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Security guards at London's Heathrow Airport to escalate strikes over pay into busy summer months 06/07/2023 11:37am • LONDON (AP) — Security guards at London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest, will escalate their strike action over pay into the busy summer months, the U.K.'s largest trade union said Wednesday. The Unite union said more than 2,000 of its members will walk out for 31 days from June 24 through to LOCALIZE IT: The nation's voting landscape 10 years after the Supreme Court's Shelby decision 06/07/2023 11:02am • EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: This month marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder, which dismantled a key provision of the Voting Rights Act requiring certain jurisdictions to submit voting-related changes for federal review. In the ruling, the majority on the Supr Rowing to allow 'limited number' of Russians to compete in key Olympic qualifier 06/07/2023 10:17am • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The governing body of rowing said Wednesday it will allow a “limited number” of Russians to return to competition for the world championships in September, a key event to qualify for next year's Paris Olympics. World Rowing said athletes from Russia and Belarus wou See it, smell it: Smoke makes for poor air quality in DC region 06/07/2023 10:03am • D.C.-area residents are seeing, and smelling, effects on the air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires pushing into the District on Wednesday. The smoke is adding to levels of fine particle pollution and some D.C.-area residents have already noticed the effects. "We haven't seen some Virginia ABC takes steps to address shoplifting, employee theft 06/07/2023 08:40am • Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control is taking steps to address theft from its stores — both shoplifting and theft by employees — though ABC said loss of inventory, or retail shrink, remains low. ABC operates 339 retail stores, as well as a distribution center. Virginia ABC's shrink was jus Israeli Cabinet minister chides US Vice President Harris for judicial overhaul criticism 06/07/2023 06:17am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul of the country's judiciary. The exchange underscored tensions between the Biden administration and Netanyahu's new governm Mariners beat Padres 4-1 to snap a 3-game losing streak 06/07/2023 02:06am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Logan Gilbert pitched seven strong innings, Teoscar Hernández and Julio Rodriguez homered and the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. "Awesome outing. He was on top of them all night long," Servais said about Gilbert Takeaways of AP investigation into a missing boat of 180 Rohingya refugees 06/07/2023 01:24am • TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — On Dec. 1, 2022, a boat carrying around 180 Rohingya refugees set out from Bangladesh, bound for Indonesia. On board were babies, pregnant women and children fleeing surging violence in Bangladesh’s refugee camps. One week later, the boat vanished. The Associated Press Supreme Court tossed out the heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago. Next ruling could go further 06/06/2023 09:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that Supreme Court tossed out heart of Voting Rights Act a decade ago, prompting wave of new voting rules 06/06/2023 08:59pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. 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