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Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over 'partygate' 06/15/2023 08:45pm • LONDON (AP) — A committee of U.K. lawmakers harshly rebuked former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate those investigating his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic. The House of How Your Real Estate Agent Should Be Marketing Your Listing 06/15/2023 08:00pm • You want to put your home up for sale. You expect your real estate agent to write a great description, take some photos to post on their website, and add it to the multiple listing service, or MLS. Perhaps place an ad in a local print or online media outlet. Done. Right? Not anymore. Today in most m FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain 06/15/2023 05:31pm • The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic — even though that was long ago supplanted by mutated versions as the virus rapidly evolves. Thursday, the Food and Drug A NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/15/2023 01:12pm • 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 Through personal ups and downs, they've waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories 06/15/2023 10:11am • This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest and most beloved rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia Darlington Raceway president Kerry Tharp retiring at end of season 06/15/2023 10:06am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Darlington Raceway president Kerry Tharp is retiring after a nearly two-decade NASCAR career. Tharp and NASCAR announced his decision to leave after this season on Thursday. Tharp moved from having little interest in the sport — “I'd change the channel if it were on TV,â War disrupts education of Ukrainian kids, even those who've found safety abroad 06/15/2023 08:29am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Nine-year-old Milana Minenko doesn't play piano anymore. During the day, she attends public school in Poland, where she and her mother fled from the war in March 2022. In the evenings, her mother helps her follow Ukraine's curriculum to keep up with lessons back home. There's Popular outdoor dining in Arlington shifting from temporary to permanent 06/15/2023 05:43am • Outdoor dining helped save some restaurant businesses during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, when community health regulations prohibited indoor dining. Now, Virginia's Arlington County is among the D.C.-area jurisdictions moving to make outdoor seating permanent. There are about 100 restau After long waits, new pilgrims prepare for Hajj's return, the first major one since COVID-19 06/15/2023 03:19am • This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites. Millions of Muslims from around the world will start converging next week on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to begin several days of rituals. F University of Delaware agrees to settle class-action suit over COVID campus shutdown 06/14/2023 07:01pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of in-person classes because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to court papers that were filed this month and signed by the plaintiffs and universi Met Opera box office has slight uptick in 2nd season after pandemic 06/14/2023 06:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera saw a slight uptick in ticket sales in its second season following the coronavirus pandemic. The Met sold 66% of tickets during the season that ended Saturday, up from 61% during the 2021-22 season. Sales were lower than budgeted because of a cyberattack in m Philippine volcano eruption that displaced thousands may last for months, officials warn 06/14/2023 04:44pm • LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano that has forced nearly 18,000 people to flee to emergency shelters could last for months and create a protracted crisis, officials said Wednesday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to northeastern Albay provi Scottish charity Mary’s Meals wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias award 06/14/2023 06:19am • MADRID (AP) — Scottish charity group Mary’s Meals won a prestigious Spanish prize on Wednesday for its work feeding schoolchildren facing extreme poverty across the globe. The jury that decides the Princess of Asturias Awards gave Mary’s Meals its Concord Prize for “its exemplary dedication South Korea sues rival North Korea for blowing up joint liaison office in 2020 06/14/2023 04:36am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea filed a 44.7 billion won ($35 million) damage suit against North Korea on Wednesday for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the rivals following the collapse of larger nuclear ta Philippine villagers flee ashfall, sight of red-hot lava from erupting Mayon Volcano 06/13/2023 09:53pm • SANTO DOMINGO, Philippines (AP) — Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon Volcano, traumatized by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts of ash. Nearly 15,000 people have left the mostly poor farming commu