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One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology 07/23/2023 05:25pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century. The U.S. climate law th Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro fades from the spotlight 07/23/2023 11:23am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fading from the spotlight, showing the courts' power over the electoral system and the political shortcomings of the increasingly powerless former leader. Brazil's top electoral court ruled last month that Bolsonaro is ineligible t UK political parties are getting the jitters over green policies after a special election verdict 07/23/2023 06:35am • LONDON (AP) ��� Environmentalists cautioned Britain���s main political parties on Sunday not to water down their climate change promises after a special election result widely seen as a thumbs-down from voters to a tax on polluting cars. The governing Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in a tr A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he's one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month 07/22/2023 04:38am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� At the morgue, the bullet was still lodged in Douglas Kalasinga���s head. His family said they couldn���t afford an autopsy. At least 35 civilians have been shot dead by police in Kenya this month during protests over new taxes and the rising cost of living, and Kalasinga���s The Trump Organization and former fixer Michael Cohen settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills 07/22/2023 03:13am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the s Oklahoma governor's feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements 07/22/2023 12:14am • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's ongoing feud with many of the Native American tribes in the state has grown so contentious that fellow Republicans in the Legislature and the state's attorney general are considering pushing him out of tribal negotiations altogether. Those agreement Developer who paid $500,000 bribe to Los Angeles councilman sentenced to 6 years in federal prison 07/21/2023 10:02pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A real estate developer was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for paying $500,000 in bribes to a Los Angeles city councilman for help with a downtown project. Dae Yong Lee, also known as ���David Lee,��� also was fined $750,000 and a company that he controlled was Chiefs keen to upgrade aging Arrowhead Stadium rather than building anew 07/21/2023 06:24pm • ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) ��� The Kansas City Chiefs believe Arrowhead Stadium remains structurally sound and prefer to renovate their famous facility in the coming years, even if the neighboring Royals go through with plans to build a new ballpark elsewhere. The NFL franchise and its Major League Baseba A travel guide's warning to avoid Lake Tahoe may jolt the region into managing huge tourist crowds 07/21/2023 02:42pm • SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) ��� Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overto Sunak's Conservatives suffer 2 big defeats but avoid a wipeout in trio of UK special elections 07/21/2023 09:01am • LONDON (AP) ��� Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain's governing Conservatives two thumping defeats Friday in a trio of special elections that point toward likely defeat for the party in the next national election. The Conservatives avoided a wipeout by holding onto for Albanian Parliament legalizes medical cannabis despite harsh opposition 07/21/2023 06:06am • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� The Albanian Parliament on Friday legalized cannabis for medical purposes in a country once known as a European crossroads for marijuana trafficking. The Parliament voted 69-23 to allow limited and controlled growth of cannabis plants, a move harshly contested by the opposit Tiny downtown LA store near Skid Row sells winning Powerball jackpot ticket worth over $1 billion 07/21/2023 05:27am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A tiny neighborhood store in downtown Los Angeles sold the winning ticket for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the third largest in the history of the game. The winning numbers for Wednesday night���s drawing were: whi AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa 07/21/2023 02:32am • Spain���s Carlos Alcaraz celebrated beating Serbia���s Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men���s singles final as Czech Republic���s Marketa Vondrousova triumphed in the women���s final. People try to cool down as a heat wave hits Greece, Cyprus and other parts of Europe. Spain prepares for a general Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket 07/21/2023 01:59am • Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a ticket worth more than $1 billion was sold for the Powerball lottery. Here���s a look at how this drawing compares to other jackpots and why these winnings have become so high. HOW DOES THIS LATE Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine 07/20/2023 11:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that Republicans claim is significant in their investigation of Hunter Biden as they delve into the financial affairs of the president and his son, and revive previously debunked claims of wrongdoing. Grass