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California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate goals for natural lands 04/22/2024 09:14pm • MODESTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California will open its first new state park in a decade this summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials announced Monday, as the state sets targets for cutting planet-warming emissions on natural lands. The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state's crop-ri Denver Broncos introduce new uniforms for first time since 1997 04/22/2024 08:54pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Denver Broncos unveiled new uniforms Monday with their first major changes since 1997. The ��� Mile High Collection ��� maintains the current helmet logo and features a total of 10 uniform combinations, four jerseys and three helmets. The collection integrates elements of Colorad Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands 04/22/2024 08:29pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened. The jury awarded $4 million each in compensatory dama Milwaukee man charged in dismemberment death pleads not guilty 04/22/2024 07:49pm • SOUTH MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� A Milwaukee man charged with killing and mutilating a woman whose body parts washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Monday. Maxwell Anderson, 33, of Milwaukee, entered the plea to charges of first-degree intentional homicide, mu Biden marks Earth Day by going after GOP, announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants 04/22/2024 05:52pm • TRIANGLE, Virginia (AP) ��� President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities ��� while criticizing Republicans who want to gut his policies to address climate change. Cleveland to pay $4.8M to family of teen killed by stolen car during police chase 04/22/2024 04:21pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Cleveland will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 13-year-old girl killed when a stolen car driven by a teenage carjacker jumped a curb during a police pursuit and struck her. The settlement attorneys for the family announced Monday is one of the largest in Ohio involving a polic Prince George���s Co. begins offering reimbursements for new security cameras 04/22/2024 04:08pm • Maryland's Prince George���s County is now taking applications for security camera reimbursement, roughly 13 months after initially approving the plan. The rebate program offers residents, businesses and other organizations up to $200 for new camera system purchases, and $100 to help offset the s No charges yet in weekend crash that killed 2 siblings at Michigan birthday party 04/22/2024 03:52pm • BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) ��� Investigators need more time to collect information before charges can be filed in the deaths of two young siblings who were killed by a suspected drunken driver at a child's weekend birthday party, a Michigan prosecutor said Monday. ���We expect to make a charging de For years, a Michigan company has been the top pick to quickly personalize draftees' new NFL jerseys 04/22/2024 03:46pm • ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (AP) ��� Employees of the company tasked each year with rapidly personalizing jerseys for each first-round NFL draft pick as they are announced don���t need to travel very far for this year���s player selections in Detroit. STAHLS��� headquarters in St. Clair Shores, Michigan Rivers recede but flooding plagues thousands in central Russia 04/22/2024 02:11pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Water levels in some overflowing rivers in Russia were starting to drop on Monday, but flooding remains widespread, Russian state TV reports said. More than 5,000 properties in Russia���s Kurgan region, about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) east of Moscow along the border with Kazakhs Maryland Public Television celebrates 20th anniversary of Chesapeake Bay Week 04/22/2024 02:03pm • Maryland Public Television kicks off Chesapeake Bay Week this week, airing now through Saturday. The series features 30 documentaries and other programs about the Chesapeake Bay, highlighting the beauty, importance and fragility of the nation's largest estuary. "This is the 20th anniversar Kurdish separatists and water issues loom large in long-awaited visit of Turkey's Erdogan to Iraq 04/22/2024 01:33pm • BAGHDAD (AP) ��� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdog an arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit in more than a decade as Ankara seeks greater cooperation from Baghdad in its fight against a Kurdish militant group that has a foothold in Iraq. Other issues also loom large between the t Best 2024 Hybrid and Electric cars 04/22/2024 12:41pm • Hyundai was the big winner in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings for the 2024 Best Hybrid and Electric Cars. "We looked at 96 total vehicles across 10 categories,��� said Tony Markovich, senior editor for Autos, at U.S. News. "This year, Hyundai really stood out ��� they had three Former FAU standout Alijah Martin signs with Florida over Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan and others 04/22/2024 12:25pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida Atlantic standout Alijah Martin, who helped propel the Owls to the Final Four in 2023, is moving about 300 miles north to play at Florida. The 6-foot-2 guard formally signed with the Gators on Monday and is expected to become an immediate starter for coach Todd Gol European nations with Patriot missiles hesitate to give the air defense systems to Ukraine 04/22/2024 12:01pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� European Union countries possessing Patriot air defense systems gave no clear signal on Monday whether they might be willing to supply them to Ukraine, which is desperately seeking at least seven of the missile batteries to help fend off Russian air attacks. Russia���s air force is