9th Circuit denies bid by environmentalists and tribes to block Nevada lithium mine
JR – July 17, 2023
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the latest bid by conservationists and tribal leaders to block construction...
Read MoreUnion Pacific railroad to renew push for 1-person crews by testing conductors in trucks
JR – July 17, 2023
Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea...
Read MoreAtlanta petition drive to stop ‘Cop City’ is ‘futile,’ city’s attorneys argue
JR – July 17, 2023
Attorneys for the city of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter...
Read MoreAbortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions
JR – July 17, 2023
An Iowa judge temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy days after...
Read MoreJurors weighing fate of Pittsburgh synagogue killer hear of the devastation he left behind
JR – July 17, 2023
A prosecutor is asking jurors to impose a death sentence on the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh...
Read MoreOfficials file more charges, but not hate crimes, against man accused of attacking Muslim lawmaker
JR – July 17, 2023
A prosecutor has added felony charges, including attempted sexual assault, against a man accused of attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state...
Read MoreDeaths of four Oregon women over three months are linked, authorities say, reversing earlier call
JR – July 17, 2023
Authorities in Oregon say the deaths of four women whose bodies were found over three months are linked and that...
Read MoreWatchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic
JR – July 17, 2023
A Democratic watchdog group has asked a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F.
Read MoreHollywood plunges into all-out war on the heels of pandemic and a streaming revolution
JR – July 17, 2023
Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a...
Read MoreSecond Alzheimer’s drug in the pipeline promises to slow worsening but with safety concern
JR – July 17, 2023
New research shows another experimental Alzheimer's drug can modestly slow patients' inevitable worsening.
Read MoreNortheast starts to dry out after flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania
JR – July 17, 2023
An already saturated Northeast has started drying out after a second round of heavy rain in a week, including a...
Read MoreFuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new owners
JR – July 17, 2023
A Florida neighborhood is having to deal with a growing group of domestic rabbits on its streets after a breeder...
Read MoreCalifornia’s Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues
JR – July 16, 2023
Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with...
Read MoreEditorial cartoonists’ firings point to steady decline of opinion pages in newspapers
JR – July 16, 2023
Even in a year when media layoffs seem a daily part of the news, the firing of three Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Read MoreMany questions after police say gunman fired on officers in North Dakota, killing 1 and wounding 2
JR – July 16, 2023
Many questions remain about what led a gunman in Fargo, North Dakota, to open fire on police as they were...
Read MoreIn quiet Georgia subdivision, neighbor says he saw man accused of killing 4 shoot man in street
JR – July 16, 2023
Police have swarmed a neighborhood south of Atlanta, searching for a man suspected of fatally gunning down three men and...
Read MoreDeSantis presidential campaign is cutting staff as new financial pressure emerges
JR – July 16, 2023
Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is cutting campaign staff as he struggles to catch Donald Trump in the GOP’s crowded...
Read MoreMicrosoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on Sony Playstation after it buys Activision Blizzard
JR – July 16, 2023
Microsoft has signed an agreement with Sony to keep the Call of Duty video game series on PlayStation after the...
Read More‘Mission: Impossible’ debuts with $80M over five days, igniting box office but missing expectations
JR – July 16, 2023
After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” launched with a franchise-best...
Read MoreHeavy rains swamp Northeast again as flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania
JR – July 16, 2023
Heavy rains are pounding an already saturated Northeast for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash...
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