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New survey shows declining optimism around the DC area 05/22/2024 05:27am • The D.C. area is rich in culture, culinary options and things to do. You're just a few hours drive away from a vacation in the mountains, the forest or the beach. The problem for many people is that you also have to be increasingly rich to afford to live here. That's one of the reasons the region From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death 05/22/2024 03:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a weekend helicopter crash. But there are not always loud cheers, either. While some hope the demise of a powerful figure in Iran���s authoritarian Isla Vietnam���s top security official To Lam confirmed as president 05/22/2024 01:51am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Vietnam���s top security official To Lam was confirmed Wednesday as the nation's new president. He oversaw police and intelligence operations over a period when rights groups say basic liberties have been systematically suppressed, and its secret service was accused of violating int Babar holds the key to success for unpredictable Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup 05/22/2024 01:46am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The return of tried and tested Babar Azam as captain for the Twenty20 World Cup belies the massive changes in Pakistan cricket over the last 18 months. Since Babar���s team lost the T20 World Cup final to England in November 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board has had four chairmen, Mercury hand Aces first loss 98-88 05/22/2024 01:30am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Kahleah Copper scored 37 points and the Phoenix Mercury handed the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces their first loss of the season 98-88 on Tuesday night. Copper, who had a career-high 38 points in her last game, had 14 in the fourth quarter, none bigger than her driving It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 05/22/2024 01:30am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� It���s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco since May 16, according to the Biodiversity Conservation of The Usum Australia and New Zealand evacuate scores of their citizens from New Caledonia 05/22/2024 01:06am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� The Australian military has flown 115 passengers on two flights from the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia and a French government flight was expected to evacuate another 100 stranded passengers on Wednesday, an Australian government minister said. Six p Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks 05/22/2024 01:04am • As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation's primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas. When the fires showed no sign of slowing, Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers 05/22/2024 12:45am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection. Willis defeated progressive attorney Christian Wise Smith in the Kahleah Copper scores 37 points, Mercury hand Aces first loss 98-88 05/22/2024 12:32am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Kahleah Copper scored 37 points and the Phoenix Mercury handed the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces their first loss of the season 98-88 on Tuesday night. Copper, who had a career-high 38 points in her last game, had 14 in the fourth quarter, none bigger than her driving Cubs activate Dansby Swanson from the injured list, recall Luis V��zquez from Triple-A Iowa 05/22/2024 12:16am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Dansby Swanson tried to be helpful while he was on the 10-day injured list. Eventually, he ran out of patience. ���First few days was really nice. ... It was just sit and watch baseball and chat through things,��� he said. ���Then I really started going crazy after a while, not bein Sen. Cory Booker questions US prison labor policies, calls for change 05/21/2024 11:45pm • Prisoners should be learning professional skills that help prepare them for their release instead of being forced to work, sometimes picking crops in triple-digit heat for pennies an hour or nothing at all, Sen. Cory Booker said at a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on prison labor Tuesday. Am Lawsuit says ex-Officer Chauvin kneeled on woman's neck, just as he did when he killed George Floyd 05/21/2024 11:19pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A former employee sued the city of Minneapolis on Tuesday, alleging ex-police Officer Derek Chauvin hauled her from her minivan and pinned her to the ground with his knee in January 2020, just as he did four months later when he killed George Floyd. Patty Day, then employed by t Archer's return gives England wary optimism of retaining the T20 World Cup title 05/21/2024 10:59pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Fingers crossed. That was the common expression used about Jofra Archer by Rob Key, the managing director of England's men���s cricket, when he announced the squad for the Twenty20 World Cup. Key spoke for Archer, England and it supporters as he hoped the sleek paceman capable of bow The Latest | UN food aid collapses in Rafah as Israeli leaders decry war crime accusations 05/21/2024 10:38pm • The United Nations said Tuesday that it was no longer able to distribute food aid in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity. The humanitarian crisis has escalated over the past two weeks since Israel launched an incursion into Rafah that closed a vital border crossin