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Britain’s Labour Party has won enough seats to have a majority in the UK Parliament 07/05/2024 12:06am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial returns indicated, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. As the sun rose, official results showed Labour ha Novak Djokovic's knee is pain-free at Wimbledon but his movement is not quite where he wants it 07/04/2024 04:12pm • LONDON (AP) — The good news, Novak Djokovic said, was that his surgically repaired right knee was pain-free at Wimbledon on Thursday. The bad news, he knows, is that his movement, such a big part of his success, was not yet back to normal during a 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 victory in the second round ove Transgender, nonbinary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz shines on and off track, earns spot at Paris Games 07/04/2024 06:00am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — While Nikki Hiltz took a victory lap to celebrate a long-awaited trip to the Olympics, some fans reached out and handed bracelets to their favorite 1,500-meter runner — a runner who is doing this, in part, for them. These days, Hiltz, who's transgender and nonbinary, is shin California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools 07/03/2024 11:45pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature on Wednesday turned to voters for help. Lawmakers voted to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the November ballot. If approved, the money would pay for the building of new schools and Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful 07/03/2024 10:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action. He is often sharp and focused. But he also has moments, particularly later in the Timberwolves welcome Terrence Shannon Jr. after his trying final year at Illinois 07/03/2024 10:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr.'s journey to the NBA was longer than that of most first-rounders, including a trying last year in college with an off-the-court challenge that cast doubt over his professional prospects. Shannon landed with the Minnesota Timberwolves, a place that sure looks Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting 07/03/2024 09:44pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills. “I hope California man convicted of murder in 2018 stabbing death of gay University of Pennsylvania student 07/03/2024 09:01pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was convicted of murder with a hate crime enhancement Wednesday for the 2018 stabbing death of a gay University of Pennsylvania student. Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in the killing of Blaze Bernstein, a The NCAA has agreed to settle a major lawsuit. It still faces a number of legal challenges 07/03/2024 06:20pm • The NCAA, which represents some 1,100 schools and more than 500,000 athletes, is no stranger to lawsuits. It has been in court off and on since the early 1980s defending the amateur athlete model at the heart of college sports. But the organization has suffered a string of losses in court, highligh Judge temporarily blocks Biden administration's restoration of transgender health protections 07/03/2024 05:56pm • JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal district court judge on Wednesday temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people. U.S. Dist Yes, some animals can have babies without a mate. Here's how 07/03/2024 04:58pm • A boa constrictor in the U.K. gave birth to 14 babies — without a mate. Is it a miracle? The result of a secret rendezvous? Probably not. Females of species have the ability to reproduce asexually, without sperm from a male. The process is called parthenogenesis, from the Greek words for “virgi Emma Navarro's mental notes help her beat former No. 1 Naomi Osaka at Wimbledon 07/03/2024 04:24pm • LONDON (AP) — To be sure, Emma Navarro used clean tennis to defeat Naomi Osaka at Wimbledon on Wednesday: just five unforced errors compared to 16 winners; zero break points faced; a 4-for-4 success rate at the net. What else helped Navarro reach the third round at the All England Club for the fir Philadelphia's Temple University hires John Fry as its president from neighboring Drexel 07/03/2024 04:20pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University has hired John Fry of nearby Drexel University to become its 15th president, concluding a search that had been buffeted by the sudden death last fall of acting President JoAnne Epps, the Philadelphia school said. Fry, 63, has been Drexel's president since 2010 Washington Capitals retool to keep their playoff-contending window open during Ovechkin era 07/03/2024 04:20pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — In the midst of overhauling the Washington Capitals this offseason, Brian MacLellan received Alex Ovechkin's seal of approval. Ovechkin texted his general manager a thumbs up emoji for acquiring new first-line center Pierre-Luc Dubois. MacLellan was not done, getting a new DC-area veterinarian's tips for helping dogs frightened by the sound of fireworks 07/03/2024 04:08pm • While many humans will enjoy them on the Fourth of July, fireworks can be stressful for many dogs if they are within earshot of the booms. Dr. Mark Freeman, a veterinarian and associate clinical professor at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, told WTOP the loud