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Amazon Web Services data center is seen at night on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

By DAN MERICA AND JESSE BEDAYN DAN MERICA AND JESSE BEDAYN - Associated Press
Wed,12/04/24-11:02PM, 30 Reads
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in suburban Virginia. He was born and raised in Bren Mar Park, where children ride their bikes and neighbors wave hello.
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FILE -The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2022. A street sign that says „one way" is positioned below the logo. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, File)

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Key members of OPEC+ alliance are putting off production increases amid slack crude prices

By DAVID MCHUGH DAVID MCHUGH - AP Business Writer
Thu,12/05/24-5:07AM, 62 Reads
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eight members of the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries decided Thursday to put off increasing oil production as they face weaker than expected demand and competing production from non-allied countries — factors that could keep oil prices stagnant into next year.
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Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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Secret Service director touts changes as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt

By REBECCA SANTANA REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press
Thu,12/05/24-5:00AM, 55 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service said Thursday that the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and how it operates following an assassination attempt against Donald Trump on the campaign trail.
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This image taken from video provided by the European Space Agency shows the launching of a rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. (European Space Agency via AP)

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European satellites launched to create artificial solar eclipses in a tech demo

By MARCIA DUNN MARCIA DUNN - AP Aerospace Writer
Thu,12/05/24-4:39AM, 45 Reads
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space.
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