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Biden awards $623M to states, local governments and tribes to build EV charging network

  • By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

The Biden administration is awarding $623 million in grants to help build an electric vehicle charging network across the nation. Grants being announced Thursday will fund 47 EV charging stations and related projects in 22 states and Puerto Rico, including 7,500 EV charging ports. Congress approved $7.5 billion in the 2021 infrastructure law to build out a national network of 500,000 publicly available chargers by 2030. The charging ports are a key part of President Joe Biden's effort to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles. But progress on the network has been slow. Ohio and New York are the only states that have opened federally funded charging stations so far.

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Israel barred from International Ice Hockey Federation events over security concerns

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The International Ice Hockey Federation has barred Israel from competing in its world championship events citing security concerns. The IIHF says its ruling council's decision was based on concern for “the safety and well-being of all participants,” including Israelis. It set no deadline for the teams to return to competition. The statement did not say if any other country had objected to playing against Israel and made no mention of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive
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Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive

  • By ZEN SOO - AP Technology Writer

Google says it has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The company said the moves were made as Google aims at “responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead.”  Google earlier said it was eliminating a few hundred roles, with most of the impact on its augmented reality hardware team. The cuts follow pledges by executives of Google and its parent company Alphabet to reduce costs. In January 2023, Google said it would lay off 12,000 employees or around 6% of its workforce.

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  • Peter Morgan - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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FILE - A Google sign hangs over an entrance to the company's new building, Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Live updates | UN top court will hear genocide allegation as Israel focuses fighting in central Gaza
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Live updates | UN top court will hear genocide allegation as Israel focuses fighting in central Gaza

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The United Nations' top court begins hearings Thursday over allegations that Israel's war with Hamas amounts to genocide, which Israel strongly denies. South Africa is asking the International Court of Justice to order an immediate suspension of Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people have been killed in recent days in strikes across the territory, including in areas of the far south where Israel told people to seek refuge. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been meeting with leaders across the Mideast, seeking to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza. Blinken spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday before flying to Manama, the capital of the tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain.