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DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this week unveiled the final version [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Last summer, Derrika Richard said she felt stuck. She didn't have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3, yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, a hairstylist, to work. One child-care assistance program [...]
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. — A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state's most badly eroded beaches. North Wildwood and the state have been fighting in court for years over measures the town has taken [...]
BISMARCK, N.D. — Supporters of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota are cheering new federal legislation to help build the library and to showcase artifacts of the 26th president, who as a young man hunted and ranched in the state during its territorial days. North Dakota's three-member, all-Republican congressional delegation this month announced [...]
"Barbenheimer" is a hard act to follow, but as Hollywood enters another summer movie season, armed with fewer superheroes and a landscape vastly altered by strikes, it's worth remembering the classic William Goldman quote about what works: "Nobody knows anything." Four decades later, that still may be true. One thing Hollywood has learned in releasing [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the United States, amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower. The Bureau of Land Management released more than 2,000 [...]
LAS VEGAS — Work began this week on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in Florida, aims to lay 218 [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry, four-legged family members could have an easier time leasing new housing under proposed state legislation that would ban blanket no-pets policies and prohibit landlords from charging additional fees for common companions such as cats and dogs. Backers of the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — After several difficult years, the Army and Air Force say they are on track to meet their recruiting goals this year, reversing previous shortfalls using a swath of new programs and policy changes. The Navy, however, while improving, expects once again to fall short. The mixed results reflect the ongoing challenges for [...]
Allie LeFevere describes her maximalist Chicago home as colorful and eclectic. When she and her husband moved in to their home four years ago, she didn't have a specific design in mind. "I just wanted the house to feel vibrant," said LeFevere, founder of branding agency Obedient. She wanted "a representation of our lives and [...]