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Referendum set for South Dakota voters on controversial carbon dioxide pipeline law 07/11/2024 03:41pm • After years spent trying to gain regulatory approval for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline intended to snake through the Midwest, the effort could be complicated even further if South Dakota voters reject a law passed by the Legislature that pipeline opponents say is an attempt to squelch local con France's unions call for protests to pressure Macron into naming leftist government 07/11/2024 03:13pm • PARIS (AP) — With just 15 days before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, a major French union on Thursday called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of recent legislative elections and allow a left-wing coalitio Nevada Supreme Court is asked to step into Washoe County fray over certification of recount results 07/11/2024 03:04pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two top officials in Nevada are asking the state Supreme Court to step into a fray over a vote earlier this week by Washoe County commissioners not to certify recount results in two local races. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a petition wi Rome's airport is named for da Vinci, Venice's for Marco Polo. Milan's Malpensa? Silvio Berlusconi 07/11/2024 02:52pm • ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi, a cruise-ship singer, media mogul and three-time premier who dominated Italian politics for three decades, is getting a new act following his death last year. Milan’s Malpensa Airport, Italy’s second-busiest passenger airport, is being renamed for the billionaire Theater festivals offer to give up their grants if DeSantis restores funding for Florida arts groups 07/11/2024 02:47pm • Leaders of two performing arts festivals said Thursday that they would gladly give up their grants if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis restores the $32 million in state funding he nixed for more than 600 Florida arts groups, explaining the reason for his veto as being because the two theatrical events were North Carolina senator's top aide named CEO of Carolina Hurricanes parent company 07/11/2024 02:41pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A top aide to a powerful North Carolina state legislator was named Thursday as the chief executive officer of the parent company of the Carolina Hurricanes. Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon announced the hiring of Brian Fork, who has worked for state Senate leader Phil Berger since Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff, dies at 82 07/11/2024 02:40pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson, who gained notoriety as an Arkansas sheriff for tactics that included chaining inmates outside a state prison to protest overcrowding, has died. He was 82. Robinson died at a Forrest City hospital Wednesday night of natural causes after a b Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey 07/11/2024 02:36pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A partnership that proposed an offshore wind farm in New Jersey last year but was not selected by state utility regulators to move forward with it is trying again. Community Offshore Wind said Thursday it had submitted a bid a day earlier to build a wind farm off the sta Houston keeps buckling under storms like Beryl. The fixes aren't coming fast enough 07/11/2024 02:11pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she went to a cooling center in Houston to get relief from summer heat while the city's utility company warned that restoring everyone's electricity could Germany to bar Chinese companies' components from core parts of its 5G networks 07/11/2024 01:52pm • BERLIN (AP) — Germany will bar the use of critical components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in core parts of the country's 5G networks in two steps starting in 2026, the nation's top security official said Thursday. Germany, which has Europe's biggest economy, has long mulled what to do Fracasa en la Cámara Baja intento republicano para multar al secretario de Justicia 07/11/2024 01:50pm • WASHINGTON – La Cámara de Representantes rechazó el jueves una resolución para acusar al fiscal general Merrick Garland de “desprecio inherente” por no entregar las cintas de audio de la entrevista del presidente Joe Biden con el fiscal especial Robert Hur. La resolución “priv Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls slightly, easing borrowing costs for home shoppers 07/11/2024 01:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell slightly this week, providing modest relief for home shoppers facing record-high home prices. The rate fell to 6.89% from 6.95% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 6.96%. The average rate has mo ¿Quiénes son los ministros del Gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum en México? Este es su gabinete 07/11/2024 01:20pm • (CNN Español) -- La próxima presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, está conformando su gabinete para su mandato 2024-2030. Ya ha anunciado varios nombres de los miembros del Ejecutivo.Estos son los miembros del gabinete confirmados hasta el momento:Rosa Icela Rodríguez, secretaria de Gobernac US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 07/11/2024 01:16pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 3. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 4. “Camino Ghosts” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 5. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 6. “You Like It Da House rejects GOP effort to fine Attorney General Garland for refusal to turn over Biden audio 07/11/2024 01:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP effort to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case as a handful of Republicans resisted taking an aggressive step against a sitting Cabi