EPA approves sale of a higher-ethanol fuel to try to lower gas prices

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it would temporarily allow widespread sales of a higher ethanol gas blend in a move that they hope will tamp down consumer prices that have soared since the Iran war began.

Millions of Americans under threat of tornadoes as spring storm season kicks in early in the US

Concern is rising that the first major storm outbreak in the run-up to spring could strike the nation’s heartland, putting millions of Americans from Texas to Iowa at risk of potentially strong tornadoes.

Kansas set to invalidate 1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender people

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas is set to invalidate about 1,700 driver’s licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes beyond Republican-imposed restrictions in other states on listing gender identities in government documents.

What to know about the legacy of Brexit, which still divides Britain 10 years on

LONDON (AP) – Ten years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that forges political identities to this day and that shattered a half-century project to get closer to the continent. Brexit, short for British exit, became a reality on June 23, 2016, when 52% – or more than 17 million people – voted to leave the EU.

Latest video showing vessels moving in the Strait of Hormuz

Latest video showing vessels moving in the Strait of Hormuz

Malcolm Gladwell's 'The American Way of Killing' to be released in September

NEW YORK (AP) – “The Tipping Point” author Malcolm Gladwell’s next book will focus on a long-running tragedy in the country’s culture, gun violence.  “The American Way of Killing” will come out Sept. 29, and is an argument for looking in unexpected places when trying to understand the American problem of lethal violence”.

EPA plan would begin rolling back 'good neighbor' rule on downwind pollution

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration on Wednesday took a step toward rolling back a rule that limits smokestack emissions that burden downwind areas in neighboring states.

Deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings

WASHINGTON (AP) – National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk collided a year ago, killing 67 people near Washington, D.C.

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