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Senate confirms new energy regulators, extending Biden's grip on panel that backs renewable energy 06/13/2024 12:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's grip on a key federal energy commission will last beyond his first term, giving a boost to the Democrat's push for renewable energy regardless of the election results in November. The Senate ensured that political reality as lawmakers approved three new memb What to know about a series of storms that has swamped South Florida with flash floods 06/13/2024 12:36pm • A series of storms flowing from the Gulf of Mexico swamped South Florida with flash floods that stalled cars, forced the cancellation of dozens of flights and generally made life miserable for tens of thousands of people. Flat Florida is prone to flooding even on sunny days when so-called king tides IndyCar moves to Fox Sports in 2025 after 16 seasons with NBC. Fox now has Daytona 500 and Indy 500 06/13/2024 11:40am • Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule. NASCAR in November an Enfrentará juicio: periodista estadounidense detenido en Rusia es acusado de espionaje 06/13/2024 11:15am • MOSCÚ – Evan Gershkovich, el periodista estadounidense que ha estado preso por más de un año en Rusia, acusado de espionaje, enfrentará un juicio en la ciudad de Ekaterinburgo en los montes Urales, señalaron las autoridades el jueves. La acusación contra el reportero del Wall Street J At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research 06/13/2024 11:07am • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — It wasn't your typical trifold poster board display. High school freshman Alexandra Bui constructed a jumbo mail-order catalog replica from wooden sheets — an inventive, oversized way to convey her research on the Sears catalog's impact on getting consumer goods to Black NATO defense ministers thrash out new security aid and training support plan for Ukraine 06/13/2024 10:08am • BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers gathered Thursday hoping to agree on a new plan to provide long-term security assistance and military training to Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion, after Hungary promised not to veto the proposal as long as it’s not forced to take part. The ministe Neil Goldschmidt, former Oregon governor who confessed to sex with a minor in the 1970s, has died 06/13/2024 09:52am • Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, who as mayor of Portland was credited with starting the city on its path to becoming a magnet for the young, hip and liberal but whose reputation unraveled after it was revealed he had sex with a 14-year-old, has died. He was 83. Goldschmidt died at his Portland Nicole Kidman gets gushes from Miles Teller, Zac Efron, on night of AFI Life Achievement Award 06/13/2024 09:44am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicole Kidman’s close co-stars, including Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon, paid her emotional tribute, as expected, when she received the AFI Life Achievement Award in April. But when a taped telecast of the event airs on TNT on Monday night, viewers may be surprised to se States bet on boosting taxes for online sports betting companies like DraftKings, FanDuel 06/13/2024 09:39am • NEW YORK (AP) — States are looking to increase their take from the $16 billion online sports gambling industry as it expands across the country with big partnerships. DraftKings, FanDuel and other betting apps are facing a bigger tax hit in Illinois following changes to tax policy this year. New J Turista de Texas muere electrocutado en jacuzzi de resort en México 06/13/2024 09:24am • Corrección (13 de junio 4:55 PM) Una versión previa de esta historia tenía la foto incorrecta del Sonoran Spa Resort que no era el lugar del incidente. El incidente ocurrió en el Sonoran Sea Resort. Un hombre murió electrocutado en un jacuzzi de un resort en México, anunciaron el miércoles Gobierno de México informa a familiares de las víctimas de la mina Pasta de Conchos sobre hallazgo de restos humanos 06/13/2024 09:20am • (CNN en Español) - -  La Secretaría de Gobierno de México informó a familiares de las víctimas de la tragedia sucedida hace 18 años en la mina Pasta de Conchos del hallazgo de los primeros restos humanos localizados en una de las galerías de la mina a 146 metros de profundidad.Las autoridade Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth 06/13/2024 09:03am • The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It's cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration T Moneybagg Yo's 'A Gangsta's Pain' went No. 1. He's back to soundtrack your summer with 'Speak Now.' 06/13/2024 09:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — In 2021, you heard it: Moneybagg Yo 's “Wokesha” blaring from cars and corner stores — an undeniable song of the summer that helped turn the Memphis rapper into a No. 1 artist. His fourth studio album, “A Gangsta's Pain” topped the Billboard 200 that year, all but confirm J.W. Mays: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 06/13/2024 08:38am • BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — J.W. Mays Inc. (MAYS) on Thursday reported a loss of $85,000 in its fiscal third quarter. The Brooklyn, New York-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents per share. The commercial real estate leasing company posted revenue of $5.4 million in the per Expanded Club World Cup in 2025 faces legal challenge by players' unions 06/13/2024 08:12am • DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Soccer players’ unions legally challenged FIFA on Thursday for expanding the Club World Cup. The 32-team event, up from seven, is slated for June-July 2025 in the United States despite world players' union FIFPRO raising concerns about the increasing physical and menta