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House GOP seeks tighter voting rules in DC, which Democrats warn is model for national restrictions 06/07/2023 05:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Wednesday made a pitch to overhaul how elections are run in the District of Columbia, employing a conservative playbook to tighten voting rules that has been used in Georgia, Texas and other GOP-controlled states. Democrats characterized the effort as an abus Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure 06/07/2023 03:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disclosed Wednesday that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The details of gifts given LOCALIZE IT: The nation's voting landscape 10 years after the Supreme Court's Shelby decision 06/07/2023 11:02am • EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: This month marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder, which dismantled a key provision of the Voting Rights Act requiring certain jurisdictions to submit voting-related changes for federal review. In the ruling, the majority on the Supr See it, smell it: Smoke makes for poor air quality in DC region 06/07/2023 10:03am • D.C.-area residents are seeing, and smelling, effects on the air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires pushing into the District on Wednesday. The smoke is adding to levels of fine particle pollution and some D.C.-area residents have already noticed the effects. "We haven't seen some Apple's Vision Pro goggles unleash a mixed reality that could lead to more innovation and isolation 06/06/2023 07:33pm • CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Reporters are a skeptical bunch, so it was unusual to hear so many of them raving about their firsthand experience with Apple's next Big Thing: the high-priced headset called Vision Pro, a device infused with totally virtual reality as well as augmented reality that projec Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed? 06/06/2023 01:43pm • Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. Musk is not on it — and this might be part of the appeal for those longing for Bethesda-based Marriott reveals new details about extended-stay brand, code-named 'Project MidX Studios' 06/06/2023 10:58am • Bethesda-based Marriott International, which hinted about a new brand in development for long-term guests in its first quarter earnings call last month, has now announced some details for what is currently code-named “Project MidX Studios." The brand is being developed for travelers, mostly Marylanders could soon be calling from an unfamiliar area code 06/06/2023 04:44am • Who's that calling from a 227 area code? Likely someone from Maryland starting June 14. Those requesting a new phone service or an additional line may be assigned a new area code once the existing 240 and 301 area codes have been exhausted, a news release from the Public Service Commission said. 'It was tough': World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day's 79th anniversary 06/05/2023 02:44pm • ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. Looking at Lawyer says 'nothing was out of bounds' for reporters seeking scoops on young Prince Harry 06/05/2023 01:20pm • LONDON (AP) — A broken thumb, a back injury, dabbling with drugs and dating girls. No event in the life of a young Prince Harry was too trivial or private for the journalists of Mirror Group Newspapers to resist, and the demand for such scoops led to the use of illegal means to dig up dirt, his la Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation 06/05/2023 11:32am • LONDON (AP) — The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence, a top official said Monday. EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said the Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about epochal World War II invasion 06/05/2023 11:03am • OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity. As veterans and world dignitaries commemorate the 79th anniversary of the operation, here’s a look at some details about what happened: WHO TOOK PART Nearly 160,00 LOCALIZE IT: 10 States sue to halt jump in premiums under flood insurance revamp 06/05/2023 08:37am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Ten states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to block sharp increases in national flood insurance rates that are slated to be phased in over the coming years under new methods of calculating premiums for the National Flood Insurance Pro Soccer authorities move toward tougher sanctions for racial abuse over last decade 06/05/2023 12:08am • GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination. His teammates at Italian club AC Milan had his back when Boateng, who is Undercover observers track racism, discrimination at European soccer games 06/05/2023 12:07am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Blend in. Stay alert. Feign excitement if you must. Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe's biggest soccer games are a few people operating undercover. Trained volunteer observers listen for racist chants and watch for extremist symbols on banners. “You