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France's new prime minister twice voted against gay rights and critics won't let him forget it 09/06/2024 05:36pm • PARIS (AP) ��� As soon as Michel Barnier was named France's new prime minister, critics found a skeleton in his closet. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker joined more than 150 conservatives in the National Assembly to vote against a law decriminalizing young homosexuals. That history loomed in t NASCAR's charter disagreement with teams is at a breaking point as playoffs arrive 09/06/2024 05:20pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� After Tyler Reddick battled a stomach virus throughout the Southern 500 to eke out a 1-point win over Kyle Larson for NASCAR���s regular-season championship, he and the 23XI Racing ownership group went to collect the trophy. Reddick stood next to the trophy, team co-owner M ACLU plans to spend $1.3M in educate Montana voters about state Supreme Court candidates 09/06/2024 05:15pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� The American Civil Liberties Union plans to spend $1.3 million on campaign advertising to educate Montana voters about where state Supreme Court candidates stand on abortion and other civil rights issues with a measure constitutionally protecting protect abortion access also o An American woman accused of killing 2 of her children fights extradition in a London court 09/06/2024 04:55pm • LONDON (AP) ��� An American woman accused of killing her two youngest children in Colorado last December told her 11-year-old daughter who survived the attack that God made her do it, a prosecutor said in a London court. The girl begged for her life after Kimberlee Singler stabbed her and ��� despit Watchdogs ask judge to remove from Utah ballots a measure that would boost lawmakers' power 09/06/2024 04:54pm • Government watchdog groups in Utah are asking a judge to remove from November's ballot a measure that would bolster lawmakers' power. The question would amend the state constitution to allow lawmakers to change citizen-initiated ballot measures after they have passed. It would also give citizen init Steelers QB Russell Wilson is questionable for opener at Atlanta with a calf injury 09/06/2024 03:55pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� The Pittsburgh Steelers thought they settled their quarterback competition when coach Mike Tomlin anointed Russell Wilson the starter for Sunday's opener in Atlanta. Turns out, maybe not. The Steelers listed Wilson as ���questionable��� for Week 1 after the 35-year-old aggravated No ring, but a trophy: Kichenok postpones wedding, then wins US Open women's doubles with Ostapenko 09/06/2024 03:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lyudmyla Kichenok was supposed to get married this week to Jelena Ostapenko's coach. A run to the U.S. Open women's doubles championship forced a change of plans. Kichenok and Ostapenko won the title Friday for their first major as a team, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shua US Open: 4 years later, what is happening with Djokovic's Professional Tennis Players Association? 09/06/2024 03:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The photo is, in many ways, a snapshot of a rather specific moment in time ��� August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic ��� but it also remains a symbol of what Novak Djokovic and other players hope could end up being an important moment for the future of tennis. Still preserved Teen charged in Georgia school shooting and his father to stay in custody after hearings 09/06/2024 02:13pm • WINDER, Ga. (AP) ��� The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father, who was arrested for allowing his son to have a weapon, will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail Friday. Colt Gray, who has been charged with four coun Do you need support launching or growing your small business? Get help locally from Greater Washington Board of Trade, WACIF 09/06/2024 02:05pm • gwbotThe Greater Washington Board of Trade and the Washington Area Community Investment Fund aim to help drive economic development in our region through helping small businesses and start-ups, from launch through growth. WTOP Business Reporter Jeff Clabaugh sat down to discuss local trends a AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire's state primaries 09/06/2024 02:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� New Hampshire is among the smallest states in the country, but its state primaries on Tuesday have enough intrigue to fill a much larger state. The New England state has an independent streak that makes it hard to categorize as red or blue. While it has voted for the Democratic p Mexico's plan to make judges stand for election is indeed aimed at foreign firms, president says 09/06/2024 12:21pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed overhaul of Mexico���s judiciary, that would make judges stand for election, will hurt foreign businesses and endanger investment in Mexico. And President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has spent weeks trying to cal Poland charges 3 Belarusian officials with diverting a plane to Minsk in 2021 to arrest a dissident 09/06/2024 11:45am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Polish prosecutors on Friday charged three Belarusian officials with using a ruse to divert a Poland-registered plane while in flight three years ago and violating the freedom of 132 people on board as they sought to arrest a dissident. The three officials are accused of ord Sports betting firm bet365 fined $33K for taking bets after outcomes were known 09/06/2024 11:37am • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey gambling regulators have levied a $33,000 fine on sports betting company bet365 for taking wagers on events in which the outcome was already known, and on games that were not approved for betting. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement revealed Wednesday tha Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims 09/06/2024 11:32am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Seoul and reaffirmed his sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan���s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming tie