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Billions in federal infrastructure spending could be wasted due to outdated government rainfall models

Billions of dollars in federal funding from the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act could be wasted because state highway and bridge projects are using an outdated government precipitation model to determine future flood risk, according to a new report from First Street Foundation, a nonprofit climate risk research and technology firm.The government’s precipitation… […]

Legacy media companies enter dark times as failures mount and Netflix rises again

Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, left; David Zaslav, CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery, center; and Bob Bakish, president and CEO of Paramount Global.Getty ImagesCompanies and industries have ups and downs. The legacy media industry is in a valley.The first half of 2023 has been a colossal disappointment for media executives… […]

House Republicans think Democrats’ abortion rights strategy could backfire

But those Republican members, who managed to win in blue states like New York and California in 2022, say they are ready for this line of attack in 2024. They argue that they’re proof that its potency is overstated. “They tried that in 2022, and my opponent spent $3.1 million trying to paint me as… […]

Nearly 1/3 homeless population lives in CA. This veterinarian cares for the pets…

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An elevated train clangs along tracks above Dr. Kwane Stewart as the veterinarian makes his way through a chain link gate to ask a man standing near a parked RV whether he might know of any street pets in need.Michael Evans immediately goes for his 11-month-old pit bull, Bear, his beloved… […]

Freedom Caucus takes key vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s future

A spokesperson for Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) declined to comment on the group’s vote as well as the official status of Greene’s membership. Perry said in an interview last week that he had denied requests to remove members from the group of roughly 35 House Republicans. A spokesperson for Greene did not respond… […]

Bill Murray, huge hot dogs and more from Cubs-Cardinals in London

playCricket rivals James Anderson and Nathan Lyon throw first pitch at MLB London (0: 40)England’s James Anderson and Australia’s Nathan Lyon form an unlikely partnership as they throw the first ceremonial pitches at MLB London, where the St Louis Cardinals take on the Chicago Cubs. (0: 40)ESPN.comJun 26, 2023, 07: 00 AM ETAfter a four-year… […]

PUTIN: TREASON

The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat.The brief revolt, though, exposed vulnerabilities among Russian government forces,… […]

The beauty of the London Series

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN Senior WriterJun 25, 2023, 10: 00 AM ETCloseSenior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981LONDON — Some sports are only as international as the International House of Pancakes. Not baseball. It is everywhere, from Cuba to Aruba, from Canada to Panama, from Ty France to Jonathan India.And this… […]

A 17-strikeout start? Nothing should surprise at this MCWS

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 24, 2023, 11: 59 PM ETCloseSenior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year OMAHA, Neb. — Were you surprised? Really?Be honest. Were you astonished when the first game of the best-of-three 2023 Men’s College World Series finals between LSU… […]

Last-place Mercury fire coach Nygaard amid skid

ESPNJun 25, 2023, 12: 56 PM ETThe Phoenix Mercury have fired head coach Vanessa Nygaard after a league-worst 2-10 start to the season.”We have chosen to make a change at head coach,” Mercury general manager Jim Pitman said in a statement Sunday. “We thank Vanessa Nygaard for the way she endured and managed the adversity… […]