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In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselves 06/09/2023 04:04pm • DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� The April Facebook post hardly seemed like national news at the time for Deptford Little League president Don Bozzuffi. He���d lost patience when two umpires resigned in the wake of persistent spectator abuse. So he wrote an updated code of conduct. It specified: Any spectato In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselves 06/09/2023 04:03pm • DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) ��� Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a muffled roar: ���`Kill him! Kill the umpire!' shouted someone on the stand." Even in 1888, well before pitch clocks, $17 beers and instant replay, a common thread for the fans in basebal DC's air quality continues improving, region shifts to Code Yellow 06/09/2023 01:45pm • The air quality in the D.C. region improved to Code Yellow Friday morning following days of an unhealthy atmosphere due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Yet, it still remains unhealthy for some groups. Here's what you need to know. Changing to Code Yellow In a statement, the Metropolitan Washingt DC-area leaders said stay indoors, avoid unhealthy smog. What should homeless people do? 06/09/2023 01:19pm • A man offers drivers water and cool beverages for change while he stood in the smog in Northwest D.C. (WTOP/Ivy Lyons) During the Wednesday morning commute through haze along Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C., the region's drivers smelled smoke in the air and kept on moving. Alan stayed put. A 'Very unhealthy' air sweeps through DC area as impact of Canadian wildfires continues 06/08/2023 06:30pm • Canadian wildfires prompted a near-unprecedented health alert throughout the D.C. region on Thursday, as a slow-moving shroud of smoke sent air quality plummeting to its lowest point in decades. What will it be like on Friday? Here's what you need to know. A red-tinged sun shone dimly through a b Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catches outdoor workers off guard in the East 06/08/2023 06:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The hazardous haze from Canada's wildfires is taking its toll on people whose jobs have forced them outdoors along the U.S. East Coast even as a dystopian orange hue led to the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays. Delivery workers, construction work Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids' 06/08/2023 05:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a wave of ���cruel��� and ���callous��� state laws curbing the rights, visibility and health care access of LGBTQ+ people, especially children, leaving them feeling under attack like never before and the White House with limited options t Ex-owner of Vegas apartment where 6 died in fire pleads not guilty to manslaughter, negligence 06/08/2023 03:16pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� A former apartment building owner pleaded not guilty Thursday to 27 felony involuntary manslaughter and negligence charges stemming from a fire that killed six people and injured 13 in December 2019 and became the deadliest residential fire in Las Vegas history. Adolfo Orozco-Gar New lawsuit filed after Iowa building collapse; governor seeks federal aid with emergency response 06/08/2023 01:49pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, filed a lawsuit with her wife Wednesday, accusing the city and the building���s owner for ���willful and wanton disregard��� for their safety. Quanis US company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka 06/08/2023 11:53am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� A U.S. petroleum company signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Thursday allowing it to import and sell fuel in the country, less than a month after Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec also acquired rights to enter the retail market, as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with an Portland bans daytime camping, imposes other restrictions 06/07/2023 11:19pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Portland's city council voted Wednesday to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most public places as it, like other places in the U.S., struggles to address a longtime homelessness crisis. The 3-1 vote changes city code to say that people may camp in Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, begins erupting after 3-month pause 06/07/2023 10:31pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerizing, glowing lava that's a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island. A glow was detected MLB, WNBA postpone games due to smoke from Canadian wildfires 06/07/2023 08:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� With the stench of smoke permeating Yankee Stadium and wafting through its walkways, Major League Baseball postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires. A National Women's Soccer League game in New Jersey a 6 of the Best AI ETFs to Buy for 2023 06/07/2023 08:00pm • OpenAI's launch of its artificial intelligence, or AI, chatbot ChatGPT in November was met with critical acclaim and a flurry of public attention. Within days, people around the world were using the free application for everything from writing essays to taking tests and even generating code. The hyp Mexican president: Soldiers apparently executed five men, will face prosecution 06/07/2023 05:56pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s president described the slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent ���execution��� by soldiers, and vowed Wednesday that the perpetrators would face justice. President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador, a staunch supporter of the armed forces, h