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The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says 06/27/2023 06:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years. The At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved kin 06/27/2023 06:37pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival in the Western Hemisphere begins on the docks of the lowcountry coast. Overloo Audit shows Oklahoma likely misspent millions in federal relief funds 06/27/2023 06:29pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Improper oversight by state officials led to more than $29 million in federal funds being misspent that may have to be repaid to the federal government, Oklahoma Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd said Tuesday. Byrd's office released a scathing audit of about $14 billion in sp Federal board sides with Navajo coal company, says BNSF Railway must ship to Canadian port 06/27/2023 05:41pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal board has sided with one of the largest coal producers in the United States in a contract dispute with a major freight railroad, ordering BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal this year for overseas use. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s Hate crimes rose 20.2% in California in 2022 06/27/2023 04:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reported hate crimes increased in California in 2022, including instances of violence motivated by bias, according to state data released Tuesday. Hate crimes involving racism against Black people, as well as homophobia and anti-Semitism, all rose last year, compared with 2021 d New York City drivers will pay extra tolls as part of the effort to reduce congestion 06/27/2023 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York has received a critical federal approval for its first-in-the-nation plan to charge big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan, part of an effort to reduce traffic, improve air quality and raise funds for the city's public transit system. The program could Iconic TKTS booth in Times Square celebrates 50 years of Broadway ticket discounts 06/27/2023 12:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When Jay-Z and Alicia Keys filmed the video for “Empire State of Mind,” their valentine to New York City, they naturally ended up in Times Square, singing on illuminated red glass steps. It was no mere set: It was two New York icons standing on another. Their stage was the top Book Review: Tom Rachman's new novel 'The Imposters,' a global journey of disparate stories 06/27/2023 12:12pm • “The Imposters,” by Tom Rachman (Little, Brown and Company) Dutch novelist Dora Frenhofer, now in her 70s, is living alone in her London apartment during the coronavirus pandemic, determined to write her last novel while she still can. As the lead character in Tom Rachman's new book “The Impo Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long COVID, World Health Organization official says 06/27/2023 10:12am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Nearly 36 million people in Europe may have had long-lasting health problems from coronavirus infections they got during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization's regional director said Tuesday. Dr. Hans Kluge said “long COVID� Germany saw 2,480 antisemitic incidents in 2022, monitoring group says 06/27/2023 09:45am • BERLIN (AP) — A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said Tuesday that it documented 2,480 incidents in the country last year — just under seven incidents per day on average. In its annual report, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism, or RIAS, said that while it registe A couple marking their 50th anniversary were stabbed to death, and a suspect has been charged 06/27/2023 09:24am • BOSTON (AP) — A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of three people, a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into UK was ill-prepared for pandemic because resources were diverted to Brexit, ex-health chief says 06/27/2023 09:09am • LONDON (AP) — Britain was ill-prepared for a pandemic partly because government resources had been diverted away from pandemic planning to brace for a possibly chaotic exit from the European Union without a deal, the U.K.'s former health secretary told an inquiry Tuesday. Matt Hancock also said o Hajj pilgrimage starts in Saudi Arabia, with 2 million expected after lifting of COVID measures 06/26/2023 03:02pm • MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert, officially opening the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday, returning to its full capacity for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. So far Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/26/2023 01:10pm • 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 Alcaraz replaces Djokovic at No. 1 ahead of Wimbledon. Swiatek stays atop the WTA 06/26/2023 12:53pm • Carlos Alcaraz replaced Novak Djokovic at No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, meaning the 20-year-old Spaniard is expected to have the top seeding at Wimbledon. Alcaraz, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is coming off the first grass-court title of his career, which he won Sunday by beating Alex