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Environment solution: New metals refinery for nickel and cobalt opens in Ohio
In a step forward for efforts to acquire the metals crucial to addressing climate change, on Monday a new plant that can extract nickel and cobalt from scrap material opens in Fairfield, Ohio. The resulting metals will be used in new batteries. Extracting metals out of old material...
Democrats aim for the sky over college football games to keep the spotlight on Project 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have denounced it in hundreds of ads and billboards, printed it in oversized book form as a convention prop, and mentioned it in seemingly every speech and press statement. Now, they will take their campaign against the conservative Project 2025...
With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible?
Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a crackdown on parents accused...
RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...
Walz says Gaza demonstrators are protesting for 'all the right reasons' while condemning Hamas
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said Thursday that those protesting American support for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza are doing so for “all the right reasons," as the Democratic ticket looks to balance its support for Israel with the humanitarian plight of civilians...
A 97-year-old's woman last stop: an open casket in a Detroit-area park
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit park with baseball fields, a playground and picnic tables had an unusual addition this week: an open casket containing the body of a 97-year-old woman who used to live in the area. Police in Warren fielded calls from curious residents,...
Election 2024 Latest: Judge postpones sentencing in Trump's hush money case until after the election
A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trump ’s sentencing in his New York hush money case until after the November election. Judge Juan M. Merchan said in his decision Friday that he wanted to avoid any perception that the sentence was intended to tilt the scales in the...
Michigan judge loses docket after she's recorded insulting gay people and Black people
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as lazy. Oakland County Probate Judge Kathleen Ryan was removed from her docket on Aug. 27 for...
11 strikes in 16 seconds: One Capitol rioter's violent attack on police with a hockey stick
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she hasn’t grown numb to the violent scenes of Jan. 6 that are routinely shown in her courtroom. “I’m horrified every single time,” she said before sentencing a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in February to more than...
Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling's impact on colleges
Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black...
