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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press The Army Corps of Engineers has canceled a $450 million Mississippi flood control project following the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to overturn the project. The statement was made in a document filed Wednesday with the federal court in Washington, where environmental groups had sued the Corps over the Yazoo

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Capitol Police chief is about to gain new authority to request help from the National Guard. Congress this week passed a bipartisan bill that allows the police chief to request District of Columbia National Guard troops or federal law enforcement agencies in certain emergencies without

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said he made France’s economy stronger and sought to show he is not out-of-touch with French ordinary people in a long interview Wednesday on national television. The program appears as a bid to boost his popularity ahead of April’s presidential election. Macron,

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — What could be California’s first major new reservoir in years has cleared a key regulatory hurdle. The California Water Commission on Wednesday voted in favor of the feasibility of the Sites Reservoir project. The vote means that the project stays eligible to receive more than $800

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to do “whatever it takes, as long as it takes” to help Kentucky and other states recover and rebuild after a series of deadly tornadoes that he says left a trail of unimaginable devastation. During a stop

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press The legendary rugby player, coach and leader of the women’s sport in the U.S., Kathleen “Kathy” Flores, has died. She was 66. Hundreds of her former teammates, fellow coaches, former players and friends gathered on Saturday for a virtual remembrance organized by the U.S. Women’s Rugby Foundation, of which she

By BRITTANY PETERSON and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement to further reduce their take of Colorado River water to help stave off wider, mandatory cuts in the future. The signing took place Wednesday at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press The Los Angeles public school system became the latest in California to delay a deadline for mandatory student COVID-19 vaccinations. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday night to postpone a Jan. 10 deadline until fall 2022 for all students 12 and older to be vaccinated.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose steadily on Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would accelerate its pullback of economic stimulus and would likely raise interest rates three times next year to tackle rising inflation. The Fed will shrink its monthly bond purchases at twice the