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Two years after its historic win, a divided Amazon Labor Union lurches toward a leadership election 04/08/2024 02:57pm • Two years after clinching a historic victory at a warehouse in New York City, the first labor union for Amazon workers in the United States is divided, running out of money and fighting over an election that could determine who will lead the group in the near future. Despite campaigns at several fac Dawn Staley and South Carolina in good place to keep dynasty rolling and repeat as champions 04/08/2024 07:49am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Dawn Staley and South Carolina have cemented their place as the next dynasty in women's basketball. With two NCAA titles in the past three seasons and 109 wins in the last 112 games, it's hard to argue with that. It doesn't look like it's going to end any time soon with most of th Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in the US 04/08/2024 05:03am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Co Today in History: April 7, genocide erupts in Rwanda 04/07/2024 08:59am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 7, the 98th day of 2024. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1994, the 100-day genocide erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi; in the mont Today in History: April 7, civil war erupts in Rwanda 04/07/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Sunday, April 7, the 98th day of 2024. There are 268 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 7, 1994, civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a mysterious plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi; in the months Sean Paul helped bring dancehall to the masses. With a new tour, he's ready to do it all over again 04/05/2024 08:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — It has been 21 years since Sean Paul's dancehall anthem “Get Busy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 — which means “Get Busy” is finally old enough to hear “Get Busy” at the club. “It's changed for me now," Sean Paul told The Associated Press over Zoom from his studio Senior doctors in England agree on a pay deal with the government to end a yearlong dispute 04/05/2024 03:27pm • LONDON (AP) — Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute with unprecedented strike action. The British Medical Association and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, which represent the senior doctors, who are known A pro-Western career diplomat faces an ally of the populist premier in Slovakia's presidential vote 04/05/2024 08:57am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-Western career diplomat and a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are facing each other in a presidential runoff on Saturday to determine who will be the next head of state. Former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok is up against Peter Pelleg Kosovo will conduct a nationwide census that includes surveying the ethnic Serb minority 04/05/2024 08:48am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's government began Friday its first nationwide census since 2011, which will include surveying the ethnic Serb minority in the north, at a time when tensions with neighboring Serbia are high. The Agency of Statistics is conducting the 12-million euro ($13 million) c UK airports get more time to put in new scanners that will allow more liquids and packed laptops 04/04/2024 09:35pm • LONDON (AP) — Drink it or bin it: That phrase should have become history this summer at all U.K. airports. But it's set to persist for at least another year after the British government said it will grant extensions to several large U.K. airports unable to meet the June 1 deadline to fully install How Dev Patel got 'Monkey Man,' his directorial debut beset by challenges, to the finish line 04/04/2024 01:24pm • BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Dev Patel first pitched “Monkey Man” as “a revenge film about faith.” “Faith can be such a beautiful, powerful thing. It can bring us together. At its best, it should make us fight for each other instead of fighting against each other,” says Patel, who is m Mexico's likely next president is a scientist. Politics has her mostly quiet on climate threats 04/04/2024 09:43am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The López home kept filling with seawater as the Gulf of Mexico rose and winter storms got worse. Cristina López and her family decided to leave after one bad storm in November, knowing the ocean would eventually devour their home in the fishing town of El Bosque. “There wa Why You Should (and Shouldn't) Sell Your Home in 2024 04/03/2024 08:00pm • There are plenty of scenarios that make selling your home necessary -- whether it's to move across the country to be closer to family, because you want to downsize or you can't afford mortgage payments anymore. But when your timeline to move is flexible, you'll want to strategize over when and how y As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it's used at airports 04/03/2024 02:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States. They had been dreading the long line at passport control when they entered the country but had heard about a new app they could use to ease their way and decided to give it a shot. Within minutes, they had Jay-Z’s Made In America festival canceled for the second year in a row 04/03/2024 02:03pm • Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for the second year in a row. The festival announced the cancellation on social media and its official website Wednesday. A specific reason was not outlined, and a representative for Made in Ame