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The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims 06/21/2024 03:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraini Trump proposes green cards for foreign grads of US colleges, departing from anti-immigrant rhetoric 06/20/2024 10:25pm • MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for co Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities 06/20/2024 12:58pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron joined several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic exposed gaping inequalities in access to them. The launch of the African Vaccine Manufac Bank of England keeps main interest rate at 16-year high of 5.25% despite inflation fall 06/20/2024 09:57am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% even though inflation has fallen to its target of 2%, with several policymakers warning that a premature cut could stoke another bout of price rises. For the second meeting in a row, seven of the n Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft 06/20/2024 06:00am • DENVER (AP) — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. Feeling overlooked has powered the guard from Colorado along his stops at Northeastern Junior College (Colorado), Northern Colorado and Tenness 'Verzuz' will return after Swizz Beatz, Timbaland lock in new distribution partnership with X 06/19/2024 10:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are bringing the “Verzuz” series back with a new major platform for viewers to watch musicians face off in a song-against-song battle. The legendary producers announced Wednesday that Verzuz cemented an exclusive partnership for independent distribu With election looming, UK's governing Conservatives seize on inflation fall to 2% target 06/19/2024 07:53am • LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. returned to the Bank of England's target rate of 2% for the first time in nearly three years, official figures showed Wednesday, a development that was seized on by the governing Conservative Party as evidence that its economic plan is “working” ahead of the Man who followed woman into her NYC apartment and stabbed her to death pleads guilty to murder 06/18/2024 04:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday for stabbing a woman to death after following her from the street into her lower Manhattan apartment building. Assamad Nash, 27, also pleaded guilty to burglary as a sexually motivated felony in the Feb. 13, 2022, attack on 35-year-old Chri 10 alleged Minneapolis gang members are charged in ongoing federal violent crime crackdown 06/18/2024 04:00pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ten alleged members of a Minneapolis gang accused of “terrorizing” a city neighborhood have been charged with a range of federal crimes including possession of a machine gun and drug trafficking, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday. The charges are the latest move in Ecuador stops waiving visas for Chinese nationals because of an increase in irregular migration 06/18/2024 01:14pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador on Tuesday announced the suspension of an agreement with China that had waived visas for Chinese citizens traveling to the South American country, citing a “worrying” increase in irregular migration. Ecuador's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the suspensi Few friends, online classes: Prince William Co. graduates detail challenges of starting high school during pandemic 06/17/2024 03:58pm • Marakie Yilekal was eager to start her freshman year of high school at Osbourn Park High School in Prince William County four years ago. She suspected it probably wouldn't be exactly how it's portrayed in movies, but she was nonetheless excited about the prospect of meeting new friends, taking ne Lionel Messi and Argentina will try for a 3rd straight major title in Copa America 06/17/2024 01:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi and Argentina will try to match Spain’s feat of three consecutive major titles when the Copa America kicks off Thursday night. Coming off championships in the 2021 Copa America and the 2022 World Cup, Messi will be four days shy of his 37th birthday when the Albicele The high cost of living is still biting the UK. Many don't think the election will change anything 06/17/2024 12:09am • LONDON (AP) — Dominic Watters watches his gas and electricity meter like a hawk. He topped it up a few days ago, but now there’s just 1.85 pounds ($2.40) of credit left. That may determine what kind of dinner he and his teen daughter get tonight, he says. Watters, a campaigner for better access Eriksen scores in Denmark's 1-1 draw with Slovenia at Euro 2024, 3 years after his onfield collapse 06/16/2024 06:45pm • STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — For Christian Eriksen, Denmark’s opening game at the European Championship was a much happier occasion this time. The Manchester United midfielder scored the opening goal in a 1-1 draw with Slovenia on Sunday. It was his first match at the Euros since suffering a cardia What to know about Trump's outreach with Arab Americans led by his daughter Tiffany's father-in-law 06/16/2024 08:17am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump's allies are working to win over Arab American voter s who are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel. The effort is led by Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany Trump, the former president's younger daughter, two years ago. Boulos, a Lebanese