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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/08/2024 01:17pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Golden Globes fashion: Taylor Swift stuns in shimmery green and Margot Robbie goes full Barbie 01/07/2024 11:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift stunned in shimmery acid green custom Gucci at the newfangled Golden Globes, Sandra Hüller swept onto the red carpet in goddess green and Margot Robbie went full Barbie in pink custom Armani Privé at Sunday's start of the rush-rush awards season. Colman Domingo honor Is Georgia's election system constitutional? A federal judge will decide in trial set to begin 01/07/2024 08:01am • ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system, saying it's vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted. During a trial set to start Tue Maryland State Police on the hunt for new fire marshal 01/07/2024 07:55am • Maryland's Department of State Police has announced a search for a new State Fire Marshal. Contenders for the position will head the Office of the State Fire Marshal, leading its operations and ensuring compliance with Maryland's fire codes, according to a news release announcing the position. As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in 01/07/2024 12:10am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to an informal settlement where robbers accessed his mobile banking apps. “They had guns and demanded the PIN codes for my apps. They increased the withdrawal limits in my accounts and 'Drops a bomb on the community:' Bristow-area residents sue to block Devlin Technology Park data center 01/06/2024 02:13pm • A group of Bristow-area residents have filed a lawsuit against Prince William County and a developer to halt construction of the Devlin Technology Park data center complex that will back their residential neighborhood. The residents alleged it was illegal for the Board of County Supervisors to appr UN agency says it is handling code of conduct violations by staffer for anti-Israel posts internally 01/05/2024 10:35pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency promoting equality for women said Friday that violations of the U.N. Code of Conduct requiring impartiality by a mid-level manager, who reportedly supported pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli posts on social media, are being dealt with internally. Last month, th School safety a top priority, Montgomery Co. schools superintendent says 01/05/2024 08:13pm • When students fight in Montgomery County Schools in Maryland, the incidents are considered serious, school system Superintendent Monifa McKnight said. "My top priority as superintendent is to ensure that every student that comes into a school feels safe," McKnight said Friday. When she introdu New Mexico attorney general says fake GOP electors can't be prosecuted, recommends changes 01/05/2024 08:08pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor said Friday that the state’s five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law for filing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential race. However, Democratic Attorney Gene Radio reporter fired over comedy act reinstated after an arbitrator finds his jokes 'funny' 01/05/2024 06:52pm • A reporter who was fired for his standup comedy has been reinstated to his job at a Philadelphia-based public radio station through an arbitrator, who agreed that his jokes were, in some part, funny. Jad Sleiman, 34, is to be fully reinstated to his position with WHYY, a Philadelphia-based NPR stati Spain's government asks head of its anti-doping to resign amid accusations of irregularities 01/05/2024 04:51pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Higher Council for Sports, its leading governmental sports authority, publicly demanded the director of its anti-doping agency resign after accusations of malpractice. A complaint against agency director José Luis Terreros prompted a ministerial probe. The counci Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/05/2024 01:29pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Senegal’s opposition leader faces another setback in presidential race after application is rejected 01/05/2024 01:09pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top opposition leader on Friday suffered major setbacks in his quest to contest the presidency when a top court upheld the defamation conviction against him and the Constitutional Council rejected his application to be a presidential candidate on the basis that it San Quentin project's $360 million price tag should be slashed, governor's advisory group says 01/05/2024 12:16pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An advisory council hand-picked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended Friday that the governor slash by at least a third the cost of a $360 million project to remake the San Quentin State Prison, and use the saved money to improve living conditions at the facility. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 01/05/2024 11:39am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein