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Thousands rally in Slovakia to protest a controversial overhaul of public broadcasting 05/02/2024 01:59pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Thousands of Slovaks rallied in the capital on Thursday to protest ��� again ��� a controversial overhaul of the country���s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media. The coalition gove What is at stake in UK local voting ahead of a looming general election 05/02/2024 01:57pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Millions of voters in England and Wales cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections amounting to the last big test before a U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Conservative Party ousted from power after 14 years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will ho Cavs center Jarett Allen doesn't practice with rib injury and status for Game 6 in Orlando uncertain 05/02/2024 01:19pm • INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) ��� Cleveland Cavaliers starting center Jarrett Allen did not practice as he continues to be slowed by a painful rib injury that could keep him out of Friday night's critical Game 6 in Orlando. Allen didn't dress for Cleveland's 104-103 win in Game 5 on Wednesday. The team sa Kentucky judge declines, for now, to lift ban on executions 05/02/2024 01:09pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� A Kentucky judge has declined to remove a court injunction that has blocked executions in the state for more than a decade. Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd, whose order blocked Kentucky's lethal injections in 2010, wrote in a ruling Wednesday he would hold off North Carolina bill ordering sheriffs to help immigration agents closer to law with Senate vote 05/02/2024 12:59pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Sheriffs would be required to temporarily hold inmates in jail that federal immigration agents believe are in the country illegally under a bill passed by the North Carolina Senate on Thursday. But unlike two previous versions of the bill successfully shot down by Democratic G Biden expands 2 national monuments in California significant to tribal nations 05/02/2024 12:34pm • President Joe Biden on Thursday expanded two national monuments in California following calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres (48,562 hectares) of important cultural and environmental land. The designations are part o Wisconsin tries to regain supremacy in the trenches under its 4th O-line coach in as many years 05/02/2024 12:26pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin���s offensive linemen understand what���s expected at a program that prides itself on controlling the trenches. ���A lot of people consider it ���O-line U,'" right tackle Riley Mahlman said. "In the past few years, I think we���ve been a good o-line. I don���t think Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's comments about unions violated federal law, NLRB judge rules 05/02/2024 11:54am • A federal administrative law judge ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago. The ruling, issued Wednesday, follows a complaint filed in 2022 by the National Labor Relations Board that accused Jassy of crossing th AI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC 05/02/2024 11:39am • The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.S. Census Bureau researchers. Overall use of AI tools by firm Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is back 05/02/2024 11:29am • In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son. They���d bond over a football video game. One with a story mode that would transport the 7-year-old into a college dorm room, where letters from fans filled his mailbox, the campus newspaper teased a championship and a l Tadej Poga��ar is starting his first Giro d'Italia as the overwhelming favorite 05/02/2024 11:09am • MILAN (AP) ��� Rarely has the Giro d���Italia had such an overwhelming pre-race favorite. Tadej Poga��ar is competing in the Italian grand tour for the first time in an audacious attempt at the Giro-Tour de France double. The two-time Tour champion has been in dominant form this year. Adding to his 'She was family': Arlington woman says service dog died after pharmacy gave her wrong medication 05/02/2024 10:50am • An Arlington, Virginia, woman says her 10-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel died after a veterinarian prescribed one medication but a CVS pharmacy dispensed a different drug. "Daisy was the most innocent, pure and loving dog," Miroslava Mircheva told WTOP. Mircheva said her service dog wa BWI Marshall raises parking rates for first time in 15 years 05/02/2024 10:42am • BWI Marshall Airport has the lowest parking rates among the D.C. region's three airports, but those rates are going up this summer. Long-term parking will go from $8 per day to $11 per day after July 1, which is the least expensive parking option at BWI Marshall. It's the equivalent of economy pa More money is going to African climate startups, but a huge funding gap remains 05/02/2024 10:14am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is today. Climate tech was new in Africa, the continent was a fledgling destinati Real Madrid can clinch Spanish league title as it seeks another Champions League crown 05/02/2024 07:02am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Chasing another Champions League crown, Real Madrid already has its fingertips on the Spanish league title. The 14-time European Cup winner could clinch the Spanish league on Saturday when Madrid hosts Cadiz and Barcelona visits Girona if everything goes its way. Madrid can