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The Carters and the Kings formed an alliance for race relations though Jimmy and Martin never met 06/04/2023 08:16pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The voice of Martin Luther King Sr., a melodic tenor like his slain son, carried across Madison Square Garden, calming the raucous Democrats who had nominated his friend and fellow Georgian for the presidency. ���Surely, the Lord sent Jimmy Carter to come on out and bring America b Iran's top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on 'thugs and villains' 06/04/2023 09:52am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran's supreme leader on Sunday defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further hostility from Iran's enemies and blaming recent anti-government protests on ���thugs and villains.��� Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks come amid Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery 06/02/2023 08:42pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday. The focus has shifted to shoring up the structure so recovery effor 'Do I have regrets? ... Hell yeah,' says Davenport mayor after partial collapse of Iowa building 06/02/2023 07:56pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A structural engineer���s report issued last week indicated a wall of a century-old apartment building in Iowa was at imminent risk of crumbling, yet neither the owner nor city officials warned residents of the danger days before the building partially collapsed, leaving th Prosecutor in case of Virginia man killed at psychiatric hospital announces resignation 06/02/2023 06:35pm • DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) ��� The state prosecutor handling the case against 10 people charged in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned to the floor while being admitted to a psychiatric hospital said she is resigning to attend graduate school in Paris. Ann Cabell Baskervill told the Richmond Times- Dallas United withdraws from soccer tournament after racial slur alleged 06/02/2023 06:33pm • CARY, N.C. (AP) ��� The Dallas United soccer team withdrew from a 32-team, seven-on-seven soccer tournament following an alleged racial slur during a match against West Ham. West Ham led 2-0 at the end of regulation in a match with a target score of 3 on Thursday night. West Ham players became agita Portland, Oregon, to clear sidewalk tents to settle suit with people with disabilities 06/02/2023 04:05pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Portland will remove tents blocking sidewalks under a tentative settlement announced Thursday in a lawsuit brought by people with disabilities who said sprawling homeless encampments prevent them from navigating Oregon's most populous city. The federal class action lawsuit, f Disney lawsuit judge removes himself from case but not for reasons cited by DeSantis 06/02/2023 03:51pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� A federal judge overseeing the First Amendment lawsuit that Walt Disney Parks filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis and others is disqualifying himself, but not because of bias claims made by the Florida governor. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a court filing Thursda As legal gambling surges, some states want to teach teens about the risks 06/02/2023 02:24pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� As a high school senior, Nick was blessed with a deadly accurate jump shot from the three-point range ��� something he was quick to monetize. He and his gym classmates not far from the Jersey Shore would compete to see who could make the most baskets, at $5 or $10 a pop. A timeline of concerns raised about Iowa apartment building, months before it partially collapsed 06/01/2023 05:20pm • DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) ��� City documents released Wednesday show engineers and city officials visited a Davenport building nearly a dozen times in the months before it partially collapsed on Sunday. The most recent engineer's report came out just days before the building crumbled, suggesting the west Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors 06/01/2023 04:42pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. The ban, which was signed into law in April and scheduled to take effect in January 2024, violates the federal constitutional guar $63M verdict against Miami commissioner accused of political retaliation 06/01/2023 04:16pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A federal jury in Florida awarded $63.5 million on Thursday to a pair of businessmen who claimed a city of Miami commissioner used his office to harass them after they supported the commissioner's political opponent. Miami City Commissioner Joe Carollo was found civill Saudi fitness instructor Manahel al-Otaibi latest targeted in crackdown on dissent in kingdom 06/01/2023 11:23am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� A 29-year-old fitness instructor popular on social media in Saudi Arabia faces charges that could see her imprisoned over her posts, becoming the latest person targeted in a crackdown in the kingdom. The case against Manahel al-Otaibi shows the limits of expressi How to Build a Treehouse 05/31/2023 08:00pm • There's a song that goes "we could build a house, we could plant a tree ... " but nowhere in that song does the potential of a house in a tree appear. It's too bad, because treehouses can be a fun way to let your kids (or yourself) spend a lazy summer afternoon away from the worries of life. But bef Iowa apartment collapse leaves residents missing, rubble too dangerous to search 05/31/2023 05:01pm • DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) ��� Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search. The three other missing residents are not be