closed the city’s two courthouses. Firefighters called to North Charles Street on Thursday night for a report of an underground fire and a possible explosion found f NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates 01/26/2024 02:22pm • New Jersey's public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority areas. NJ Transit said it is redirecting $503 millio Gun-waving St. Louis lawyer wants misdemeanor wiped off his record 01/26/2024 01:01pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who gained notoriety for pointing a gun at social justice demonstrators as they marched past his home asked a local judge to wipe the misdemeanor from his record. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty in 2021 to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Republ Sinner ends 10-time champion Novak Djokovic's Australian Open streak, faces Medvedev for the title 01/26/2024 10:58am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner ended one of Novak Djokovic's perfect streaks in an Australian Open upset and then got to relax while Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev after midnight to secure the other place in the final. Just about everything went the Exploding manhole, underground fire take out power in downtown Baltimore 01/26/2024 10:26am • A manhole explosion and underground fire late Thursday night shut down power in parts of downtown Baltimore Friday morning, according to the city's Office of Emergency Management (OEM). Many government buildings, businesses and residences around the 300 and 400 block of North Charles Street lost Transfusions in transit: DC Fire and EMS to provide new trauma care in the field 01/26/2024 07:35am • Within weeks, paramedics with D.C. Fire and EMS will be able to perform blood transfusions at trauma scenes, a move that officials said will improve the possible outcomes for patients suffering from severe blood loss. Dr. David Vitberg, assistant medical director with D.C. Fire and EMS, said duri NATO chief upbeat that Sweden could be ready to join the alliance by March 01/26/2024 06:43am • BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed optimism on Friday that Sweden could be ready to join the military organization by March, after receiving positive signals this week from holdouts Hungary and Turkey. Sweden, along with its neighbor Finland, set aside decades of mil West Ham signs Kalvin Phillips on loan from Man City. England midfielder gets fresh start 01/26/2024 05:20am • LONDON (AP) — Kalvin Phillips completed his move to West Ham on Friday on a six-month loan deal from Manchester City, where the England midfielder had fallen out of favor with Pep Guardiola. Phillips had made just 16 Premier League appearances — all but two as a substitute — in 18 months at Ci South Korean police investigating 14-year-old boy as suspect of attack on lawmaker 01/26/2024 03:20am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An assailant who repeatedly struck a South Korean lawmaker with a rock as she tried to resist was a 14-year-old boy who was sent to a mental health facility Friday, Seoul police said as they continue to investigate the attack. The attack Thursday on Bae Hyunjin, a member Finns go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president at a time of increased tension with Russia 01/26/2024 12:35am • HELSINKI (AP) — Finns will vote Sunday to elect a new president at an unprecedented time: the Nordic nation is now a NATO member following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its eastern border with Russia is closed, both almost unthinkable a few years ago. Unlike in most European countries, the p Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments 01/26/2024 12:03am • When Aaliyah Iglesias was caught vaping at a Texas high school, she didn’t realize how much could be taken from her. Suddenly, the rest of her high school experience was threatened: being student council president, her role as debate team captain and walking at graduation. Even her college scho Bid to overhaul New Mexico oil and gas regulations clears first hurdle amid litigation 01/25/2024 10:10pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An effort to modernize state oversight of a thriving petroleum industry in the nation's No. 2 state for oil production advanced past its first committee vetting Thursday at the New Mexico Legislature. The bill would rewrite portions of the state's 1930s-era Oil and Gas Act Raheem Morris hired as head coach by Atlanta Falcons, who pass on Bill Belichick 01/25/2024 09:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Three years ago, the Atlanta Falcons passed on a chance to make Raheem Morris their head coach. They didn’t let him get away this time -- even after an exhaustive search that included six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick. The Falcons hired the Los Angeles Rams defensive coord