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UK is 'broke and broken,' new government says as it prepares to tackle shortfall in public finances 07/28/2024 06:59am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s new left-leaning government said Sunday that the nation is ���broke and broken,��� blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. In a sweeping assessmen Strike in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights kills at least 12 and threatens to spark a wider war 07/28/2024 03:56am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� A rocket strike Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 12 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country's northern border since the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began. It Ex-diplomat, political newcomer, grandpa. That's Edmundo Gonz��lez, Venezuela's Maduro rival 07/28/2024 01:46am • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The past two months were unlike anything Edmundo Gonz��lez Urrutia had ever experienced: He gave political speeches, shook people���s hands and waved from the top of a truck moving through cheering crowds gathered across Venezuela. He also shed the title of ambassador for Trump and Vance team up to campaign in Minnesota, a state that hasn't backed the GOP in 52 years 07/28/2024 01:06am • ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) ��� As the presidential campaign enters a critical final 100 day stretch, Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, rallied supporters on Saturday in a state that hasn���t backed a GOP candidate for the White House since 1972. The rally in St. Cloud, Minne DC woman faces felony charge tied to 2023 escape of Virginia inmate from Prince William Co. 07/27/2024 10:46pm • A woman from D.C. is facing a felony charge related to the 2023 escape of a Virginia Department of Corrections prisoner who was from Dale City. Sasha Castillo, of Washington, D.C., was indicted on a charge of aiding escape of a prisoner by a grand jury in Richmond on July 1. The charge is tied Irish sisters christen US warship bearing name of their brother, who was lauded for heroism 07/27/2024 10:39pm • BATH, Maine (AP) ��� With an Irish flag overhead and bagpipes playing, three sisters of an Irish-born recipient of the Navy Cross christened a warship bearing his name on Saturday ��� and secured a promise that the ship will visit Ireland. The future USS Patrick Gallagher is a guided missile destroy Falcons show off new players, healthy dose of optimism, in practice at high school in front of fans 07/27/2024 10:00pm • BUFORD, Ga. (AP) ��� The Atlanta Falcons showed off their new players ��� and a healthy dose of optimism ��� in front of fans on Saturday night. The Falcons practiced at Seckinger High School only a short drive from the team's usual practice facility in Flowery Branch, Georgia. Because of ongoing re Phillies' Tyler Phillips tosses 4-hit shutout over Cleveland at ballpark he called home as a kid 07/27/2024 09:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Tyler Phillips tossed a four-hit shutout in his third big league start, and the right-hander from South Jersey raised a diehard Philadelphia Phillies fan pitched them to an 8-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night. ���I've never done that before,��� Phillips said. Wildfire in Jasper National Park could burn for months, Canadian official says 07/27/2024 08:52pm • JASPER, Alberta (AP) ��� A wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper is the largest blaze recorded in Jasper National Park in a century and could still be burning months from now, a Parks Canada official said Saturday. ���We���re going to be working on this wildfire, w Brewers acquire right-handed reliever Nick Mears from Rockies 07/27/2024 08:12pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� The NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers added some depth to their injury-riddled bullpen Saturday by acquiring right-hander Nick Mears from the Colorado Rockies. Colorado received minor league right-handers Bradley Blalock and Yujanyer Herrera in the trade. Mears, 27, owns a 1-4 Jackson, D��az hit consecutive 5th-inning homers and Rays beat Reds 4-0 07/27/2024 07:50pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Alex Jackson and Yandy D��az hit consecutive home runs in a three-run fifth inning to back Zack Littell, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Cincinnati 4-0 on Saturday to stop the Reds��� three-game winning streak. Jackson, who was 10 for 100 this season going into the plate ap NYC mayor issues emergency order suspending parts of new solitary confinement law 07/27/2024 07:41pm • New York City���s mayor issued an emergency order Saturday suspending parts of a new law intended to ban solitary confinement in local jails a day before it was to take effect, citing concerns for the safety of staff and detainees. Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency and signed an order Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth's temperatures soar to record highs 07/27/2024 07:29pm • BENI MELLAL, Morocco (AP) ��� In the unrelenting heat of Morocco���s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning. On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related de Mets ace Kodai Senga expected to miss rest of regular season with calf strain 07/27/2024 07:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kodai Senga's season is over almost as soon as it started. The New York Mets pitcher is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after straining his left calf Friday night in the sixth inning of his 2024 debut against Atlanta. The team's projected No. 1 starter this yea Terminated again: Titmus hands Ledecky another Olympic defeat, claiming gold in the 400 free 07/27/2024 06:11pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� It was billed as one of the most anticipated races of the Paris Olympics. Ariarne Titmus turned it into a blowout. Titmus left Katie Ledecky in her wake on a raucous opening night at La Defense Arena, leading from start to finish to win the 400-meter freestyle Saturda