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Dredging of Puerto Rico's biggest port begins despite warnings it may harm turtles and corals 04/03/2024 09:19pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico���s biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit. Crews with California-based Curtin Maritime will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards (76 million cubi Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000 04/03/2024 08:34pm • HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) ��� The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which injured more than 1,000, struck Steve Clifford is stepping down as Hornets coach as 'grind' of 82 games becomes too much 04/03/2024 06:56pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Steve Clifford said the grind of an 82-game season became too much ��� and the losing didn't help, either. So Clifford informed the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday that he is stepping down as head coach after the season. He plans to stay on in an advisory role, with the detai Argentina's Milei takes his chainsaw to the state, cutting 15,000 jobs and spurring protests 04/03/2024 06:00pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� Argentina said Wednesday that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei���s aggressive campaign to slash spending, the latest in a series of painful economic measures that have put the libertarian government on a collision course with angry prote South Korean computer chipmaker plans $3.87 billion Indiana semiconductor plant and research center 04/03/2024 05:58pm • WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) ��� A major South Korean computer chipmaker said Wednesday it plans to spend more than $3.87 billion in Indiana to build a semiconductor packaging plant and research and development center. SK Hynix expects the campus to create as many as 800 high-wage jobs in engineering, Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere 04/03/2024 05:40pm • The drive to Bristol, Virginia, from Jacksonville, Florida, takes more than eight hours. It's over 10 from Orlando and closer to 14 from Miami. Despite that distance, Bristol Women���s Health Center is preparing for an influx of women from Florida seeking abortions when a stricter ban kicks in next Authorities identify remains of man who went missing in Niagara Falls in 1990 and drifted 145 miles 04/03/2024 12:23pm • OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) ��� A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario in 1992 has been identified as a Buffalo man who is believed to have died going over Niagara Falls. Vincent Stack went missing in Niagara Falls State Park on Dec. 4, 1990. DNA technology helped identify his remains, which dri What do a top-secret CIA mission and the Maryland bridge wreck have in common? Well, the same crane 04/03/2024 11:02am • These days a floating crane called the Chesapeake 1000 ��� nicknamed ���Chessy��� ��� has the grim task of hauling off shattered steel from last week's fatal bridge collapse in Baltimore. It has taken on many jobs over the decades. But the crane's most notable operation, until last week, was helpin North Korea says it tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile that's easier to hide 04/03/2024 10:52am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korea said Wednesday it had tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile powered with solid propellants, extending a run of weapons tests that���s deepening a nuclear standoff with neighbors and the United States. With the supposed success of the demonstration NCAA Women's Div. II Basketball Tournament Glance 04/03/2024 10:01am • All Times EDT First Round Friday, March 15 Atlantic Region At campus sites Gannon 73, West Virginia St. 53 Lock Haven 74, California (Pa.) 60 Fairmont St. 72, West Chester 68 Fayetteville St. 72, Indiana (Pa.) 63 Central Region Southern Nazarene 70, Henderson St. 61 Harding 82, Pittsburg St. 74, OT AP Was There: A 1974 tornado in Xenia, Ohio, kills 32 and levels half the city 04/03/2024 09:45am • XENIA, Ohio (AP) ��� EDITOR'S NOTE ��� On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000. Hundreds were left homeless. Nearby Wilberforce, home to Central State University, was also hit with dea Citizen scientist measured Rockies snowfall for 50 years. Two new hips help him keep going 04/03/2024 09:29am • GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) ��� Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado���s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day. Billy Barr first began recording snow and A fire in a tailoring shop in India kills 7, including children 04/03/2024 08:59am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� A fire in a tailoring shop on Wednesday killed seven people, including two children, in the Indian city of Aurangabad, police said. The blaze created panic in part of the business district of the city in Maharashtra state. Authorities suspect that the deaths occurred due to smoke Luxury SUV face-off: Edmunds compares the Genesis GV80 and Lexus RX 04/03/2024 07:23am • Genesis, the spinoff luxury automaker from Hyundai, launched its GV80 midsize SUV in 2021. Noting its high-quality interior, supple ride over bumps, and generous complement of standard tech features, Edmunds immediately ranked it as one of the top models in its class. But how does the Genesis stack Former rebels in Central African Republic disarm but face few options. Wagner is one of them 04/03/2024 03:54am • BOUAR, Central African Republic (AP) ��� The bodies of children killed in the crossfire lay on the ground. It was too much for the rebel. After a year of fighting rivals across Central African Republic, the abuses were mounting and he wanted out. The 42-year-old took advantage of a nationwide progra