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With more self-driving cars on the road, states put more rules in place

Stateline.org, by Madyson Fitzgerald. As the technology for self-driving cars develops, state legislators are enacting a growing number of safety and liability rules. According ...

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Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers

Written by Heath Hollingworth Michael McCown’s 8-year-old daughter was one among 27 students and counselors who perished as floodwaters raced through a girl’s summer ...

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Tortoise hatchlings born of century-old parents come out of their shells at Philadelphia Zoo

AP/PHILADELPHIA At a Philadelphia Zoo event on Wednesday, sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some extremely elderly parents were given a ...

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Texas school districts can’t put the Ten Commandments in every classroom, judge says

Written by Associated Press’s Andrew DeMillo In a temporary judgment against the state’s new requirement, a judge ruled Wednesday that Texas could not mandate ...

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Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

By John Sewer and Allen G. Breeder, Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) As Hurricane Erin drew closer Wednesday, coastal residents attempting to enjoy the ...

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National Guard vehicle collides with civilian car near US Capitol, trapping one person

By Chris Megeran and Lindsy Whitehurst, Associated Press Washington (AP) Less than a mile from the U.S. Capitol, a National Guard vehicle struck a ...

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Kohberger’s sexist, creepy behavior alarmed university faculty and students before Idaho murders

By Associated Press’s REBECCA BOONE Idaho’s Boise (AP)Fellow graduate students told authorities that in the months leading up to his 2022 murder of four ...

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DC unemployment rate is the highest in the US for the third straight month

By Associated Press’s FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new statistics Tuesday showing that the seasonably adjusted unemployment rate ...

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Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again get less Colorado River water in 2026

By Associated Press’s Brittany Peterson DENVER (AP) As drought persists in the West, federal officials said Friday that Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico will once ...

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New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move

Written by Anthony Zaguerre New York has been used a straightforward strategy to make sure pot businesses are kept a legally required distance from ...

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