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As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind 06/03/2024 12:16pm • Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains. CVS Health once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year period. Now it���s shuttering hundreds, while Walgreens, Rite Aid and independent drugstores also pull back. An industry that saw waves of store growth b Pakistan's Imran Khan is acquitted of leaking state secrets but remains in prison on other charges 06/03/2024 11:56am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A Pakistani appeals court on Monday acquitted former Prime Minister Imran Khan of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said, though the popular opposition leader will remain behind bars as he serves several prison terms and awaits a slew of cases pending against him. Khan was convic Ohio's Republican governor signs measure ensuring Biden appears on the fall ballot 06/03/2024 11:38am • Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a measure to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state ballot in November. DeWine, a Republican, signed the measure ��� which relaxes a state candidate filing deadline ��� Sunday along with a related bill that imposes a ban on foreign nationals contributing Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer Gonz��lez 06/03/2024 10:20am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer Gonz��lez defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but Gonz��l 4 people have died in floods in southern Germany. The situation remains tense 06/03/2024 10:09am • BERLIN (AP) ��� The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to four on Monday as three bodies were recovered from inundated basements. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded region and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. The body of a 43 Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan are affected by ongoing flash floods, UNICEF says 06/03/2024 10:04am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected by ongoing flash floods, especially in the north and west, the U.N. children's agency said Monday. Unusually heavy seasonal rains have been wreaking havoc on multiple parts of the country, killing hundreds of people and Sports on TV for Tuesday, June 4 06/03/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, June 4 MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. TBS ��� Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees 9:30 p.m. MLBN ��� Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Arizona (9:40 p.m.) OR San Diego at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.) RUGBY (MEN���S) 6 a.m. (Wednesday) FS2 ��� NRL: Que World track body creates biennial championships with bigger cash prizes as potential Olympics rival 06/03/2024 09:23am • GENEVA (AP) ��� Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 prizes ��� three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics ��� for gold medalists. World Athletics said the first Ultimate Championships will be hosted in Budapest from Sept. 11 Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president 06/03/2024 08:38am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexico���s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country's 200-year history. Sheinbaum, the favored successor of outgoing President Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador, vowed to continue on the direction set by the populist lefti Paris is aiming for the most sustainable Olympics yet. Organizers acknowledge the plan isn't perfect 06/03/2024 08:13am • PARIS (AP) ��� Of all the decisions Paris Olympics organizers made about where to hold each sport, sending surfing competitions to the other side of the world ��� in the Pacific waters of Tahiti ��� provoked the strongest reactions. Tahitians and others railed against the building of a new viewing t Minority Business Development Agency's acting head on what's next for the 55-year-old agency 06/03/2024 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� In March, a federal judge ruled that the Minority Business Development Agency, an organization that has helped thousands of minority-owned businesses over the last 55 years, had to begin serving people regardless of race. The agency has since made adjustments to give help to all bu How a Maryland entrepreneur was inspired to bring this Hawaiian dish to DC 06/03/2024 06:37am • The first time Vivien Bang grilled the outside of a rice ball in a little bit of sesame oil six years ago, she knew she had struck gold. ���He was just like, ���What are you doing? You have to do something with this,������ she remembers her then-boyfriend and now husband, Luke, telling her wh Host Germany hoping to create another summer party at Euro 2024 after recent tournament flops 06/03/2024 05:01am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Another extraordinary summer or another national embarrassment. No one knows quite what to expect from this Germany team heading in the European Championship. The optimists point to the opportunity of staging another monthlong party like the one that gripped the country when it hoste Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead 06/03/2024 03:21am • LONDON (AP) ��� Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the bright blue skies over East London, remembering the moment 80 years ago when he knew the invasion of France was under way. Clarke, then an 18-year-old Royal Air Force volunteer from Jama This week: Job openings, services sector update, monthly employment tally 06/03/2024 03:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: Now hiring The government on Tuesday reports the number of U.S. job openings in April. Openings slipped in March, when employers posted close to 8.5 million vacancies. Analysts expect openings fell again in April.