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Pressure mounts on Houston power company to quickly restore service as city sweats after Beryl 07/11/2024 04:04am • HOUSTON (AP) — Pressure mounted Wednesday on Houston’s power utility as millions of residents still had no electricity nearly three days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, stoking questions over how a city that is all too familiar with destructive weather was unable to better withstand a Categ Biden says pressure on him is driven by elites. Voters paint a more complicated picture 07/11/2024 12:12am • SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — Considering her choices in this year’s rapidly approaching presidential election, Rochelle Jones thinks both major party candidates should step aside. “They just need to get somebody that’s going to run this country right, that don’t have any health issues, that ca Hurricane Beryl's remnants drop tornadoes and heavy rain from Great Lakes to New England 07/10/2024 11:25pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Beryl dropped tornadoes and threatened flooding Wednesday as the system churned into Canada and the northeastern U.S. after leaving millions in the Houston area without power. Beryl, which landed in Texas on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, was a post Hilliard homers twice, Freeland has nine Ks as Rockies hold on to beat Reds 6-5 07/10/2024 11:05pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Sam Hilliard homered twice, his first homers since last April, and Kyle Freeland had a season-high nine strikeouts, and the Colorado Rockies held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 on Wednesday night. Freeland (1-3) has given up two or fewer earned runs in four straight starts, Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US 07/10/2024 10:59pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas baked Wednesday in its record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected to broil much of the U.S. into the weekend. The temperature climbed to 115 shortly after 1 p.m. Prince William Co. schools to expand restrictions on student cellphone use 07/10/2024 10:08pm • Prince William County Public Schools intends to expand its restrictions on cellphone usage to all middle and high schools next year. The undertaking — an expansion of last year’s pilot program restricting phone usage in county schools — comes as Gov. Glenn Youngkin is making “cellphone-fr Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure 07/10/2024 10:06pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas election officials on Wednesday rejected petitions submitted for an abortion-rights ballot measure that organizers hoped to put before voters this fall in a predominantly Republican state. The secretary of state’s office rejected the petitions submitted on Frida Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons 07/10/2024 09:32pm • The Senate passed legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons following reporting from The Associated Press that exposed systemic corruption in the federal prison system and increased congressional scrutiny. The Federal P Louisiana lawmakers work to address 'silent danger' of thousands of dead and beetle-infested trees 07/10/2024 08:05pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Dead pine trees, weakened by last summer's drought and hungry beetles, are a major public safety concern for Louisiana residents, with fears that fragile tree limbs may come crashing down on homes, roads, power lines and businesses without warning, officials say. As more re Blown landing-gear tire causes a flight delay at Tampa International Airport; no injuries reported 07/10/2024 08:05pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A blown landing-gear tire caused a delay for American Airlines passengers heading from Tampa to Phoenix Wednesday morning. Emergency responders were dispatched to American Airlines Flight 590 shortly before 8 a.m., Tampa International Airport spokesman C.J. Johnson said. A video 10 ETFs to Build a Diversified Portfolio 07/10/2024 08:00pm • One of the key principles guiding portfolio managers today is that different asset classes have historically behaved in consistent ways depending on the economic cycle. For instance, stocks tend to do well during periods of economic expansion and low interest rates. On the other hand, during major r The Latest: First Senate Democrat and more House Democrats call for Biden's withdrawal 07/10/2024 07:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, is set to meet Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions as he tries to make the case that his record in office matters mor Doctor says tampons are safe after research finds toxic metals in the menstrual product 07/10/2024 07:03pm • Researchers say tampons made by many brands contain toxic metals, including lead and arsenic. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the University of California Berkeley measured 16 metals in tampons, evaluating 14 unidentified brands from the U.S. and Europe. They found “measurable conc Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures 07/10/2024 05:45pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they’re confident that Boeing’s space capsule can return them safely, despite a string of vexing breakdowns. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams launched aboard Boeing’s n Republicans urge reversal of landmark ruling in Montana climate change lawsuit by young plaintiffs 07/10/2024 05:39pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for Republican officials pressed Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by allowing oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warmi