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Metro fare changes go into effect this weekend 06/25/2024 08:14am • Ahead of a travel-heavy week, Metro fares will go up this Sunday. After passing a $4.8 billion budget in April, the transit system said fare increases ��� up 12.5% ��� will help bring in more revenue. In a news release, Metro said the fare increases "will help keep fares in line with cost of l Former Georgia officials say they're teaming up to defend the legitimacy of elections 06/25/2024 08:06am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Four prominent former officials in Georgia, which has been a major front in disinformation over the democratic process, are joining a group that says it will try to counteract efforts to make people distrust elections. Those joining the Democracy Defense Project, whose launch was an On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage 06/25/2024 07:59am • STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) ��� ���Bye bye, Jesus!��� a child called out as the riverboat chugged away from shore into the Ohio River, a solemn bell tolling amid the thrumming of an old-fashioned sternwheel. Two Catholic bishops on board, representing dioceses on each side of the river, took turns holdi Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes 06/25/2024 07:06am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Vietnamese automaker VinFast, for a short time the third-most valuable car company in the world, has a big problem: It just can���t sell enough cars. Idle factories bleed money and the company���s financial health is at stake. After finding the U.S. market a tough nut to crac American slalom canoeist Casey Eichfeld seeks first Olympic podium on record fourth try 06/25/2024 06:00am • Three years ago, Casey Eichfeld pondered retirement. The American slalom canoeist competed at the Summer Olympics in 2008, 2012 and 2016. After failing to qualify for the Tokyo Games in 2021, doubt crept in. ���This far into my career, I���m missing an Olympics,��� he recalled. ���It definitely make Former Brighton coach De Zerbi to join French league club Marseille 06/25/2024 04:04am • MARSEILLE, France (AP) ��� Roberto De Zerbi is poised to become Marseille's new coach after the French league club announced it had reached an ���agreement in principle.��� De Zerbi, who left Brighton after two seasons in charge, led the Premier League club to its highest ever top-flight finish of India, Afghanistan into cricket's Twenty20 World Cup semifinals after a dramatic Super Eight finale 06/25/2024 03:53am • GROS ISLET, St. Lucia (AP) ��� Afghanistan edged Bangladesh to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time and followed India into the last four following a combination of results that eliminated 2021 champion Australia on Monday. Captain Rohit Sharma bludgeoned 92 off 41 balls to le South Korean investigators search in factory ruins after fire killed 23, mostly Chinese migrants 06/25/2024 03:25am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Forensic and other experts combed through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find the cause of a devastating fire that killed 23 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers, in one of the country's deadliest blazes in years. More than 100 pe China's Chang'e 6 probe lands back on Earth, with first ever samples from the less explored far side of the moon 06/25/2024 02:09am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China's Chang'e 6 probe lands back on Earth, with first ever samples from the less explored far side of the moon. Connor McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing Stanley Cup Final to Panthers 06/25/2024 01:37am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ��� Connor McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP on Monday night despite Edmonton���s Stanley Cup Final loss to Florida, a nod to one of the greatest postseason performances in NHL history. McDavid, who was held without a point the final two games of the final, still l Paul Maurice, a hockey lifer, now has a Stanley Cup. And it was worth the wait 06/25/2024 01:07am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ��� Paul Maurice was once the last player picked in the NHL draft. An afterthought, almost. He never made it to the league as a player. And there were many times when he wondered if his name would ever be on the Stanley Cup. Wonder no more. It took 1,985 games, 939 wins, four diff Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments 06/25/2024 12:45am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana���s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana public school c Ragans strikes out 11 as Royals beat Marlins 4-1 for fourth win in 15 games 06/25/2024 12:33am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Cole Ragans struck out 11 for his first win in a month, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Miami Marlins 4-1 on Monday night for just their fourth win in 15 games. Vinnie Pasquantino, Salvador Perez and Hunter Renfroe hit solo homers off Roddery Mu��oz (1-3), who has allow Takeaways: A possible Trump VP pick grapples with supporting a CO2 pipeline 06/25/2024 12:28am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has emerged as a serious contender to be Donald Trump's running mate. He's one of the president's most loyal and vocal backers and brings executive experience, business savvy and close connections to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs. Trump want South Korean rescuers search burned factory after a blaze killed 22, mostly Chinese migrants 06/25/2024 12:12am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day after a devastating blaze likely triggered by exploding lithium batteries killed 22 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers.