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A judge has found Ohio's new election law constitutional, including a strict photo ID requirement 01/09/2024 04:05pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has upheld as constitutional provisions of the sweeping election law that Ohio put in place last year, rejecting a Democratic law firm's challenge to strict new photo ID requirements, drop box restrictions and tightened deadlines related to absentee and provis Editorial Roundup: United States 01/09/2024 02:31pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 6 The Washington Post on home schooling in the US If the coronavirus pandemic turned “working from home” into common parlance, “learning from home” might be next: The Post reported last year on the skyrocketing number of Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/09/2024 01:27pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Thierry Henry says he had depression during career and cried "almost every day" early in pandemic 01/09/2024 08:07am • PARIS (AP) — Thierry Henry, who won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship with France and is Arsenal's all-time highest scorer, has opened up about the fact he “must have been in depression” during his soccer career. The 46-year-old former forward says he had a spell early in t Germany's last major department store chain files for insolvency protection for the third time 01/09/2024 08:06am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's last remaining major department store chain filed for insolvency protection on Tuesday, its third filing in less than four years, after its owner ran into difficulties. Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof, which currently runs 92 stores and employs more than 15,000 people, said it fil Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus 01/09/2024 07:16am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers marched Tuesday in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital that paraded a centuries-old black statue of Jesus. Many said they prayed for peace in the Middle East, where tens of thousands of Filipinos work Spain makes face masks mandatory in hospitals and clinics after a spike in respiratory illnesses 01/09/2024 05:41am • MADRID (AP) — Face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centers in Spain starting Wednesday due to a surge in respiratory illnesses, the Health Ministry said. The new leftist minority coalition government is imposing the measure despite opposition from most of Spain's 17 autonomous Today in History: January 9, Mississippi secedes from the Union 01/09/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2024. There are 357 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 9, 1861, Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant vessel bringing reinforcements and suppl Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, has died at 78 01/08/2024 05:36pm • BERLIN (AP) — Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died. He was 78. Beckenbauer's death was first announced through a statement from his family to German news agency dpa and then Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/08/2024 01:17pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim 'Aki' Watzke to step down in 2025 01/08/2024 09:52am • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim “Aki” Watzke is stepping down in 2025 when his contract ends. The Bundesliga club said Monday that the 64-year-old Watzke will not be extending his contract and that he will leave the club’s management structure “in th COVID-19 cases are rising. What do you need to know now? 01/08/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: ER visits for respiratory viruses skyrocketing, CDC says It's winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing Biden withholds $2M from student loan servicers after companies bungled billing statements 01/05/2024 05:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is docking more than $2 million in payments to student loan servicers that failed to send billing statements on time after the end of a coronavirus pandemic payment freeze. The Education Department said Friday it will withhold payments from Aidvantage, Ed Flu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, with more misery expected, CDC says 01/05/2024 05:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it's too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in illnesses. New government data posted Friday for last week — the holiday week between Christmas and New Year's — show 38 states with high or very h Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/05/2024 01:29pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov