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UK lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over 'partygate' 06/19/2023 06:24pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s House of Commons on Monday resoundingly endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office, a humiliating censure that strips the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers backed the findi New Jersey casinos, tracks and partners won $471M in May, up 9.4%, but in-person winnings still lag 06/19/2023 03:37pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s casinos, horse tracks that take sports bets and the online partners of both types of gambling won nearly $471 million in May, up 9.4% from a year earlier according to figures released Monday by state gambling regulators. But the amount of money won from in More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls 06/19/2023 03:33pm • More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork. Though the eligibility review is required by the federal gove Who gets a break? Clashing ideas on tax relief are teed up for the 2024 campaign 06/19/2023 07:55am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Just six days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Democrats in a squabble that shows two clashing visions for the U.S. economy. GOP lawmakers are pushing deep tax cuts for compan At least 6 killed, dozens injured in weekend shootings across US 06/18/2023 08:12pm • At least six people including a Pennsylvania state trooper were killed and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the U.S. The shootings in suburban Chicago, Washington state, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore follow a surge in homicides and Tiafoe to play Struff in Stuttgart final after beating Fucsovics 06/17/2023 11:26am • STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Frances Tiafoe will contest his first grass-court final after the American player outlasted Marton Fucsovics in a marathon Stuttgart Open tiebreak on Saturday. Tiafoe won their semifinal 6-3, 7-6 (11) after saving six set points in the tiebreak. He seized his chance at 11 On the road again! Maryland's MVA to resume normal operations for driving tests Tuesday 06/17/2023 08:11am • In another sign of putting COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced that it's going back to its pre-pandemic policy for driving tests on Tuesday. The state's Motor Vehicle Administration will be reopening its normal operations for driving tests on June Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain 06/16/2023 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. FDA's decision came one day after an agency panel of outside advisers supported the recipe change. The agency told vaccine makers to provide Florida couple charged with more than $2M in COVID-19 relief fraud 06/16/2023 02:17pm • FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money to buy boats, new businesses and other luxury items. Timothy Craig Jolloff, 46, and Lisa Ann Jolloff, 56, made their initial appearances Friday in For MLB is pushing back the fences for Cardinals-Cubs in London after Yankees-Red Sox '19 slugfest 06/16/2023 02:17pm • St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs hitters will have to work a little harder to match the Yankees-Red Sox slugfests from 2019 when they play in London because the fences are being pushed back. The center field wall will be 392 feet from home plate, seven feet deeper than four years ago, as part of Former North Carolina health official is picked to be new CDC director 06/16/2023 12:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday. Unlike the last two people to serve as head of the nation’s top federal public health agency, Cohen has prior experienc Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announces GOP presidential bid days after Trump's indictment 06/16/2023 11:50am • MIAMI (AP) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, jumping into the crowded race just days after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez's city. The 45-year-old mayor, the only Hispanic candidate in Mazza Gallerie details: luxury penthouses, restaurants and another TJ Maxx 06/16/2023 11:02am • TJ Maxx was the last retailer standing when Mazza Gallerie in Friendship Heights closed in December. It is also the first retailer announced for the D.C. property's redevelopment. Developer Tishman Speyer, which began demolishing the property at 5300 Wisconsin Avenue NW earlier this year, has Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda as Saudi crown prince visits France 06/16/2023 07:56am • PARIS (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris as part of an official visit, during which he will also participate in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change. Macron and the prince sat down for a one-to-o Students meet under trees as schools shelter villagers displaced by Philippine volcano 06/15/2023 10:07pm • MALILIPOT, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting Philippine volcano and taken shelter in schools, disrupting education for thousands of students, many of whom are having classes in chapels and tents or under trees, officials said Friday. The Mayon volcano in northeaste