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Vermont governor urges residents to report flood damage to the state for FEMA determination 07/16/2024 05:17pm • Vermont's governor on Tuesday urged residents to report any damage from last week's flooding to the state, even if they plan to do repairs themselves, so that counties can meet the threshold for individual federal assistance. The flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl damaged homes, knocked Few residents opt out of $600 million class action settlement in East Palestine, Ohio, derailment 07/16/2024 04:37pm • Few people ultimately opted out of the $600 million class action settlement Norfolk Southern offered to people affected by last year's disastrous East Palestine train derailment despite the questions residents raised about the deal, lawyers said. The plaintiffs' attorneys said only 22 of the nearly Pilot dies after small plane crashes into river on Maryland's Eastern Shore, officials say 07/16/2024 03:36pm • EASTON, Md. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane died Tuesday morning after an engine failure caused the aircraft to crash into a river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, authorities said. The twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed into the water near Easton around 9:30 a.m. after the pilot reported engine failu Residents cleared to return home after crews contain wind-swept wildfire on Hawaii's Kauai island 07/16/2024 01:50pm • KAUMAKANI, Hawaii (AP) — Firefighters have contained a wind-swept wildfire that was threatening about 200 homes on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, authorities said late Monday night, and an evacuation notice for the area has been lifted. The fire burned 1.56 square miles (4 square kilometers) of la Battered by Hurricane Idalia last year, Florida village ponders future as hurricane season begins 07/16/2024 01:39pm • HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her "little slice of heaven." She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. There, she felt close to God and her late father. When Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida in late August Libyan authorities discover two dozen unidentified bodies in a former stronghold of the IS group 07/16/2024 01:26pm • CAIRO (AP) — A mass grave containing two dozen unidentified bodies was discovered in the coastal city of Sirte, once controlled by the Islamic State group, a Libyan government agency said Monday. The National Authority for Searching and Identifying Missing People said its team recovered 17 of the At least 72 people are killed in a militia attack near Congo's capital in a conflict over land 07/16/2024 12:44pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 72 people, including nine soldiers and a soldier's wife, were killed when armed men attacked a village in western Congo, local authorities said, as violence intensifies between rival communities. Saturday's attack took place in the village of Kinsele, around 100 kil Tour de France Results 07/16/2024 12:42pm • Tuesday, July 16 In France 16th Stage A 117-mile race from Gruissan to Nimes. 1. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, Alpecin-Deceuninck/BEL, 4:11:27s. 2. Phil Bauhaus, Germany, Bahrain Victorious/BRN, same time. 3. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, UNO-X Mobility/NOR, same time. 4. Sam Bennett, Ireland, Deca Belgian sprinter Philipsen completes hat trick of stage wins at Tour, Girmay falls near finish 07/16/2024 12:30pm • NIMES, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year's Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter's green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday. There was no major change in the general classification with two-time champion Today in Sports - Joe DiMaggio’s record hitting streak of 56 games comes to an end 07/16/2024 10:00am • July 17 1939 — Henry Picard beats Byron Nelson 1-up in 37 holes to win the PGA championship. 1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games is stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland. 1955 — Beverly Hanson beats Louise Suggs by three strokes in a playoff 'This is a really good day for commuters': $40M in funding approved for Route 28 project in Va. 07/16/2024 08:45am • Transportation planners have approved a second round of funding in long-range plans to improve the commute on Virginia Route 28 between Manassas Park and Fairfax County. Virginia state Sen. Danica Roem (D-Prince William County) said the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority OK'd $40 million Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández wins the Home Run Derby 07/16/2024 07:19am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Teoscar Hernández needed a moment to calm down during the Home Run Derby, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger got a boost from a former teammate who just happened to be last year's champion. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wore a Blue Jays jersey with Hernández’s name and No. 3 US journalist Gershkovich scheduled to appear in Russian court for the second hearing of spy charges 07/16/2024 05:25am • MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to appear in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny, court records showed. The trial is taking place behind closed d Nepal authorities say 65 people were on board the buses missing in a river since Friday 07/16/2024 01:46am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — There were 65 people on board the two buses that were pushed into a swollen river in Nepal, of which rescuers have been able to recover 14 bodies, authorities said Tuesday. Eight of the bodies have been identified and are being handed over the relatives. Six of them were In 3 hikers die in Utah parks as triple-digit temperatures linger in western US 07/16/2024 01:16am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands National Park in triple-digit temperatures. The daughter, 23, and her father, 52, sent a 911