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A driverless car hits a person crossing against the light in China 07/09/2024 01:17pm • BEIJING (AP) — A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker's side, because the person was reportedly crossing against the light. The operator of the vehicle, Chinese tech giant Baidu, said in a statement to Chinese media that the car A New Jersey Democratic power broker pleads not guilty to state racketeering charges 07/09/2024 12:55pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Democratic power broker charged with racketeering by the state attorney general pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he threatened people whose properties he sought to take over and orchestrated tax incentive legislation to benefit organizations he controlled. Appeals panel keeps 21-month sentence for ex-Tennessee lawmaker who tried to withdraw guilty plea 07/09/2024 12:03pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals panel is keeping a 21-month prison sentence in place for a former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations. The ruling Monday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals focuses on the August 2023 senten A woman who received a pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump has died 07/09/2024 11:47am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant -- along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating – has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death from kidney and heart failure when surgeons at NYU Langone Health performed the dramatic pair of surger US-Audiobooks-Top-10 07/09/2024 11:45am • Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narrated by Richard Poe (HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 4. Ask Not b Relief in South Africa after J&J reversal allows key tuberculosis drug production at lower prices 07/09/2024 11:16am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Medical advocacy groups have welcomed Johnson & Johnson’s decision not to enforce its patent on a critical tuberculosis medication, allowing its production at much lower prices, after South African authorities opened an investigation into the conglomerate. The La cumbre de la OTAN empieza hoy en Washington DC con Biden como anfitrión 07/09/2024 10:47am • Los líderes de la OTAN se reúnen a partir de este martes en Washington DC en la cumbre que conmemora el 75º aniversario de la alianza militar, que nunca ha sido más grande ni más enfocada, pero que también enfrenta amenazas potencialmente existenciales desde afuera y desde adentro. Si la gu Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds 07/09/2024 10:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer. Around 6 in Novak Djokovic uses Wimbledon crowd's 'disrespect' as fuel as he moves closer to another title 07/09/2024 09:58am • LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic is just one example of a superstar athlete who manages to find motivation wherever possible. Serena Williams, Michael Jordan and Tom Brady are others who come to mind. With Djokovic, it often derives from — or at least his perception that there are — crowds who are As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing 07/09/2024 09:31am • HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Chilly nights on northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisher Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long now that when his headlamp illuminates the eye-shine of his quarry, he can communicate the sighting to his dad wi A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study 07/09/2024 09:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren't an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian i Estas son algunas de las propuestas de Edmundo González como candidato a la presidencia de Venezuela 07/09/2024 09:11am • (CNN Español) -- Edmundo González se prepara para enfrentar a Nicolás Maduro en las elecciones presidenciales de Venezuela, que se celebrarán el 28 de julio.Al ser nombrado candidato, González mantuvo la línea discursiva de María Corina Machado, la exdiputada no pudo inscribirse como la aban Viola Davis and James Patterson to collaborate on novel set in the contemporary, rural South 07/09/2024 08:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors: Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson. Little, Brown and Company announced Tuesday that Davis and Patterson are collabora Copenhague premiará a los turistas que cuiden el medio ambiente con comida y visitas gratuitas 07/09/2024 08:41am • (CNN) -- Los visitantes de Copenhague que se involucren en actividades de cuidado del medio ambiente, como recoger basura o viajar en transporte público, podrían ser recompensados con comida, experiencias culturales y visitas gratuitas en el marco de un nuevo programa piloto.El programa de prueba Blackpink rapper Lisa joins Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York's Central Park 07/09/2024 08:13am • NEW YORK (AP) — Blackpink rapper Lisa will join the Global Citizen Festival lineup in New York’s Central Park for her first solo performance at a festival, the anti-poverty nonprofit announced Tuesday. Lisa joins headliners Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Raouw Alejandro for the Sept. 28 e