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Trial starts in case that seeks more Black justices on Mississippi's highest court 08/05/2024 03:45pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� Mississippi has the largest percentage of Black residents in the U.S., but only one Black justice serves on the state's highest court. A federal judge started hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to compel Mississippi to redraw its three Supreme Court districts to British women's sprint squad breaks world record, wins gold in track cycling at the Paris Olympics 08/05/2024 03:23pm • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) ��� Track cyclists from Britain have become accustomed to standing on the top step of the podium at the Olympics. Just not in the women's team sprint. In each of the four Summer Games since the event made its debut in Beijing, their powerful and often-favored team Olympic Swimming Results 08/05/2024 02:42pm • Monday Open Team Final Technical Routine 1. China (Chang Hao; Feng Yu; Wang Ciyue; Wang Liuyi; Wang Qianyi; Xiang Binxuan; Xiao Yanning; Zhang Yayi), 313.5538. 2. Spain (Txell Ferre Gaset; Marina Garcia Polo; Lilou Lluis Valette; Meritxell Mas Pujadas; Alisa Ozhogina Ozhogin; Paula Ramirez Ibanez; I Sports on TV for Tuesday, Aug. 6 08/05/2024 02:30pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Aug. 6 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Mid-Atlantic Region - Semifinal, Bristol, Conn. 1 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League World Series: TBD, Great Lakes Region - Semifinal, Whitestown, Ind. 3 Md. gun laws restricting concealed carry in restaurants, private buildings, ruled unconstitutional 08/05/2024 02:29pm • A federal judge ruled Friday that several of Maryland���s gun carry laws are unconstitutional. They include provisions of where exactly permitted citizens can lawfully carry. The lawsuit, Novotny v. Moore, was brought by several concealed carry permit holders and gun rights groups. It sued Gov. W What's the deal with the Olympics? Your burning questions, answered 08/05/2024 02:18pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The Olympics have their own language, traditions and rules ��� ones that are ever-evolving. It can be a lot to take in so here, The Associated Press will be answering some of the most asked questions about the Paris Games. I thought it was the Paris Olympics. Why are so many events .. This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close? 08/05/2024 02:13pm • WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ��� She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of the trailer she called home. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called Head Start that was opening near her home in Chugiak. Would she be interested Book Review: 'Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party' transports readers to world changed by fossil finds 08/05/2024 02:09pm • For generations raised on dinosaur toys, ���Jurassic Park��� films and characters like Barney, it's hard to imagine a world where dinos and their fossils didn't exist ��� or, more accurately, weren't discovered yet. That world is exactly where Edward Dolnick takes readers in ���Dinosaurs at the Dinn Harris once wanted to ban fracking. Trump wants voters in energy-rich Pennsylvania to remember 08/05/2024 01:46pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Facing the need to win battleground Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris is swearing off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking, but that hasn't stopped Republican Donald Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position to win over voters in a state where the natu After water quality concerns canceled test runs, Olympic triathletes plunge into the Seine for relay 08/05/2024 01:35pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Olympic triathletes plunged into the Seine River for the mixed relay event Monday after organizers said bacteria levels in the long-polluted Paris waterway were at acceptable levels. The plan to hold the swimming portion of the triathlons and the marathon swimming events in the Seine In Israel and Lebanon, life goes on even as the region teeters on the edge of all-out war 08/05/2024 01:11pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� In Beirut, shops are open and traffic is as snarled as ever. In Tel Aviv, cafes hum with patrons and umbrellas sprout across crowded beaches. Such scenes may seem surreal in a region teetering on the edge of all-out war ��� and beneath the surface there is plenty of fear an Comaneci says Chiles' score change after inquiry was playing 'with athletes mental health' 08/05/2024 12:51pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci was furious after fellow Romanian Ana Barbosu lost her bronze to American Jordan Chiles on Monday when U.S. coaches called for an inquiry that boosted Chiles' score and left Barbosu off the podium and crying on the floor at the Paris Olympics. ���I can� Washington attorney general and ex-sheriff who helped nab Green River Killer race for governorship 08/05/2024 12:43pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Washington state's longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River Killer are vying to become the next governor of a Democratic stronghold that hasn���t had an open race for the state's top job in more than a decade. Democrat Bob Fergus It was oddly quiet at the Olympics balance beam final, and Simone Biles says the gymnasts noticed 08/05/2024 12:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� An unusually quiet arena may have played a factor in a shaky balance beam final for Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and a handful of other event finalists Monday. Biles, Lee, Brazil's Julia Soares and Romania's Sabrina Maneca-Voinea all fell during their routines inside Bercy Arena, where no This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close? 08/05/2024 11:51am • WASILLA, Alaska (AP) ��� She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of her trailer. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called Head Start that was opening near her home in Chugiak. Would she be interested in enrolling her