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WASHINGTON — In what could prove a significant move for communities facing air pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency last week proposed that chemical plants nationwide measure certain hazardous compounds that cross beyond their property lines and reduce them when they are too high. The proposed rules would reduce cancer risk and other exposure for communities [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republicans removed the state's only nonbinary legislator from House committees after the lawmaker provided refuge to a transgender rights activist. In Florida, two Democratic leaders were arrested for participating in a protest over abortion restrictions. In Tennessee, three Democratic House members are facing expulsion for using a bullhorn in the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said earlier this week it remains to be seen if artificial intelligence is dangerous, but that he believes technology companies must ensure their products are safe before releasing them to the public. Biden met with his council of advisers on science and technology about the risks and opportunities that [...]
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Native American tribes, as well as state and local governments, will be able to tap into $350 million in infrastructure funds to build wildlife corridors along busy roads and add warning signs for drivers in what federal officials are billing as the first-of-its-kind pilot program to prevent collisions and [...]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is pressing its case for a new approach to global trade, arguing that America's traditional reliance on promoting free trade pacts failed to anticipate China's brass-knuckled brand of capitalism and the possibility a major power such as Russia would go to war against one of its trading partners. U.S. Trade [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is making $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects across the country at the sites of current or former coal mines. As many as five projects nationwide will be funded through the 2021 infrastructure law, with at least two projects set aside for solar [...]
Thirteen years after the massive Deepwater Horizons spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist, a new study by the National Academy of Sciences said. The creation of a specific federal agency for offshore oil drilling safety, [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but announced he's running for re-election, but key questions about the 2024 campaign are unresolved: Who will manage it? Where will it be based? When will he finally make it official? Advisers have long said he planned to wait until after March, when the year's first fundraising [...]
SPRING VALLEY, New York (AP) — Kléver Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until COVID-19 crippled Ecuador's economy. Ortega was a house-painting contractor and there was work until demand dried up in the pandemic. The entrepreneurial couple launched a pair of food stands. "Then the pandemic hit those, too," Lema said. With unemployment, [...]
COLUMBUS — Early voting began Tuesday under Ohio's sweeping new election law, which includes strict photo ID requirements for voting, among other changes. Here's a look at some of the changes voters will see ahead of the May 2 primary election:  NEW ID REQUIREMENTS Some form of photo identification will be required to cast [...]