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New Jersey governor signs tax break for Orsted’s offshore wind farm
PAULSBORO, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Thursday giving a tax break to Danish offshore wind developer Orsted for the first of two energy projects it plans to place in the waters off the Jersey Shore.…
The death toll from a South Africa gas leak blamed on illegal gold processing has risen to 17
BOKSBURG, South Africa — The death toll from a toxic gas leak that authorities blamed on an illegal gold processing operation in South Africa rose to 17, including three children, as police removed canisters from a community of closely packed…
Israeli court acquits border police officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian man
JERUSALEM — An Israeli court on Thursday acquitted a border police officer who was charged with reckless manslaughter in the deadly shooting of an autistic Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City three years ago. The Jerusalem district court ruled that…
Thousands party in Spain’s Pamplona city as firework blast begins San Fermin bull-running festival
PAMPLONA, Spain — Tens of thousands of people packed the town hall square in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on Thursday to celebrate the traditional “chupinazo” firework blast that starts the San Fermín bull-running festival. Nearly everyone, including many…
An SUV crash at a London school kills an 8-year-old girl. A woman is arrested for dangerous driving
LONDON — An 8-year-old girl was killed and 15 people were injured Thursday when an SUV crashed into a private elementary school on a narrow road in southwest London as the children were celebrating the end of the school year.…
