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NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/21/2023 01:39pm • 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 World well short of pace needed to meet UN's 2030 sustainable development goals 06/21/2023 12:52pm • The world is falling well short of the progress needed to meet the United Nations' sustainable development goals by 2030 in areas ranging from poverty to clean energy to biodiversity, with a growing gap between wealthy and developing nations, according to a report Tuesday from the nonprofit tracking All hail the rising sun! Stonehenge welcomes 8,000 visitors for the summer solstice 06/21/2023 12:42pm • STONEHENGE, England (AP) — All hail the rising sun. Around 8,000 revelers gathered around a prehistoric stone circle on a plain in southern England to express their devotion to the sun, or to have some communal fun. Druids, pagans, hippies, local residents and tourists, many clad in an array of co MLB views the UK as a gateway to European growth, with eyes on Paris and Germany 06/21/2023 10:53am • LONDON (AP) — London seems like a no-brainer for a European road trip. Paris is all but assured next. Why not throw in Germany and the Netherlands? Major League Baseball has big plans for Europe, starting with an English reintroduction to the sport this weekend when the St. Louis Cardinals and Chi 4-time World Cup champion Germany has forgotten how to win games a year before hosting Euro 2024 06/21/2023 10:30am • BERLIN (AP) — Perhaps the only positive Germany can draw from its national soccer team’s deepening crisis is that the 2024 European Championship is still a year away. Even if few believe it anymore, Germany coach Hansi Flick insists that is enough time to turn things around before hosting the to UK borrowers brace for more expensive loans as inflation fails to fall as anticipated 06/21/2023 09:38am • LONDON (AP) — U.K. borrowers will be bracing themselves for further increases in lending costs after official figures Wednesday showed inflation failing to fall as anticipated in May. The Office for National Statistics said inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, held steady at 8.7% in What to Do If Your Flight is Canceled 06/20/2023 08:00pm • Has your flight been canceled or delayed? You're not alone. While the number of cancellations and delays has improved following last summer's mass chaos, air travel remains unpredictable. Read on to understand what's causing recent travel disruptions, what to do if you're impacted, and how to more l Outgoing CDC director says resignation spurred by sense of accomplishment and exhaustion 06/20/2023 06:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky surprised many in public health cir Days of sweltering heat, power cuts in northern India overwhelm hospitals as death toll climbs 06/20/2023 03:04pm • BALLIA, India (AP) — A scorching heat wave in two of India’s most populous states has overwhelmed hospitals, filled a morgue to capacity and disrupted power, forcing staff to use books to cool patients, as officials investigate a death toll that has reached nearly 170. In the northern state of Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/20/2023 01:53pm • 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 Slovakia's first female president won't seek reelection next year 06/20/2023 09:59am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s first female president said Tuesday that she won't seek reelection in next year’s presidential vote. President Zuzana Čaputová said the announcement was one of the “toughest” she has made. She said that after a serious assessment of her options, she Poor villagers risk their lives in danger zone as Philippines' most active volcano erupts 06/19/2023 10:46pm • CALBAYOG, Philippines (AP) — Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned and eerily quiet, in the fertile foothills of gently erupting Mayon volcano in the northeastern Philippines. When patrolling police spotted her, they warned that the village is off-li Ex-PM Cameron says the UK focused too much on flu rather than other potential pandemics before COVID 06/19/2023 10:12pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain made a mistake in focusing too much on preparations for a flu pandemic rather than considering other types of pandemic in the years before the COVID-19 outbreak, former Prime Minister David Cameron told a public inquiry Monday. Cameron, who led Britain's Conservative governm Mass shootings and violence leave dead and injured across the US this weekend 06/19/2023 09:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the United States this weekend, including at least 60 shot in the Chicago area alone. Four people were found shot to death in a small Idaho town, a Pennsylvania state trooper was killed in an ambush, and bullets struck 11 Why You Should (and Shouldn't) Sell Your Home in 2023 06/19/2023 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 need to downsize or you can't afford mortgage payments anymore. But when your timeline to move is flexible, you likely want to try to strategize over whe