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The new self driving SWAN (Shuttling with Autonomous Navigation) shuttle bus is displayed Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. The SWAN shuttle seats up to eight passengers and will run along a one-mile route in downtown Orlando. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Orlando, Florida, debuts self-driving shuttle that will whisk passengers around downtown
Wed,08/16/23-2:12PM , 84 Reads
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There is going to be a new way to get around downtown Orlando, Florida, and it's not going to require any human drivers.

Starting later this month, an electric, self-driving shuttle will whisk passengers around a 1-mile (1.6 km) loop in the downtown area for no charge, Orlando officials said Wednesday.
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Homes consumed in recent wildfires are seen in Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. The wildfires have devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis
By SETH BORENSTEIN, MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN AND BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Wed,08/16/23-2:07PM , 85 Reads
KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Lava that creeps into neighborhoods. Fierce drought that materializes in a flash and lingers. Earthquakes.
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This photo provided by General Motors shows the combined charging system or CCS plug. It had been the dominant standard for EV charging until automakers decided to switch to Tesla's standard. (Jessica Lynn Walker/Courtesy of General Motors via AP)

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Edmunds: Tesla wins the EV charge plug format war
By NICK KURCZEWSKI - Edmunds
Wed,08/16/23-5:58AM , 502 Reads
You’re probably familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now another has quickly brewed in the way people plug in and charge their electric vehicles.
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This Tuesday Aug. 15, 2023 photo provided by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department shows Franconia Brook as is flows several hundred yards below Franconia Falls, in the White Mountain National Forest, in Lincoln, N.H. Authorities say a Massachusetts mother has drowned trying to rescue her young son who was being pulled by the current at Franconia Falls, Tuesday, Aug. 15. (Conservation Officer Jon Demler/New Hampshire Fish and Game Department via AP)

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A family outing at a popular waterfall turns grim as mother drowns trying to rescue son
By KATHY MCCORMACK - Associated Press
Wed,08/16/23-5:30AM , 74 Reads
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A mother drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was pulled by the current at a popular waterfall, New Hampshire authorities said. An older son who jumped in to help became lodged in boulders and was rescued by his father, a Massachusetts police officer.
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