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A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor 06/06/2024 01:53pm • VER-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both cheeks and pinned the nation’s highest honor to her lapel. Lamb spent the months before D-Day alone in a tiny room in central London drawing th The Latest | D-Day's 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy 06/06/2024 01:07pm • World War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The Allied invasion, which began on June 6, 1944, led to the defeat of the Nazis and the end of the war. The assault began with Allied air Gov. Glenn Youngkin on ditching Calif. emissions standards: 'Virginians should be able to decide what car they buy' 06/06/2024 11:17am • In a potential blow to the push to get more people to buy electric cars, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the Commonwealth's strict auto emission standards — based on California legislation — will be lifted by the end of the year. The governor says Virginians deserve to choose which vehicles Virginie Viard, who succeeded Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, leaves fashion house 06/06/2024 07:40am • PARIS (AP) — Virginie Viard, the artistic director who replaced Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel after his death, is leaving the French luxury fashion house. Chanel did not immediately announce a replacement for the 62-year-old Viard, who worked with Lagerfeld for more than two decades and eventually took Slovakia's Fico says he was targeted for Ukraine views, in first speech since assassination attempt 06/06/2024 12:22am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted o Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II 06/06/2024 12:05am • OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler's defenses in western Europe and change the course of World War II. With District attorney in Alec Baldwin's case wins New Mexico Democratic primary race 06/05/2024 12:17pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An incumbent district attorney pursuing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin fended off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico’s primary election on Tuesday to ensure her reelection. In other results, two Republicans who have stoked Donald Trump’s failed Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay 06/05/2024 07:22am • NEW DELHI (AP) — For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election. But the prime minister’s coalition is still expected to run the country for another five years. Mod The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy 06/04/2024 11:44pm • OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears that inevitably flowed from being on the revered shoreline in Normandy, France, where so many American young men were cut down 80 years ago on D-Day. Veterans of World War II, many of them centen George defeats two challengers in Ward 4 Democratic primary in race centered on public safety 06/04/2024 11:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Janeese Lewis George defeated a pair of challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary and will head into November’s general election as a heavy favorite to retain her Ward 4 seat on the D.C. Council. George, a pillar of the council’s leftist wing, defeated Lisa Gore and Pa How Do You Move a House? And Why? 06/04/2024 08:00pm • It can be hard to find a house to purchase in a lot of markets right now, so some buyers can't afford to be too choosy. But what if the house you're looking at could be moved? Mobile homes and sheds aren't the only structures that can be relocated. Homes can, and often are, moved to a new location a Justice Department's 'deepfake' concerns over Biden interview audio highlights AI misuse worries 06/04/2024 02:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Releasing an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with President Joe Biden could spur deepfakes and disinformation that trick Americans, the Justice Department said, conceding the U.S. government could not stop the misuse of artificial intelligence ahead of this year' In cities across the US, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies 06/04/2024 10:33am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Parts of the north side of Montgomery are defined by what it has lost: restaurants, grocery stores and a convenient pharmacy, the latter of which closed five years ago. People who still live in the historically Black neighborhood of Newtown, like Sharon Harris, are frustrat Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders 06/04/2024 10:16am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons, a higher age for opening social media accounts and health screenings for teenagers to detect related emotional disorders. “The health, well She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate 06/04/2024 12:03am • UBERABA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras and an armed guard. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, according to Gu