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Regulators pleased Union Pacific is using fewer temporary shipping limits 04/17/2024 03:19pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Union Pacific dramatically reduced its use of temporary limits on some businesses' shipments over the past year after its customers complained, but regulators said Wednesday the railroad must go further to be in line with the other major freight railroads that rarely use such em Family of Minnesota man shot to death by state trooper in traffic stop files civil rights lawsuit 04/17/2024 02:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The family of a Minnesota man who was killed by a state trooper during a traffic stop filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that the fatal shooting was unjustified and unlawful. The lawsuit names Troopers Ryan Londregan, who shot Ricky Cobb II, and Brett Seide Judges orders Pennsylvania agency to produce inspection records related to chocolate plant blast 04/17/2024 02:51pm • Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency���s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner sided Tuesday with Italy's leader keeps the focus on migration on her fourth visit to Tunisia in a year 04/17/2024 02:17pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� The head of Italy's right-wing government acknowledged Wednesday that Tunisia cannot serve as a dumping ground for migrants, days after Tunisia's president reaffirmed his unwillingness to let Europe outsource migration problems by sending those not welcome there to his countr Lab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreak 04/17/2024 01:26pm • HOWELL, Mich. (AP) ��� Days after a routine injection to ease back pain, Donna Kruzich and a friend drove across the border to Canada in 2012 to see end-of-summer theater in Stratford, Ontario. The 78-year-old Michigan woman suddenly became ill and returned home. By early October, she was dead. ���M What caused the grueling morning traffic delays on the Beltway ��� and how it could happen again 04/17/2024 01:09pm • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. Traffic was at a near standstill throughout the D.C. region Wednesday morning after construction work closed lanes on the Capital Beltway. Commuters clogged alternatives routes and backups stretched for miles. The construction Wednesday morning was Stephen Williams becomes first British rider to win the Fl��che Wallonne. He tamed rivals and snow 04/17/2024 12:58pm • HUY, Belgium (AP) ��� Stephen Williams became the first British winner of the Fl��che Wallonne classic race on Wednesday after battling tough weather conditions including snow to cross first atop the Mur de Huy. After nearly 200 kilometers (124 miles) of racing, Williams attacked in the Mur de Huy � A neglected burial ground for migrants on Greek island of Lesbos has been given a drastic overhaul 04/17/2024 12:53pm • LESBOS, Greece (AP) ��� Most drowned making the hazardous sea crossing from nearby Turkey, while others died of natural causes in migrant camps on the Greek island of Lesbos. After years of neglect, a makeshift burial ground for migrants on the island has been cleaned up and landscaped to provide a Greek minister says 2 major new marine parks will be created by the end of this year 04/17/2024 12:35pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece will be able to create the two new major marine parks it has announced for the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea by the end of this year, the country���s environment and energy minister said Wednesday. Speaking during an international ocean conference in Athens, Theodoros Senator's son pleads not guilty to charges from crash that killed North Dakota sheriff's deputy 04/17/2024 12:14pm • WASHBURN, N.D. (AP) ��� The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to homicide and other charges in connection with a Dec. 6 crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, waived his preliminary hearing and entered his not guilty plea to felony charges o 'I was afraid for my life' ��� Orlando Bloom puts himself in peril for new TV series 04/17/2024 11:15am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Orlando Bloom wanted to test himself for his latest adventure project. Not by eating something gross or visiting a new country. He wanted to risk death ��� with not one but three extreme sports. The Peacock series���Orlando Bloom: To the Edge��� sees the ���Pirates of the Caribbean Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 17 people as the war approaches a critical stage 04/17/2024 11:01am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said. At least 61 people, including three children, were wounded in the morning a Protests, heightened terror threat mean tight security at Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden 04/17/2024 09:40am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Security will be tight during next month���s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern Sweden city of Malmo, police said Wednesday, citing demonstrations that could lead to unrests and a heightened threat of terrorism in the Scandinavian country. ���The security is going Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths 04/17/2024 09:03am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas is getting his first chance at parole. James Parker was 16 when he wa Edmunds: Avoid these 3 mistakes when buying a used car sight unseen 04/17/2024 08:08am • It���s easier than ever before to buy a used vehicle online. Unfortunately, that also means it���s easier than ever before to make a purchase you might later regret. Buying a vehicle online and sight unseen allows you to potentially shop the nation���s entire inventory of cars rather than what just