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Britain's King Charles III welcomes the visiting Japanese emperor and empress 06/26/2024 01:20am • LONDON (AP) ��� King Charles III welcomed the Japanese emperor and empress for a state visit that began on Tuesday, offering the best in pomp and circumstance as the U.K. seeks to bolster its role as the most influential European nation in the Indo-Pacific region. Emperor Naruhito and Empress of Mas Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary 06/26/2024 12:12am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began mitigation hearings for prominent pro-democracy activists who were convicted under a national security law and now face up to life in prison. The activists were among 47 democracy advocates who were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion i Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drives in 4 runs as Blue Jays end 7-game skid with 9-4 win over Red Sox 06/25/2024 11:56pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Vladimir Guerrero hit pair of two-run doubles, George Springer added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a seven-game skid with a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays tagged Boston starter Brayan Bello for seven runs in the third inning, incl Iran's supreme leader warns sole reformist in presidential race, while calling for 'maximum' turnout 06/25/2024 11:41pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran's supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes ���all ways to progress��� come from the United States shouldn't be supported. While often spe Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons 06/25/2024 11:19pm • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) ��� A judge on Tuesday struck down a Montana law that defined ���sex��� in state law as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional. District Court Judge Shane Vannatta in Missoula ruled the law, passed last year, violated the state constitution because the descrip Carleton and Collier lead Minnesota to Commissioner's Cup title with 94-89 win over New York Liberty 06/25/2024 11:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx put the WNBA on notice that they are a championship caliber team. Bridget Carleton scored 23 points and Collier added 21 to help the Lynx win their first Commissioner's Cup championship with a 94-89 victory over the New York Liberty on Tuesda Brazil���s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use 06/25/2024 10:22pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazil���s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, making the nation one of Latin America���s last to do so, in a move that could reduce its massive prison population. With final votes cast on Tuesday, a majority of the justic Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest 06/25/2024 09:43pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail added insult to injury for people in the Midwest already contending with heat, humidity and intense flooding after days of rain. The National Weather Service on Tuesday afternoon and evening issued multiple tornado warnings i Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator 06/25/2024 09:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month's Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. The testimony by Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt followed re Rival revival: Texas snags baseball coach Schlossnagle from Texas A&M after Aggies finish 2nd at CWS 06/25/2024 09:20pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Jim Schlossnagle, who built the Texas A&M baseball program into a national power in three years and led the Aggies to the brink of this season's national championship, is leaving to become coach at arch-rival Texas. Schlossnagle and Texas A&M officials announced that h Israel's military must enlist the ultra-Orthodox. What will that mean for Netanyahu and the war? 06/25/2024 08:43pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel's Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the army ��� a landmark ruling seeking to end a system that has allowed them to avoid enlistment into compulsory military service. Roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews mak Johns Hopkins surgeon says US surgeon general's declaration that gun violence is a public health crisis is 'historic' 06/25/2024 08:05pm • The notion of treating gun violence as a public health issue is not new, but it's got a much broader platform with the declaration by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy that the country is experiencing a public health crisis as a result. Dr. Joseph Sakran is the executive vice chair of surgery NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern interfered with derailment probe after botching vent-and-burn call 06/25/2024 08:02pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) ��� The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency's investigation into the East Palestine derailment and shape its conclusions about the flawed decision to blow open five tank cars and b First-Year Tips for International Students at U.S. Colleges 06/25/2024 08:00pm • Being a first-year international student at a U.S. college or university can be a little scary and at times overwhelming -- there's so much to do and remember. But a little prep can go a long way in setting an international student up for success their freshman year. Misha Bilokur from Ukraine says What Is Spinal Stenosis? Causes, Symptoms, Treatments and Prevention 06/25/2024 08:00pm • One of the more common reasons for a visit or call to a doctor? Lower back pain. As the population ages, this complaint becomes even more frequent. Characterized by back, leg and neck pain, spinal stenosis affects more than 200,000 adults in the United States and an estimated 103 million people worl