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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroad operators. The grants announced this week by the Federal Railroad Administration will go to projects across 41 states and Washington, D.C. Most [...]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government earlier this week chose winning bids to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale and selected nearly $22 million in winning bids for four lease areas [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department, seeking to keep the Chinese military from gaining an edge in advanced technologies, earlier this week issued a rule to restrict and monitor American investments in China in artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The finalized rule arises from an executive order issued in August 2023 by [...]
The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry’s financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by taking a clear stand in a politically polarizing time. In the past week, The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to help pay for climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in March and disrupted East Coast shipping routes for months. Grants that were scheduled to be announced earlier this week include [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face steep medical bills, child-care costs and other types of financial hardship that allegedly prevent them from repaying their loans. The proposed rule is President Joe Biden’s third attempt at student loan cancellation as he [...]
AKRON (AP) — A county elections board deadlocked last week about whether a Democratic member of Congress resides in her Akron district, sending the matter before Ohio’s Republican secretary of state to break the tie. U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes described the challenge to her residency as “a deeply offensive lie” and proceeded to cast her [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the American election, and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report. Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot [...]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On a desolate slab of island tundra in western Alaska, a resident of Adak will again become the last American to cast an in-person ballot for president, continuing a 12-year tradition for the nation’s westernmost community. The honor of having the last voter in the nation fell to Adak when it [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving large offshore wind projects as administration officials race to secure climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. Biden said he wants to establish a legacy for climate action that includes locking in a trajectory [...]