State officials say that the EPA’s standards aren’t good enough and that the agency’s testing and certification program is so ineffective that it has failed to ensure even those standards.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making a long-awaited trip to China this week
Yellen, who has called the notion of an economic decoupling from China ‘disastrous,’ has frequently said in the past year that she would like to visit China.
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Cleanup begins after asphalt binder spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River after train derailment
Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency said cleanup efforts began on Sunday, with workers cooling the gooey material with river water, rolling it up, and putting the globs into garbage bags.
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Indiana Jones’ box office destiny? A lukewarm $60 million debut in North America
Moviegoers were only moderately interested in going to the theater to say goodbye to Harrison Ford’s archaeologist character in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
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Karen Allen on one last hurrah as Marion Ravenwood in ‘Indiana Jones: Dial of Destiny’
Since 1981’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Allen has been only a sporadic presence in the subsequent sequels. But the glow of the freckled, big-eyed actor who so memorably played Marion Ravenwood has only grown stronger over time.
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A tornado in Alberta has wrecked homes but caused no serious injuries
Police said numerous homes were damaged but Cpl. Gina Slaney said there were no known injuries. The tornado warning was later ended.
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Russia launches the first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days and all are shot down
Officials in the Ukrainian capital didn’t provide an exact number of drones that attacked the city. But Ukraine’s air force said that across the country, eight Shaheds and three Kalibr cruise missiles were launched by the Russians.
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30 people shot, 2 dead in shooting at Baltimore block party
An 18-year-old woman died at the scene, and a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital ‘a short time later,’ according to the Baltimore Police Department. The names of the victims were not immediately available.
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Pope’s pick to handle sex abuse allegations has refused to believe some victims, U.S. group says
The Vatican announced the pontiff had picked Monsignor Victor Manuel Fernández, archbishop of Argentina, to head the Holy See’s watchdog office for doctrinal orthodoxy.
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Biden to shore up NATO allies following failed mutiny in Russia
Biden plans to hold talks with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before heading to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the 74th NATO summit, and ending in Finland with a gathering of Nordic leaders.