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Congress targets Chinese influence in health tech. It could come with tradeoffs 09/13/2024 02:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A California biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China, underscoring the possible tradeoffs between health innovation and a largely bipartisan push in Congress to counter Be Measure to repeal Nebraska’s private school funding law should appear on the ballot, court rules 09/13/2024 01:52pm • A ballot measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state's November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court found that the ballot measure does not illegally target a government appropriation, w Lawsuit alleges plot to run sham candidate so DeSantis appointee can win election 09/13/2024 01:49pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP officials were behind a plot to eliminate competition for his appointee and keep a former Democratic state attorney who the Republican governor had removed from office last year from winning back her job as the top prosecutor in central Biden is taking on cheap products from China. It could mean higher prices 09/13/2024 01:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is cracking down on cheap products sold out of China, expanding a push to reduce U.S. dependence on Beijing and bolster homegrown industry, but that could trigger higher prices for U.S. consumers who flock to popular shopping sites like Temu and Shein. Pr Boar’s Head to close Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak 09/13/2024 12:56pm • (CNN) — Boar’s Head will close the Virginia plant that produced deli meat tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, the company said on Friday.The move is part of several changes made following what it called a “dark moment in our company’s history.” Boar’s Head said it will permanently d Scott Borchetta saved IndyCar in Nashville despite financial losses and matchup against the Titans 09/13/2024 12:52pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — IndyCar star Colton Herta, one of Nashville's newest residents, can see promotion of the season finale all around the city. He made a joke that there are plenty of billboards around Nashville — Pato O'Ward complained two weeks ago the sign outside the Milwaukee Mile adver Canadian man admits shootings that damaged electrical substations in the Dakotas 09/13/2024 12:38pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to federal crimes for shootings at electrical substations and an oil pipeline in the Dakotas that caused $1.7 million in damages. Cameron Monte Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota, to two counts of Russia-UK expulsions have targeted scores over past decades 09/13/2024 12:24pm • Moscow's announcement Friday of expelling six British diplomats for alleged espionage has drawn a strong rebuke from the United Kingdom while also intensifying animosity between Russia and the West over the war in Ukraine. However, the six are but a small number in the history of Moscow-London acts Considering a mortgage refi? Lower rates are just one factor when refinancing a home loan 09/13/2024 12:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to refinance. Many homeowners have already jumped at the opportunity to lower their monthly payment, spurring a surge in mortgage refinancing applications. And that was before the Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now, she's promoting domestic oil drilling 09/13/2024 11:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday's debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over European politicians say migration is out of control. The numbers tell a different story 09/13/2024 11:40am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Unauthorized migration to European Union countries dropped significantly overall in the first eight months of this year, even as political rhetoric and violence against migrants increased and far-right parties espousing anti-immigration policies made gains at the polls. Th Fast-moving fire roars through Philadelphia warehouse 09/13/2024 11:40am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire roared through a commercial building in Philadelphia early Friday, sending flames high into the air and spewing thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. The fire in the city's Frankford neighborhood started around 5:30 a.m. Friday in a four-story ware India's top court releases New Delhi's chief minister on bail after 6 months in jail 09/13/2024 11:35am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday freed on bail Arvind Kejriwal, a prominent opposition leader and chief minister of New Delhi, who was arrested nearly six months ago ahead of national elections on charges of receiving bribes from a liquor distributor. Supreme Court Justices Surya Kan PWHL New York Sirens making the move to play home games out of the NHL Devils' Prudential Center 09/13/2024 11:28am • The New York Sirens are making the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, their primary home entering the PWHL's second season, the team announced on Friday. The move to the home of the NHL New Jersey Devils was anticipated and comes after the newly named Sirens split their inaugural season playin Studies on pigeon-guided missiles, swimming abilities of dead fish among Ig Nobels winners 09/13/2024 10:24am • BOSTON (AP) — A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement. Held less than a month before the actual Nobel