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At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says 07/10/2024 05:26pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele's 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. Under a state of emergency originally declared in 2022 and still in effect, More police are dying on duty in 2024, report finds 07/10/2024 05:12pm • More police are being killed while on duty in 2024 compared to the same time span last year, according to a new report released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. “The conditions for the men and women out there protecting us are increasingly dangerous and every single year, 26 million tons of clothing end up in China's landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion 07/10/2024 04:55pm • WENZHOU, China (AP) — At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers Seeking carbon-free power, Virginia utility considers small nuclear reactors 07/10/2024 04:29pm • Virginia's largest utility said Wednesday that it will explore the possibility of using small nuclear reactors to help meet growing electricity demands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear power has been emerging as an attractive option for states transitioning away from coal, oil and Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover 07/10/2024 03:28pm • MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Vermont, Lisa Edson Neveu and her two teenage sons still live in their flood-wracked home despite unrepaired damage that festers like an open wound: torn-out walls and floors, a missing ceiling in one room and a downstair Maryland governor proposes nearly $149M in midyear budget cuts 07/10/2024 03:26pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's administration proposed nearly $149 million in midyear spending reductions on Wednesday to steer more money to help fund child care and Medicaid as state officials continue to wrestle with budget challenges. Moore will present the cuts next week to t Samsung brings tech's latest fashion to wearable technology with AI twists in new watch and ring 07/10/2024 01:57pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology's latest fashion — artificial intelligence. The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday revealed that both its first-ever premium smartwatch and a smart ring heralding its entry into a niche market will include AI Macron asks political parties to build a broad coalition before he appoints a new prime minister 07/10/2024 01:08pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he will wait for the country's political parties to build a "Republican" majority at the National Assembly before he can decide on a new prime minister, after no party won a majority in Sunday’s legislative elections. Macron's comment Powell stresses message that US job market is cooling, a possible signal of coming rate cut 07/10/2024 12:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reinforced a message that the Fed is paying growing attention to a slowing job market and not only to taming inflation, a shift that signals it's likely to begin cutting interest rates soon. “We’re not just an inflation-targeti Fraternity and sorority suspended as Dartmouth student's death investigated 07/10/2024 11:08am • HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows 07/10/2024 11:05am • Clinic closures in the wake of the Dobbs decision and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are abortion drugs, may have contributed to a sharp drop in the rate of prescriptions for contraceptives in states with the most restrictive abortion ban China investigating after media report finds same trucks transport edible oil and a form of coal 07/10/2024 07:43am • BANGKOK (AP) — China's authorities said they were investigating food safety concerns in cooking oils after an investigative report from local media revealed that tankers carrying soybean oil from a major state-owned company were also used to carry a form of coal. The report from Beijing News, a st Chaos swirling since Biden's debate flub is causing cracks in a White House known for discipline 07/10/2024 06:29am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal drama. Leaks. Second-guessing. The pressure and chaos swirling since Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance is causing cracks in a White House that until now had been marked by discipline and loyalty. For three-plus years, the Biden administration has been mostly a r Rains wash out a highway in China's Tibet region, stranding 130 people 07/10/2024 04:40am • BEIJING (AP) — Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday for more than 130 people including some tourists who were trapped in a mountainous town in China's Tibet region after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway, China's state media said. Those trapped also included m Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power 07/10/2024 12:56am • HOUSTON (AP) — The return of soaring heat in Houston on Tuesday deepened the misery for millions of people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strained one of the nation’s largest citi