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DC's employment agency violated its own policy in paying overtime 07/05/2024 10:54am • D.C.'s Department of Employment Services violated its own overtime policy by paying employees for OT that wasn't authorized, according to a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor. D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson investigated a whistleblower's allegation of potential waste, fraud and abuse during Rishi Sunak's campaign in the UK election showed his lack of political touch 07/05/2024 08:38am • LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak's campaign to remain Britain's prime minister showed a lack of political touch. The Conservative Party's problems were grave before Friday's resounding election defeat but missteps by Britain's richest prime minister contributed to its defeat. Predecessors such as Tony Parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue to buy Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion 07/04/2024 04:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus Group, which owns Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores, for $2.65 billion, with online behemoth Amazon holding a minority stake. The new entity will be called Saks Global, creating a Marcus Willis, Wimbledon's Everyman of yesteryear who played Roger Federer, returns in doubles 07/04/2024 11:49am • LONDON (AP) — Marcus Willis, the Everyman's everyman who faced Roger Federer at Centre Court while ranked 772nd in 2016, was back at Wimbledon on Thursday, competing in men's doubles and hoping he might get to have a bit of a reunion with the now-retired eight-time champion at the All England Club Golf in the Olympics is starting to catch on. For Americans, the hard part is getting there 07/04/2024 10:26am • One of the best indications that golf was starting to catch on as an Olympic sport came from a player who never even made it to the podium. Rory McIlroy was part of a seven-man playoff for the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, eliminated on the third of four extra holes. He said when it was over, “ 2 more people charged with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with a bag of cash plead not guilty 07/03/2024 05:03pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two of five people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Said Shafii Farah and Abdulkarim Shafii US ends legal fight against Titanic expedition. Battles over future dives are still possible 07/03/2024 02:00pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government has officially ended its legal fight against an upcoming expedition to the Titanic shipwreck after the company that owns the ship's salvage rights scaled back its dive plans. But the U.S. said in court filings last week that it may wage court battles over f Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent 07/03/2024 01:12pm • CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s new Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday with major changes in the defense, foreign ministry and economy portfolios as the country faces mounting public discontent and conflicts in neighboring nations. Years of economic mismanagement, the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout of wa UK's landmark postwar elections: When Boris Johnson sought and got a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' 07/03/2024 05:32am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Pres US new-vehicle sales barely rose in the second quarter as buyers balked at still-high prices 07/02/2024 08:01pm • DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new-vehicle sales rose only slightly in the second quarter, despite larger discounts and slightly lower prices. But brisker sales could be on the horizon: Auto industry analysts say they expect prices to drop further and there's a possibility of interest-rate cuts that would ma The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine 07/02/2024 05:45pm • The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday. Moderna already has a bir Union sues Philadelphia over requirement that city workers return to the office full time 07/02/2024 01:48pm • A union that represents thousands of Philadelphia city employees asked a judge Tuesday to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return to their offices full time as of July 15. The lawsuit, filed by District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employ Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK 06/28/2024 04:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. The c What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from more betting slips to the last debate 06/28/2024 09:47am • LONDON (AP) — The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now, no doubt to the relief of the party leaders who have crisscrossed the country in a grueling month of campaigning. This campaign doesn't seem to have shifted the political dial much, if at all, with the left-of-center Labour P Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side 06/28/2024 09:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden. Already fighting voter concerns about his age, Biden, 81, was halting and seemed to lose his train of thought Thursday