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States bet on boosting taxes for online sports betting companies like DraftKings, FanDuel 06/13/2024 09:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� States are looking to increase their take from the $16 billion online sports gambling industry as it expands across the country with big partnerships. DraftKings, FanDuel and other betting apps are facing a bigger tax hit in Illinois following changes to tax policy this year. New J Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns 06/13/2024 09:20am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� An estimated 200,000 people in Pakistan could be affected by the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to bring heavier rains than usual, a top U.N. official warned on Thursday. The United Nations, with help from local authorities, has prepared a contingency plan, with $40 m Edin Terzic resigns as coach of Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund 06/13/2024 09:11am • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) ��� Edin Terzic resigned as coach of Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund on Thursday. Terzic said he wanted Dortmund to start a ���new era��� with a new coach but there was no immediate word on a successor amid reports in German media that his assistant Nuri Sahin cou Bye bye, El Nino. Cooler hurricane-helping La Nina to replace the phenomenon that adds heat to Earth 06/13/2024 09:03am • The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It's cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration T Top EU court fines Hungary $216 million for flouting asylum law 06/13/2024 08:53am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union���s top court ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros ($216 million) on Thursday for persistently breaking the bloc���s asylum rules despite a previous European Court of Justice ruling, plus an additional 1 million euros for every day it fails to compl Bulgarian ex-prime minister Borissov offers a coalition. But he doesn't want his old job back 06/13/2024 07:52am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose center-right GERB party garnered the most votes in Bulgaria���s parliamentary election, invited his political opponents Thursday to hold talks about forming a new government. Speaking to reporters at his party���s headquarters, Bor The UK Green Party struggles to be heard in an election where climate change is on the back burner 06/13/2024 07:26am • BRIGHTON, England (AP) ��� There���s lots of talk of change in Britain���s election campaign, but little talk about climate change. The U.K.���s July 4 vote to choose a new government comes after one of the wettest and warmest winters on record, part of trends that scientists attribute to global war Fistfight erupts in Italian Parliament as tensions rise over expanding regional autonomy 06/13/2024 07:01am • ROME (AP) ��� Tensions in Italy's lower house erupted into a fistfight, sending an opposition lawmaker to hospital, over a controversial government proposal that opponents say will further impoverish the poor south. Video of the fight Wednesday shows lawmakers converging on 5-Star Movement lawmaker Former NBA star Luol Deng has steered South Sudan's basketball journey to Paris Olympics 06/13/2024 06:00am • Luol Deng was watching his vision coming into focus right in front of him. It was September 2023, barely six years since South Sudan had played in its first international basketball tournament. Yet there was Deng, a Sudanese native turned refugee and NBA star, hopping behind a circle of euphoric p From 5-time Olympian to new classes, U.S. sailing team looking for a comeback at Paris Games 06/13/2024 06:00am • MIAMI (AP) ��� The U.S. sailors going to the Paris Olympics are looking for a comeback in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Marseille ��� perhaps none more than veteran Stu McNay, returning for his fifth Olympics but competing in a new mixed-gender category. The Rhode Island sailor made his Oly President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border 06/13/2024 05:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden���s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked Celebrating local Pride Heroes: This Md. drag king is bringing fire-eating back to the DC Dyke March 06/13/2024 05:30am • Dr. Torcher, a Maryland drag king and sideshow art performer who uses they/them pronouns, is famous for being a fire-eater. Now, they are bringing back a tradition of fire-eating at the D.C. Dyke March. ���Learning to eat fire was a reclamation of my own power,��� they told WTOP. Learning the Florida's 2024 hurricane season arrives with a rainy deluge 06/13/2024 05:27am • Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida on Wednesday, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers. The disorganized storm system was pushing across Florida from t Spotlight on Northern Virginia: Races to watch in June 18 primary election 06/13/2024 05:06am • Virginians are selecting their prospective party���s nominees on Tuesday, June 18, in a steamy summer primary as voters hope to influence the makeup of the 119th U.S. Congress. The spotlight is on Northern Virginia where a couple of competitive races have formed. With no candidate carrying an inc Loudoun County approves plan to close schools for 4 extra days so teachers can finish trainings 06/13/2024 04:27am • Students in Loudoun County are getting four extra days off next year, as part of a plan to close schools so teachers can finish trainings. On Tuesday night, the Virginia district's school board unanimously voted to approve the plan, ending a nearly monthlong process to figure out how to get teach