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Major German carmakers hit by steep China sales plunge as competition heats up

HONG KONG (AP) — Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world’s biggest auto market. At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared with the same period a year ago, according to company data released over the past week. For the first half of this year, they all reported a more than 20% year-on-year drop in China. The falling China sales have squeezed their overall profits and in some cases offset gains from other ...

Major power outage, 1977

AP Photo/Steve Oualline People in a mid-town Manhattan bar keep drinking by candlelight in New York on Wednesday, July 13, 1977 after the city was struck by a power failure.

Innovation, data fixes fuel Native American graduation gains at federally funded schools

During his senior year of high school on the Puyallup Reservation, Gerald Dillon traded much of his academic coursework for career training. When he walked into the second grade classroom where he worked as a teaching assistant, students would rush from their seats for a fist bump or a hug. The 18-year-old, who once found classes boring and put in only enough effort to pass, found renewed purpose to come to school everyday. “It motivates me. I like making connections with the kids, I like helping them,” Dillon said. It began in his junior year when he enrolled in career ...

What to Stream: ‘Heartstopper Forever,’ ‘Lucky’ and Steve Lacy

A new album from Steve Lacy and the conclusion of the “Heartstopper” series are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: ...

Judge tosses remnants of Proud Boys seditious conspiracy case after Trump’s broad clemency

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the remnants of the government’s landmark case against far-right Proud Boys members who were convicted of seditious conspiracy for plotting to attack the Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in the White House more than five years ago. The case’s dismissal late Friday became a foregone conclusion when Trump last year used his pardon powers to erase every case that the government prosecuted after a mob of his supporters stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021. The judge who presided over the Proud Boys leaders’ trial saw no basis to ...

Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife

PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act and eliminates a key protection for imperiled wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. The administration narrowed the definition of “harm” under the landmark law — a change with broad implications. For decades, the government defined harm broadly to include encroachments on places with threatened and endangered animals. The change announced Friday would allow oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and and other development on ...