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Gas, electric costs for most Maryland customers have skyrocketed since 2010, report finds 06/27/2024 11:20am • Some of Maryland's largest utilities have hiked their rates by multiples of two or three since 2010, far outpacing the rate of inflation, according to a new report. The Office of the People's Counsel, which acts as a utility watchdog group in the state, said customers served by subsidiaries of Ex Zimbabwe police quash opposition courthouse protest over prolonged detention of activists 06/27/2024 10:58am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Zimbabwe police on Thursday used batons to break up a courthouse protest by opposition supporters, angered by the continued detention of dozens of activists arrested in mid-June, after they allegedly gathered without official police clearance. Dozens of opposition Citizens Wimbledon 2024: Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu are among the women to watch 06/27/2024 10:49am • WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ��� Here are some of the women to watch at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday: Iga Swiatek Ranking: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 23 2024 Record: 45-4 2024 Titles: 5 Career Titles: 22 Grand Slam Titles: 5 ��� French Open (2020, 2022, 202 Euro 2024 takeaways: Fans and fearless teams are stars as tournament waits on stellar players 06/27/2024 10:46am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� It took 36 games in 13 days across 10 cities in Germany to play the group stage of the European Championship in men���s soccer. Eight teams have gone home and the original lineup of 24 is down to the 16 who will start the knockout rounds Saturday. There were huge surprise Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival 06/27/2024 10:31am • BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) ��� Beverly ���Cookie��� Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent. Fifty-five years later, the two longtime friends finally got back to the garden, but this time in Ralf Rangnick's reputation took a hit at Man United. He's changing the story at Euro 2024 06/27/2024 10:21am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� Cristiano Ronaldo said he'd never heard of him and Manchester United fans have few fond memories of his short-lived spell as manager of the Premier League club. But Ralf Rangnick is rewriting his legacy at Euro 2024 with his Austria team emerging as one of the surprise Another 400,000 people left Germany's Catholic Church last year, but the pace slowed from 2022 06/27/2024 10:00am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Another 400,000 people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, though the number was down from a record set in 2022 as church leaders struggle to put a long-running scandal over abuse by clergy behind them and tackle calls for reform, official figures showed Thursday. How USA Gymnastics rebounded from a sexual abuse scandal ahead of the Paris Olympics 06/27/2024 09:38am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� USA Gymnastics was a house afire five years ago, the massive fallout surrounding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal rendering one of the U.S. Olympic movement's marquee programs radioactive. Lawsuits. Bankruptcy. Potential decertification. A revolving door at the top as CEOs Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes 06/27/2024 08:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than West Virginia, new research found. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and t Hogan lays out five-point economic agenda for Senate race that echoes positions as Md. governor 06/27/2024 08:00am • Republican U.S. Senate nominee Larry Hogan vowed to take his anti-tax, pro-business approach as governor to the Senate, during a campaign stop Wednesday near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Hogan promoted a five-point platform ��� some of which mimics his policies as governor ��� including lowering ta Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 07:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A Va. library might be getting a name change after community outcry over current 'very racist president' name 06/27/2024 06:50am • The Woodrow Wilson Library in Falls Church, Virginia, may be getting a new name soon. After community feedback suggesting that the name doesn't represent the area's values, the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees is considering the change. In March, a committee was established to i Mongolia holds an election Friday. Its people see the government as benefiting the wealthy 06/27/2024 06:34am • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) ��� A parliamentary election will be held in Mongolia on Friday for the first time since the body was expanded to 126 seats, adding some uncertainty to a system that has been monopolized by two political parties and plagued by corruption. The election in a relatively new d Disappointing Netherlands team spoiling the Oranje fans' party at Euro 2024 06/27/2024 06:20am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The Netherlands��� soccer team is becoming a party-pooper for its thousands of exuberant orange-clad fans at the European Championship. The Oranje have impressed off the field but not on it at Euro 2024, where Ronald Koeman���s team limped into the knockout stage after finishing thir List of threatened species grows by 1,000, but conservation efforts bring hope for some animals 06/27/2024 05:03am • Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction ��� 1,000 more than last year ��� according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion. The International Union