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DuPont plant in Louisiana fined $480,000 for releasing a cancer-causing chemical 10/29/2024 02:25pm • RESERVE, La. (AP) — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe. The consent agreement and final order outlining the settlement between DuPont and th Au pair pleads guilty to downgraded charge in Northern Virginia double homicide 10/29/2024 02:08pm • An au pair in Fairfax County, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge of manslaughter in what prosecutors said was a double homicide plot with her lover — the husband of one of the victims. Court documents unveiled additional details of the February 2023 killings that happened i Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US 10/29/2024 02:07pm • A bone-dry October is pushing nearly half of the United States into a flash drought, leading to fires in the Midwest and hindering shipping on the Mississippi River. More than 100 different long-term weather stations in 26 states, including Alaska, are having their driest October on record, through Tour de France unveils 2025 route that includes a climb up the 'evil' Mont Ventoux 10/29/2024 12:42pm • The Tour de France will have a more traditional look next year. After a rare finish outside Paris this past July, cycling's biggest race is getting back to basics for the 2025 route that was unveiled Tuesday. A mostly flat first week is followed by a lot of climbing in the last 10 stages that will Pope's child protection board urges transparency from Vatican sex abuse office and compensation 10/29/2024 12:34pm • Pope Francis' child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. The Pontifical Commission for th Erykah Badu celebrated as fashion icon at CFDA Awards after years of pushing boundaries 10/29/2024 12:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Erykah Badu was bestowed the fashion icon award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, playfully saying it was an honor she’d been hoping to get most of her life. Wearing a headdress of jewels and a Thom Browne jacket, Badu accepted the award Monday night in Manhattan, s UEFA gives player union an executive committee seat in move to involve stars more in decisions 10/29/2024 11:52am • PARIS (AP) — UEFA is giving the professional footballer's union a seat on its executive committee in a move meant to give players more input on issues such as the congested match calendar. UEFA and FIFPRO Europe announced a working agreement Tuesday that the union said will “increase the voice Four Downs with the Commanders: Hail Yes! 10/29/2024 11:25am • Will Sunday's 18-15 Washington Commanders win over Chicago go down as the day previous ghosts were exorcised? The 52-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass from Jayden Daniels to Noah Brown after time expired was the first time Washington had won a game on a last-second touchdown since at least the 1970 m Movie Review: An unmoving camera and de-aging technology make 'Here' with Tom Hanks painful to watch 10/29/2024 11:12am • Robert Zemeckis' latest movie is insanely ambitious, starting with the dinosaurs and ending in present day with the Roomba. But it's fixed on just one spot. “Here” reunites Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth and actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, who collaborated on “Forrest Gump.” This time, Iowa begins post-Caitlin Clark era with lower expectations and a new coach. Players see opportunity 10/29/2024 11:01am • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Caitlin Clark era at Iowa ended with her as the NCAA Division I overall scoring leader and the Hawkeyes playing in two straight national championship games and being the hottest ticket in women's basketball. Clark recently finished her first pro season as the WNBA rookie Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election's final days 10/29/2024 07:21am • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite. On one side were Kamala Harris ’ top emissaries to the Arab American community. On the other were local leaders who were Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation's oldest record maker plays a familiar tune 10/29/2024 06:07am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — During the six decades since United Record Pressing stamped out the Beatles’ first U.S. single, the country’s oldest vinyl record maker has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services. Now, the Nashville-based company has rebounded so dramat Analysis: NBA and WNBA coaching jobs 'don’t have a long shelf life.' Lately that's been 1 to 3 years 10/29/2024 05:55am • Erik Spoelstra quietly made history last week. He didn't see a reason for celebration. Spoelstra is in his 17th season as coach of the Miami Heat, which is the third-longest uninterrupted tenure by one coach with one team in NBA history. Gregg Popovich is in his 29th year with San Antonio, and Jerry Apple's AirPods Pro 2 update is expanding access to hearing loss help 10/29/2024 05:50am • Owners of Apple’s latest AirPods Pro 2 can now turn their earbuds into fully-functional hearing aids. The ability comes as Apple releases new features that one D.C.-area hearing specialist said will help more people suffering from hearing loss, especially those who may be hesitant to use hearin Israel approves two bills that could halt UNRWA's aid delivery to Gaza. What does that mean? 10/29/2024 05:28am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel's parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating and cut all ties between the agency and the