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Charges against warden and guards at Wisconsin's Shawshank-like prison renew calls to close it 06/06/2024 05:19pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� With a ���Shawshank Redemption���-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls. The charges brought Wednes Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens 06/06/2024 05:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Ruby Chen longs to recover the remains of hi Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election 06/06/2024 05:06pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ��� European Union parliamentary elections kicked off in the Netherlands on Thursday with an exit poll suggesting that Geert Wilders��� far-right party made big gains and was in a tight race with an alliance of social democrats and greens to emerge as the biggest party. Former MGM National Harbor blackjack dealer charged with conspiring with players to cheat 06/06/2024 05:05pm • A former MGM National Harbor employee is facing theft and embezzlement charges after being accused of conspiring with at least three people to cheat during her time working there as a blackjack dealer. During a news conference Thursday, Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy said Sports on TV for Friday, June 7 06/06/2024 04:40pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, June 7 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN���S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 ��� AFL: Brisbane at Western AUTO RACING 1:25 p.m. ESPNU ��� Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 4 p.m. FS1 ��� NASCAR Xfinity Series: Practice, Sonom Giraffe's nibble turns into airborne safari adventure for Texas toddler 06/06/2024 04:27pm • GLEN ROSE, Texas (AP) ��� A Texas family got a brief scare when a nibble from a giraffe turned a 2-year-old���s safari visit into an airborne adventure. Paisley Toten was in the bed of a pickup truck on June 1 when her family drove through the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, where visitors can see exot Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says 06/06/2024 04:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge C Lululemon Athletica, Smartsheet rise; Five Below, G-III Apparel fall, Thursday, 6/6/2024 06/06/2024 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Lululemon Athletica Inc., up $14.76 to $323.03. The athletic apparel maker beat beat analysts' first-quarter financial forecasts. Semtech Corp., down 70 cents to $37.98. The chipmaker's earnings forecast for Quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood. It happened on a Maine beach 06/06/2024 03:38pm • PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) ��� A Maine woman enjoying a walk on a popular beach learned that quicksand doesn't just happen in Hollywood movies in jungles or rainforests. Jamie Acord was walking at the water's edge at Popham Beach State Park over the weekend when she sunk to her hips in a split second, l SpaceX's mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding 06/06/2024 03:35pm • SpaceX���s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. It was the fourth launch of the world���s biggest and most powerful rocket, standing nearly 400 feet (121 meters) tall. The three previous flight demos e Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia get seats on the UN Security Council 06/06/2024 03:32pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia got seats on the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. The 15-member council has a powerful body of five permanent, veto-empowered members whose composition reflects its post-World War II founding ��� China, France, Russia, the Unite Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids 06/06/2024 03:29pm • At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren't, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent ��� not to mention a child ��� is not easy. Using social media platforms i US imposes travel bans on Georgian officials over new law that critics say will curb media freedom 06/06/2024 02:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on dozens of Georgian officials in response to the enactment of a law that drew weeks of protests by critics who say it will curb media freedom and jeopardize the country���s chances of joining the European Union. The move to impose tr Matthew Tkachuk's numbers are down from last year. The Panthers insist his value has gone up 06/06/2024 01:57pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Matthew Tkachuk���s basic offensive numbers for the Florida Panthers are all down this season. Goals, down. Assists, down. Points, down. Shooting percentage, down. On paper, that doesn���t look great. On ice, Florida sees things very differently. ���You just have to lo Scientists have traced the origin of the modern horse to a lineage that emerged 4,200 years ago 06/06/2024 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The horse transformed human history ��� and now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to transform the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that���s when humans started to spread domesticat