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The Latest | Slovenia moves to recognize a Palestinian state as Israel fights in Rafah 05/30/2024 11:12pm • Slovenia���s government endorsed a motion Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state and asked the parliament to do the same. It comes just two days after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state, a move that was condemned by Israel. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the border city Elections are not wasted on the young in EU. Some nations allow 16-year-olds to decide in June polls 05/30/2024 10:38pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Youth leader Rare�� Voicu remembers like it was yesterday when he went to the polls five years ago for the European Union elections in his Romanian hometown of Br��ila. The problem was that he was 16 years old at the time and not eligible to cast a ballot. Once his family went int North Korea's trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here's what it means 05/30/2024 08:30pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea ��� an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely u A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates 05/30/2024 08:27pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico goes into Sunday���s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides, while drug cartels have split the country into a patchwork quilt of warring fiefdoms. The atmosphere is literally heating up, amid a wav 'I am so honored': Fairfax Co. Fire and Rescue appoints its first Black female battalion chief 05/30/2024 08:20pm • A firefighter has made history at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue with her recent appointment as battalion chief. ���I am so honored to be the first Black female battalion chief," said Battalion Chief Felicia Barnes. Barnes, a Fairfax County native and Mount Vernon High School graduate, sai What Can Small Town America Offer Homebuyers? 05/30/2024 08:00pm • Do you dream of buying a home in one of those little towns from the Hallmark movies? Trading the chaos of urban living for something calmer, timeless and, most importantly, less expensive? If you do, you're not alone. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, the population of small-town Ame What Is a Credit Union? 05/30/2024 08:00pm • A credit union is a not-for-profit financial institution that returns profits from its financial services to its members, or customers. Credit unions don't pay taxes and tend to offer better rates on their financial products. Additionally, as member-based cooperatives, credit unions work to improve Connecticut state trooper killed after getting hit by car during traffic stop on highway 05/30/2024 07:54pm • SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) ��� A Connecticut state trooper was killed Thursday after getting hit by a car while making a traffic stop on an interstate highway, officials said. Connecticut State Police said Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was fatally struck by a passing vehicle as he was outside his Second Virginia man charged in fatal shooting during ���car meet��� at Prince George���s Co. shopping center 05/30/2024 06:02pm • A second suspect is now under arrest in connection with a deadly shooting during a "car meet" at a Prince George's County shopping center on May 19. Caimon Harrel, 21, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was taken into custody Thursday at his home in Prince William County. He is charged with first and se Man, 81, charged with terrorizing California neighborhood with slingshot dies days after arrest 05/30/2024 05:49pm • AZUSA, Calif. (AP) ��� An 81-year-old man who investigators said terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has died just days after his arrest, authorities said. The man was found dead Wednesday evening at a home in Azusa, east of Los Angeles, police Sgt. Nick Covarrub Carl Edwards celebrates Hall of Fame induction, insists 2016 finale did not cause NASCAR retirement 05/30/2024 05:31pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Carl Edwards says he never expected to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame so when the announcement came down a week ago, he was unreachable for hours until his wife encouraged him to check his phone. He was shocked to learn that he was joining Ricky Rudd as the 2025 in Minnesota police officer cleared in fatal shooting of man who shot him first 05/30/2024 04:01pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A St. Paul police officer was justified when he fatally shot a man who shot him first, Minnesota prosecutors announced Thursday. The Ramsey County Attorney's Office said it concluded that the use of deadly force by Officer Michael Tschida against Brandon DaleShaun Keys, 28, of M Schumer, Democrats urge Justice Department to prosecute alleged oil industry collusion, price-fixing 05/30/2024 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators are calling on the Department of Justice to ���use every tool��� at its disposal to prevent and prosecute alleged collusion and price-fixing in the oil industry. In a letter Thursday to Attorney General Merric Chicago woman gets 30 years for helping mother kill pregnant teen who had child cut from her womb 05/30/2024 03:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A Chicago woman who pleaded guilty to helping her mother kill a pregnant teenager in 2019 before the baby was cut from her womb with a butcher knife was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison. Desiree Figueroa, 29, had pleaded guilty to murder in January for helping her mother, Cl Officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler criticizes attorney but holds 'no ill will' toward golfer 05/30/2024 03:30pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� The Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler said he has ���no ill will��� toward the pro golfer for injuries he said he suffered while directing traffic after a fatal accident during the PGA Championship. A Louisville prosecutor dropped charges against Schef