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Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in Appalachia 07/11/2024 11:00am • MOUNT STORM, W.Va. (AP) ��� Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope will strengthen the nation's energy future. They aren't mining the coal that powered the steel Sale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn't Steeltown USA anymore 07/11/2024 10:51am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Generations of Pittsburghers have worked at steel mills, rooted for the Steelers or ridden the rollercoaster at Kennywood amusement park, giving them a bird's eye view of the massive Edgar Thomson Works, the region���s last blast furnace. Now, Steeltown USA's most storied steel c Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 12 - July 18 07/11/2024 10:05am • July 12 1901 ��� Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A���s. 1930 ��� Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Open. Jones, who also won the British Open, the American Amateur and the British Amateur, becomes the only golfer to take all four events in the same Today in Sports - Week Ahead, July 12 - July 18 07/11/2024 10:00am • July 16 1920 ��� Babe Ruth breaks his season record of 29 homers with his 30th, leading the New York Yankees past the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth ends the season with 54. 1920 ��� The United States sweeps Australia in five matches to win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1913. The U.S. team is Wind power expansion meets grassroots resistance in Brazil's Northeast 07/11/2024 09:35am • QUEIMADA NOVA, Brazil (AP) ��� Cousins Nilson Jos�� dos Santos and Geremias da Cruz dos Anjos grew up together in neighboring rural communities in Brazil's impoverished Northeast. The ruggedness of the land here and recurring drought make it unsuitable for the commercial farming that has transformed Woman swept to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away 07/11/2024 09:26am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Thursday. Japan's coast guard launched a search for the woman, ident A cyclist finds his special spot in vineyard-rich Burgundy by taking a different path 07/11/2024 07:58am • Here���s what I discovered on my recent and first trip to the Burgundy region of France: What���s good for the grape is good for the cyclist. Especially if you enjoy climbing some of the many rocky ridges that line this beautiful, vineyard-filled region in east-central France. It���s up there, off Danish rider Morkov withdraws from Tour de France because of COVID-19 infection 07/11/2024 06:51am • AURILLAC, France (AP) ��� Veteran rider Michael Morkov withdrew from the Tour de France before the 12th stage because of a COVID-19 infection, his Astana team said on Thursday. The 39-year-old Dane tested positive on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. ���Despite the rider feeling good and doesn Things to do in the DC area: Blerdcon, Bastille Day ��� and more! 07/11/2024 06:30am • Nerds, unite! Blerdcon runs from Friday through Sunday with a widespread focus on everything from video gaming, to tabletop gaming, to anime and manga, to cosplay, as well as music ��� while celebrating Blerd (a portmanteau of Black and nerd) culture. This year, there will be over 100 panels and 11 killed as passenger bus collides with pickup truck in northern Philippines 07/11/2024 12:35am • TUGUEGARAO, Philippines (AP) ��� A bus collided with a pickup truck early Thursday morning, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a northern Philippine town, police said. Those who died were riding the small truck as it was rammed on the side by the bus, causing it to lose control and smash i Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US 07/10/2024 10:59pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Las Vegas baked Wednesday in its record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected to broil much of the U.S. into the weekend. The temperature climbed to 115 shortly after 1 p.m. Man suspected of killing the family of BBC radio commentator has been found, British police say 07/10/2024 10:15pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British police said they found Wednesday the man suspected of killing three women, the wife and daughters of a well-known BBC radio commentator, near London in a brutal crossbow attack. In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said 26-year-old Kyle Clifford was found in the Enfield area His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highway 07/10/2024 09:34pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old ���miracle baby��� survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi. Calcasieu Parish Sh Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial starts with witnesses recalling chaotic set shooting 07/10/2024 09:08pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� A defense attorney told jurors Wednesday that the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was an ���unspeakable tragedy��� but that ��� Alec Baldwin committed no crime; he was an actor, acting.��� Baldwin's lawyer Alex Spiro emphasized in his opening statement in a Pilot killed when firefighting plane crashes into Montana reservoir while scooping up water 07/10/2024 08:46pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� The pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday afternoon while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze, officials said. The crash was reported shortly after noon on Hauser Reservoir on the Missouri River northeast of Hele