to broker a peace deal following nearly 3½ years of war.

. The United States lacks any next-generation reactors operating commercially andhave been built from scratch in nearly 50 years. Those two reactors, at a nuclear plant in Georgia, were completed years late and at least $17 billion over budget.

Additionally, Gross recommends that the U.S. invest more in the transmission grid that moves that power around.“That’s my biggest concern,” Gross said, adding that spending on the grid has actually fallen off in recent years, despite the voracious demand for energy.Amazon, Google and Microsoft also have been investing in solar and wind technologies, which make electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions.

Shares of Constellation Energy Corp., based in Baltimore, were flat Tuesday.INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder have

But this year’s title hopes may swing on the other facet: Who has the better defense?

from last season’s respective rosters in the conference finals and conference semifinals, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who led Dallas on its only title run in 2010-11 knows just how difficult the challenge can be, especially against Oklahoma City.last year in Paris to tie the United States. Why can’t it find 11 elite men’s soccer players?

The government touches every aspect of life in China. That top-down control has helped China become the largest manufacturer of everything from electronics to shoes to steel.It has tried to run soccer, but that rigid governance hasn’t worked.

“What soccer reflects is the social and political problems of China,” Zhang Feng, a Chinese journalist and commentator, tells The Associated Press. “It’s not a free society. It doesn’t have the team-level trust that allows players to pass the ball to each other without worrying.”Zhang argues that politics has stalled soccer’s growth. And there’s added pressure since Xi’s a big fan and has promised to resuscitate the game at home. Soccer is a world language with its “own grammar,” says Zhang, and China doesn’t speak it.