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Top global transportation leaders meet in DC for key conference

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media during a visit to the Georgia Ports Authority's Megarail facility, Friday, Dec., 17, 2021 in Savannah, Ga. Buttigieg used the visit to highlight the coordination with the his department and the Georgia Ports Authority to improve its cargo flow. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)(AP/Stephen B. Morton) U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media during a visit to the Georgia Ports Authority's Megarail facility, Friday, Dec., 17, 2021 in Savannah, Ga. Buttigieg used the visit to highlight the coordination with the his department and the Georgia Ports Authority to improve its cargo flow. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)(AP/Stephen B. Morton) ...

Davis, Bacot lead No. 8 North Carolina to 65-55 victory over 16th-ranked Clemson

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — RJ Davis had 14 points while Armando Bacot had 14 points and 16 rebounds to lead No. 8 North Carolina to a 65-55 victory over 16th-ranked Clemson on Saturday.Davis came in as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading scorer at 21.2 points a game. And while he struggled to find his shot against the Tigers (11-3, 1-2), the senior stepped up in time for the Tar Heels (11-3, 3-0).Davis hit a 3-pointer as North Carolina wiped out Clemson’s four-point lead to move in front 39-38. He added a second to push the margin to 45-41 with 10 minutes to go. The Tigers could get no closer than two points the rest of the way to drop their second straight after their 11-1 start.Bacot posted his 54th career double-double and helped hold Tigers top scorer PJ Hall to 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting.The first half was a defensive struggle between two teams that rank in the bottom half of the ACC in defense.North Carolina held the Tigers to 0-of-8 shooting from behind the arc the first 20 ...

‘Drops a bomb on the community:’ Bristow-area residents sue to block Devlin Technology Park data center

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

Demonstrators opposing Devlin Technology Park prior to the Nov. 28 meeting. (Courtesy Ben Peters/InsideNova)A group of Bristow-area residents have filed a lawsuit against Prince William County and a developer to halt construction of the Devlin Technology Park data center complex that will back their residential neighborhood.The residents alleged it was illegal for the Board of County Supervisors to approve a rezoning of 269 acres on the county’s western end to allow for 4.2-million square feet of between seven to nine data centers northwest of Devlin Road that’s directly adjacent to hundreds of homes.They also claim their quality of life, property values and neighborhood character will be negatively impacted by the data centers soon to be developed by Stanley Martin Cos. Inc., which is also named as a defendant in the suit.The project, approved by the board in November following a lengthy meeting, marked the latest high-profile data center project to move forward in Prince William C...

Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout midflight

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout midflight.Source

Golden Globes 2024 preview: Who’s hosting, how to watch and more scoop ahead of Sunday night

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

Branded as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year,” the 2024 Golden Globes officially kicks off this year’s awards season Sunday night, honoring film and television across 27 categories.Greta Gerwig’s record-shattering “Barbie” leads this year’s movies with nine nominations, while Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” scored eight. Both films are credited with helping to keep Hollywood afloat during the months-long WGA and SAG-AFTRA labor strikes last year.A replica of a Golden Globe statue appear behind the podium at the nominations for the 81st Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 81st Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)Leading TV is HBO’s wildly popular series “Succession,” which ended its four-season run last May. The media-dynasty drama scored nine nominations, while Hulu’s restaurant-based series “The Bear” nabbed five.The full list of nominations for the 2024 Golden Globes wa...

Ticker: US employers add a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American labor market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates.December’s job gain exceeded the 173,000 that were added in November. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7% — the 23rd straight month that joblessness has come in below 4%.Some details of the report, though, may disappoint the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve, who might now be inclined to delay any cuts in their benchmark interest rate. Still, taken as a whole, the December jobs report reflected a healthy economy, with steady job growth, rising wages and cooling inflation.Wall Street shaves off some losses to close its worst week in the last 10Wall Street ended a listless day with slight gains after reports showed workers are getting bigger raises, but also that key parts of the economy still don’t look like they’re overheating.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Things to know about a school shooting in the small Iowa town of Perry

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

A small town in Iowa is stunned but pulling together after a school shooting in which a 17-year-old killed a sixth-grade student and wounded seven other people before authorities say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Many questions remain about how the shooting unfolded and what might have led up to it, but a few details have emerged.Here are some things to know about Thursday’s shooting at Perry High School:WHAT HAPPENEDAccording to authorities and school officials, a teenage student armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun opened fire at Perry High School just after 7:30 a.m. Thursday, shortly before classes were set to begin on the first day back after winter break. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation spokesman Mitch Mortvedt said the shooting started in the cafeteria, where students from several grades were eating breakfast, then spilled outside the cafeteria.The student who was killed, 11-year-old Ahmir Jolliff, was shot three times, thoug...

29-year-old woman found dead in Quebec apartment, 32-year-old man arrested

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

GRANBY, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a 29-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment in a town east of Montreal Friday evening.Police spokesperson Louis-Philippe Ruel says local authorities in Granby, Que., were called to the apartment at around 8 p.m. and discovered the woman’s body when they arrived.Ruel says she was pronounced dead at the scene and that her body bore signs of violence.Police arrested a 32-year-old man on Friday night, though no charges have been laid yet. Ruel says the man was still in police custody and meeting with investigators as of early Saturday afternoon.The man is expected to appear in court by telephone Saturday evening.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 6, 2024.The Canadian Press

Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly two decades, journalists, police detectives, FBI agents, lawyers and amateur sleuths have pried into the depraved world of Jeffrey Epstein.Yet even after the release of thousands of pages of court records in recent days, some questions about the millionaire pedophile remain unanswered. The documents have gotten a lot of attention, but they shed little new light on the financier’s habitual sexual abuse of underage girls.More than anything, the public is still fascinated with the possibility that some of the rich and powerful men in Epstein’s social circle were also involved in the abuse.Here’s a look at what we know — and what we don’t — about Epstein and his crimes:JETSETTER TO CONVICTEpstein first began getting media attention in 2002 after news organizations, including The Associated Press, covered a trip to Africa by former President Bill Clinton, actor Kevin Spacey and comedian Chris Tucker. The five-day tour of Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda...

Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 07:00:15 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — At Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, lines of hundreds of trucks carrying aid wait for weeks to enter Gaza, and a warehouse is full of goods rejected by Israeli inspectors, everything from water testing equipment to medical kits for delivering babies, two U.S. senators said Saturday after a visit to the border.Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley pointed to a cumbersome process that is slowing relief to the Palestinian population in the besieged territory — largely due to Israeli inspections of aid cargos, with seemingly arbitrary rejections of vital humanitarian equipment. The system to ensure that aid deliveries within Gaza don’t get hit by Israeli forces is “totally broken,” they said. “What struck me yesterday was the miles of backed-up trucks. We couldn’t count, but there were hundreds,” Merkley said in a briefing with Van Hollen to a group of reporters in Cairo.The U.S. has been pressing Israel for weeks to let greater amounts of food, water, fuel, medicine and ot...