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Two North Carolina public universities may see academic degree cuts soon after board vote 07/24/2024 02:13pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Two of North Carolina���s public universities will be allowed to eliminate more than a dozen degree programs ranging from ancient Mediterranean studies to physics after the university system���s governing board voted Wednesday to authorize the cuts. The University of North Ca Democrats hope Harris' bluntness on abortion will translate to 2024 wins in Congress and White House 07/24/2024 01:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden might not often use the word ���abortion��� when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does. She's also toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic where the procedure is performed and routinely links the fall of Eluned Morgan will be Wales' first female leader as she takes over a troubled governing party 07/24/2024 01:01pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Wales is set to get its first female leader after Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour Party as it tries to emerge from scandal and division. Morgan succeeds First Minister Vaughan Gething, who stepped down last week as party leader amid acrimony and Conductor John Eliot Gardiner quits the choir and orchestra he founded after musician assault claim 07/24/2024 12:58pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Renowned British conductor John Eliot Gardiner said Wednesday he is quitting the orchestra he has led for six decades, almost a year after he allegedly hit a singer backstage after a concert. Gardiner said he was stepping down as leader and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir a Puerto Rico finalizes details of upcoming referendum on political status amid criticism over cost 07/24/2024 12:56pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico���s political status came under scrutiny Wednesday for its multimillion-dollar cost as election officials announced the order and description of choices on the upcoming ballot. The $1.3 million referendum that critic Republican leaders urge colleagues to steer clear of racist and sexist attacks on Harris 07/24/2024 12:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump's campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Electio The flickering glow of summer's fireflies: too important to lose, too small to notice them gone 07/24/2024 12:15pm • DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. (AP) ��� On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It's nowhere near as easy as the summer evenings of his own childhood, with only a few in this large wetland between a bay and t All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb isn't reporting to Cowboys camp, AP source says 07/24/2024 12:13pm • CeeDee Lamb is not reporting to training camp while he waits for a new contract, a person familiar with the All-Pro wide receiver's decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because contract discussions are private. Lamb skipped the Cowboys' June min FAA agrees with air traffic controllers' union to give tower workers more rest between shifts 07/24/2024 11:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will increase minimum rest time between shifts for air traffic controllers after highly publicized close calls between planes that were following orders from controllers. The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Associ EU executive criticizes rule of law issues in Hungary, Slovakia, Italy; lauds reforms elsewhere 07/24/2024 11:49am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union's executive commission Wednesday criticized rule of law developments in Hungary, Italy and Slovakia, but welcomed reforms in Poland and Spain in its latest democracy health check across the 27-nation bloc. Across the board, EU countries had fully or partly addres IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation 07/24/2024 11:19am • PARIS (AP) ��� What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation into a suspected doping coverup. The International Olympic Committe formally Winter Olympians will compete at these 13 venues when the Games return to Salt Lake City in 2034 07/24/2024 11:08am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The Winter Olympics will make its grand return to Salt Lake City in 2034, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday, marking the success of Utah's decadeslong effort to preserve Olympic venues and retain public enthusiasm. Local leaders have had their sights set William & Mary expands new climate-focused major, deepens coastal research with $100 million gift 07/24/2024 11:01am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ��� William & Mary has received a $100 million donation that aims to help the world's coastal communities adapt to changing temperatures, rising seas and more intense storms, the university announced Wednesday. The gift from Virginia philanthropist Jane Batten is the largest i John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90 07/24/2024 10:43am • LONDON (AP) ��� John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on Mayall's Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the musician died Monday Experts say a twice-yearly injection that offers 100% protection against HIV is 'stunning' 07/24/2024 10:28am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uga