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'The Friday Afternoon Club': Griffin Dunne on a literary family's legacy 06/09/2024 09:38am • ▶ Watch Video: Griffin Dunne on a literary family's legacy "I would find myself telling stories," said actor-producer-director Griffin Dunne. "And these stories were kind of incredible. And I had people riveted."And lot of the stories involved people that other French Open director Am��lie Mauresmo says she has some ideas to help avoid so many empty seats 06/09/2024 08:33am • PARIS (AP) ��� The sight of empty seats in the French Open's main stadium, particularly for the singles semifinals, was disappointing, tournament director Am��lie Mauresmo said Sunday. ���We're not satisfied,��� Mauresmo said, adding that she has ���a number of ideas��� to help avoid it in the futur Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the sport climbing competition 06/09/2024 07:23am • A roadmap to follow for the sport climbing competition at the Paris Games: Athletes to Watch ���Janja Garnbret, Slovenia: The eight-time world champion and reigning Olympic champion has been the most dominant climber in the sport. ���Sam Watson, United States: The 18-year-old speed-climbing speciali Conservationists respond with praise to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's recent climate action 06/09/2024 06:42am • On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order requiring state agencies to submit a plan to help address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Maryland Executive Director Allison Colden commended Moore for his action. She said there's s Cristiano Ronaldo and Modric go to Euro 2024 showing age is no boundary for soccer's modern stars 06/09/2024 05:14am • Aged 39 and about to play in a record-extending sixth European Championship, Cristiano Ronaldo's longevity at soccer's highest levels almost defies belief. Luka Modric is 38, still performing for Real Madrid and will be expected to provide the X Factor for Croatia at the Euros in Germany, which sta Australia nails England and Miller rescues South Africa against bogey Dutch in T20 World Cup 06/09/2024 04:06am • BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) ��� Defending champion England charged at Australia���s tournament-best 201 total and came up 36 runs short in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup contest on Saturday. The first big heavyweight match ��� a day before India vs. Pakistan ��� failed to live up to the billing as Aus What's at stake in the European Parliament election that concludes Sunday? 06/09/2024 02:12am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Nearly 400 million European Union citizens have been going to polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise in the cost of living and farmers' disco Thailand's progressive Move Forward party braces for court case that might dissolve it 06/09/2024 01:24am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� The former leader of Thailand���s progressive opposition Move Forward party vowed on Sunday to keep fighting as the party faces a court case that could result in its dissolution. The Constitutional Court has agreed to rule on whether the party violated the constitution by proposing Bulgarians cast ballots for a new parliament and in European Union elections 06/09/2024 12:54am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ��� Bulgarians are choosing a new parliament Sunday while also participating in European Union elections that have been overshadowed by domestic political instability and economic inequality as well as growing concern over the war in nearby Ukraine. It was Bulgaria's sixth parli NASCAR-Xfinity Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250 Results 06/09/2024 12:16am • Saturday At Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Lap length: 1.99 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 79 laps, 59 points. 2. (9) Sheldon Creed, Toyota, 79, 42. 3. (8) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 79, 34. 4. (22) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 79, 33. 5. (3) Austin Hill, Chevrole In Mexico heat wave monkeys still dying, birds are getting air-conditioning, lions get popsicles 06/09/2024 12:02am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Amid Mexico���s heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups. The government, meanwhile, has been more preoccupied with cooling down animals at state-run zoos, giving lions frozen me ACC's Florida St., Virginia and N. Carolina first 3 in College World Series; Evansville still alive 06/08/2024 11:24pm • The Atlantic Coast Conference advanced three teams to the College World Series on Saturday with Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina sweeping their NCAA super regionals. No. 1 national seed Tennessee of the SEC will have to wait an extra day to punch its ticket to Omaha, Nebraska. If not, that VCU officials reviewing $56M payment to Richmond for failed development project, JLARC suggestions 06/08/2024 11:10pm • Officials from Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health System told lawmakers on Wednesday they are reviewing an agreement to pay the city of Richmond approximately $2.5 million annually in lieu of taxes for a development that was never built, after the school paid the city, investors and dev Virginia House speaker OK with special session to restore military tuition program 06/08/2024 10:20pm • Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said he���s not opposed to reconvening the General Assembly to address a public outcry over recent changes to a state program that covers higher education costs for some military families. ���There is shared ownership over this issue th Daniel Ricciardo fires back at Jacques Villeneuve at Canadian Grand Prix 06/08/2024 09:52pm • MONTREAL (AP) ��� Daniel Ricciardo let Jacques Villeneuve hear it Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix, a day after the former Canadian driver suggested he should no longer be in Formula 1. Ricciardo made a statement on the track by qualifying fifth for Red Bull junior team RB, then took aim at Ville