
Cities designed 1-way streets to speed up traffic. Now they are scrapping them to slow it down
Excessive speeding was so common on parallel one-way streets passing a massive electronics plant that Indianapolis residents used to refer to the pair as a “racetrack” akin to the city's famous Motor Speedway a few miles west. Originally two-way thoroughfares, Michigan and New York streets switched to opposite one-way routes in the 1970s to help thousands of RCA workers swiftly travel to and from their shifts building televisions or pressing vinyl records. But after the RCA plant closed in...
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- Cities designed 1-way streets to speed up traffic. Now they are scrapping them to slow it down
- Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
- Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation cant detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
- Justice Department says members of Congress can't intervene in release of Epstein files
- 8-year-old girl who went missing on Navajo Nation found dead Friday
Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back during his final year in Washington. “I'm sick of stupid,” the two-term Republican from North Carolina said from the Senate floor recently as he derided President Donald Trump 's advisers for stoking a potential U. S. military takeover in Greenland. It was just one of several moments during the opening weeks of 2026 when Tillis, who isn't seeking reelection, seemed unconstrained by the anxieties that weigh down many of his GOP who are...
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- Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump
- Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st female governor in historic inauguration
- FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activities'
- Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term
- Trump isn't waiting for future generations to name things after him. It's happening now
Sharks are famous for fearsome teeth, but ocean acidification could make them weaker
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow throughout their lives. But changes in the ocean's chemistry could put those weapons at risk. That is the takeaway from a study performed by a group of German scientists who tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth. Scientists have linked human activities including the burning of coal, oil and gas to the ongoing acidification of the ocean. As teeth...
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- Sharks are famous for fearsome teeth, but ocean acidification could make them weaker
- Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation
- CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms
- Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earths and other critical minerals
- Mummified cheetahs found in Saudi caves shed light on lost populations

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