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DC residents sue city over cannabis dispensaries in their neighborhoods 06/12/2024 04:43am • A group of Northwest D.C. residents, as well as one of D.C.'s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, is going to court to stop new cannabis dispensaries from opening up, saying the locations they���ve chosen are too close to schools and the city isn���t listening to their concerns. The case has been Turkey can expect strong support from the Turkish-German community at Euro 2024. So can Germany 06/12/2024 04:03am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) ��� Six years ago, Ilkay G��ndogan's place on the German national team was in question over a photograph with Turkey's president. Now he's the team captain. When G��ndogan leads the German national team out against Scotland in the European Championship opener Friday, he wil Will Japanese women be able to keep their maiden names after marriage? Major lobby demands change 06/12/2024 02:22am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women���s advancement and has even become a business risk. In Japan, each wedded pair has to legally adopt one family name. While With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more 06/12/2024 12:15am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom last year agreed to a tax increase that aimed to do two things: Help balance a budget with a multibillion-dollar shortfall, and pay doctors more money to treat patients covered by Medicaid ��� the taxpayer-funded health insurance program for p Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia 06/12/2024 12:09am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country���s entire livestock holdings, endangering herders��� livelihoods and way of life. Dzuds are a combination of perennial droughts a Family of Texas man who died after altercation with jailers wants federal investigation 06/11/2024 11:04pm • The family of a Texas man who died after an altercation with jailers, including one who pinned his knee to the inmate's back, on Tuesday called for a federal investigation into the practices at the jail. Anthony Johnson Jr., 31, a former Marine, died April 21 after the altercation, which officials A portrait of King Charles III was defaced in the latest act of activist vandalism 06/11/2024 10:47pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners use vandalism to publicize their causes. A group called Animal Rising shared a video of campaigner UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza 06/11/2024 09:53pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached ���extreme levels��� in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from Israel and the Palestinian territories to Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine, according to a new U.N. r Trump-backed candidate Austin Theriault wins primary in Maine district rocked by mass shooting 06/11/2024 09:41pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Republican state lawmaker Austin Theriault, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year. Theriault, of Fort Silicon Valley-backed voter plan for new California city qualifies for November ballot 06/11/2024 09:19pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� A Silicon Valley-backed initiative to build a green city for up to 400,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area has qualified for the Nov. 5 ballot, elections officials said Tuesday. Solano County's registrar of voters said in a statement that the office verified a sufficient Sandy Hook shooting survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates 06/11/2024 08:54pm • NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) ��� Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School���s class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement ceremony ��� excitement about heading off to college or careers and sadness about leaving their friends and community. But about 60 of the 33 Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply 06/11/2024 08:46pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some ���amendments��� on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept negotiations alive over Dog fight! Joey Chestnut 'gutted' to be out of July 4 hot dog eating contest over brand dispute 06/11/2024 08:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Joey ���Jaws��� Chestnut, the reigning champion of the Nathan���s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, will not participate in this year's event after signing a deal with a rival brand, organizers said Tuesday. Chestnut, 40, has long been the face ��� not to mention the mo 7 Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Identifying stocks to buy and hold for decades rather than months or years can be difficult. The world and the economy are constantly changing, creating risks for long-term investors. A dividend payment from a large, profitable company with a leading market share in a stable or growing industry is a What Homebuyers Need to Know About Climate Change 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Derechos along the Gulf Coast that close airports and break windows in high-rise buildings. Falling hailstones as large as melons. The worst tornado season in over a decade. Predictions for an unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season between now and the end of November. Heat records being broken in