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Paul Skenes in spotlight, starting All-Star Game after just 11 major league games 07/15/2024 11:10pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Paul Skenes looked like a summer intern reporting for duty in a light gray suit, white shirt and cream-colored tie, teenage acne on his face and wonder in his voice. In a ballpark filled with six dozen All-Stars, the 22-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher with 11 major leag From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia 07/15/2024 09:58pm • NORTHERN UKRAINE (AP) ��� Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement. An ecosystem of laboratories in hundreds of secret workshops is leveraging innov Mexico's costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operation 07/15/2024 09:53pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The pet rail project of President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion, is only half finished as he heads into the final 2 1/2 months of his term, and has wreaked major damage on the environment. But the most damning judgments on the Maya Tr Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries 07/15/2024 09:10pm • LELILEF SAWAI, Indonesia (AP) ��� On a steep trek up to his forest farm on the Indonesian island of Halmahera, Librek Loha let out a cry of dismay. ���Aduuuuh,��� he said, his voice trailing off. ���Landslides, again. They happen all the time now.��� The mudslide below Loha��s plantings of cacao, n Israeli drone strike along Lebanon-Syria border kills Syrian businessman close to the government 07/15/2024 08:52pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� An Israeli drone strike on a car Monday near the Lebanon-Syria border killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to pro-government media and an official from an Iran-ba Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be mostly restored by Wednesday 07/15/2024 08:30pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city���s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas Public Utility Com The Best Places to Retire in Costa Rica 07/15/2024 08:00pm • For U.S. retirees searching for a comfortable place to retire overseas, Costa Rica has been a top choice for more than 40 years. Its affordable cost of living and proximity to the U.S. makes it an attractive home for seniors. Retirees can enjoy exploring Costa Rica's natural beauty, including its re Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers 07/15/2024 06:41pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts. An Italian-led team reported Monday that there's evidence for a sizable cave acce Lexi Thompson hopes to help the U.S. reclaim the Solheim Cup in her last year as a full-time player 07/15/2024 06:36pm • GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) ��� Lexi Thompson isn't sure whether this year's Solheim Cup will be her last as a player, but she showed her commitment to returning the cup to the United States by making an early visit to the demanding venue where the Americans will take on Europe in September. Thompson, In beachy Galveston, locals buckle down without power after Beryl's blow during peak tourist season 07/15/2024 06:32pm • GALVESTON, Texas (AP) ��� Vacuums sucked the water out of the seaside inn run by Nick Gaido���s family in Galveston since 1911 as power was still spotty nearly one week after a resurgent Hurricane Beryl swept into Texas. Blue tarp covered much of the torn off roof. Gaido scheduled cleanup shifts for Georgia county says slave descendants can't use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community 07/15/2024 06:12pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants can't be challenged with a referendum, an attorney said Monday in a letter to the judge considering a petition by local voters. Tho Burris skippers Maverick to record time in Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac 07/15/2024 05:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Sanford Burris skippered Maverick to a record-breaking finish in the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, finishing the course of 289 nautical miles up Lake Michigan in 22 hours, 24 minutes and 23 seconds. That was 1 hour, 6 minutes and 11 seconds faster than the old record set by R Cape Cod's fishhook topography makes it a global hotspot for mass strandings by dolphins 07/15/2024 04:43pm • The recent stranding of more than 100 dolphins on Cape Cod, the largest such event involving dolphins in U.S. history, is partly due to the peninsula's geography, with its gently sloping sand flats, tidal fluctuations and proximity to productive feeding grounds, experts said. The elements, along wit In a world of moving pictures, photographs capture indelible moments in Trump assassination attempt 07/15/2024 04:35pm • The photograph of a bloodied Donald Trump with his fist in the air and an American flag looming in the background is quickly emerging as the pivotal image of Saturday's shooting, and it wouldn't exist without a journalist who acted quickly and on a hunch. Video of the assassination attempt at a Penn Search suspended for pilot and passenger after tour helicopter crash off Hawaii's Kauai island 07/15/2024 04:03pm • LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) ��� Authorities suspended the search for a tour helicopter pilot and one of his passengers after they crashed into the ocean off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last week. The U.S. Coast Guard and Kauai officials said they suspended the search Sunday after searching for about 60 hou