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Olympic tennis schedule has Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in action Saturday 07/25/2024 04:13pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all are on the Paris Olympics' tennis schedule Saturday, the first day of action at Roland Garros. Serbia's Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both. Nadal and Alcaraz are teammates in doubles for South Africa appoints a woman as chief justice for the first time 07/25/2024 03:56pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the country's new most senior judge. Her term is due to start on Sept. 1, when she will replace Chief Justice Raymond Kamala Harris is using Beyonc��'s 'Freedom' as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem 07/25/2024 03:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In Vice President Kamala Harris' first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyonc��'s ���Freedom,��� a cut from her 2016 landmark album, ���Lemonade.��� ���We As Harris considers a running mate, what are states' succession rules for VP candidates? 07/25/2024 03:14pm • The 2024 White House campaign has thrust a handful of governors and senators into the mix for vice president, and that has drawn attention to rules of succession in the contenders' home states should they win. Each state has its own rules for naming replacements when elected officials leave office. Northern Virginia OmniRide users to face new schedule, higher fares 07/25/2024 02:52pm • OmniRide is implementing changes to many of its bus routes in the greater Prince William area ��� including on OmniRide Express, Metro Express and local routes ��� beginning July 29, according to a news release from the agency. The OmniRide Express base fare will also increase from $9 each way to 270 flights canceled in Frankfurt as environmental activists target airports across Europe 07/25/2024 02:42pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany's busiest airport Thursday after environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height of the summer vacation season to highlight the threat posed by climate change. Frankfur What is WADA, why is the FBI investigating it and why is it feuding with US anti-doping officials? 07/25/2024 02:29pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They've been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level on the eve of the Paris Games when the International Ol Harris refashions campaign in her own image as she prepares for historic clash with Trump 07/25/2024 02:09pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The first change that stands out is the music, with President Joe Biden's rock and Motown fading from the playlist in favor of more pop and hip hop. Then comes Vice President Kamala Harris' stump speech, devoid of Bidenesque rambling digressions and focused more on the future than Prince George's County school board requests investigation into member who was working in Missouri 07/25/2024 02:02pm • The Prince George's County Board of Education in Maryland has requested an investigation into former member David Murray, who resigned earlier this month, several months after he'd taken a job with a school system in Missouri and started working in that state. The board said in a letter dated Wed Judge won't block Georgia prosecutor disciplinary body that Democrats fear is aimed at Fani Willis 07/25/2024 02:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A Georgia judge has denied a preliminary challenge to block a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, finding that it doesn't violate the U.S. or state constitution. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker on Tuesday rejected the request for an Harris tells teachers union she's ready to fight for country's future ��� 'bring it on' 07/25/2024 01:56pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris told Republicans to ���bring it on��� in what she described as a ���fight for our most fundamental freedoms��� as she spoke to the American Federation of Teachers on Thursday. It was her latest stop in her whirlwind debut as the Democrats' likely preside FCC pursues new rules for AI in political ads, but changes may not take effect before the election 07/25/2024 01:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Communications Commission has advanced a proposal that would require political advertisers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in broadcast television and radio ads, though it is unclear whether new regulations may be in place before the November presidenti Equestrian federation spells out horse welfare reforms in wake of horse-whipping video 07/25/2024 01:38pm • VERSAILLES, France (AP) ��� The organization that oversees equestrian competition at the Olympics spelled out a series of reforms for horse welfare on the eve of the Paris Games and in the wake of an abuse case involving one of the sport's best riders. Executives from the Federation for Equestrian S Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting 07/25/2024 01:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system. The Federal Prison Oversight Act, w A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor. 07/25/2024 01:33pm • When Jennifer Wexton rose Thursday to speak on the House floor, something she has done countless times before, the congresswoman used a voice she thought was gone forever. After a rare neurological disorder robbed her of her ability to speak clearly, Wexton has been given her voice back with the hel