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Boris Johnson's career spanned dizzying heights and tumultuous lows 06/10/2023 09:06am • LONDON (AP) — He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.” But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coro As Biden visits renamed N.C. military base, DeSantis slams 'political correctness run amok' 06/10/2023 01:47am • FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to the recently renamed Fort Liberty in North Carolina on Friday to sign an executive order that aims to bolster job opportunities for military and veteran spouses whose careers are often disrupted by their loved ones' deployments. Less tha Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament 06/09/2023 04:44pm • LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. He departed with a ferocious tirade at his political opponents — and at his successor, Rishi Sunak — that could blast ope Mexico sets new work-from-home rules, including that employers pay internet 06/09/2023 03:19pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Labor Department issued new rules Friday requiring employers to pay for internet and provide ergonomic chairs for employees working from home. The new rules also mandate a “right to disconnect” for employees who work at least 40% of their time from remote locatio Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/09/2023 01:32pm • 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 Number of migrants brought to DC area now tops 8k 06/09/2023 06:22am • Since coronavirus restrictions for asylum seekers were allowed to expire along the southern border last month, there has not been a "huge increase" of migrants being bussed into the D.C. area. However, SAMU First Response, the nonprofit processing migrants transported to the capital region, says A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat 06/08/2023 08:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Images of smoke obscuring the New York skyline and the Washington Monument this week have given the world a new picture of the perils of wildfire, far from where blazes regularly turn skies into hazardous haze. A third day of unhealthy air from Canadian wildfires may have been an u Russian citizen mauled to death by tiger shark off Egypt's Red Sea coast in rare attack 06/08/2023 01:48pm • CAIRO (AP) — A Russian man died after being mauled by a shark on Thursday off one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, Egyptian and Russian authorities said. Egypt's Environment Ministry said the man was killed after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada. Authorities close Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister 06/08/2023 11:31am • MILAN (AP) — A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country's former premier and former health minister caused unnecessary deaths by failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. The Court of Ministers in Brescia threw out the case agains Romanian health care workers protest for higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions 06/08/2023 10:11am • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Thousands of health care workers held a protest in Romania’s capital on Thursday, demanding higher wages, more staff, and better working conditions amid what they say are shortfalls that will lead to declining medical service standards. Medical workers from across the Big clubs in Germany's second division taking attention away from Bundesliga 06/08/2023 07:17am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s second division threatens to take attention away from the Bundesliga next season with several heavyweights competing at the lower level. Hertha Berlin and Schalke were relegated from the top flight, joining the likes of Hamburger SV, Nuremberg, Kaiserslautern, Hannover an Stock market today: Asian shares slip following technology selloff on Wall Street 06/08/2023 12:46am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on Wall Street. Markets declined across the region and U.S. futures also were lower. Oil prices retreated. The declines came despite a sharp upward revision in Japan’s estimated economic Buying a Fixer-Upper vs. Buying New: Which Is Better? 06/06/2023 08:00pm • You have a lot of decisions to make when choosing what home to buy: where you're going to live, the size of the home and the amount of work you're willing to put into it. You may want to move in with no work involved, or you may not mind freshening up a couple of rooms to match your style. Or you ma Business Highlights: Solar power plan in New Jersey; Former Southwest agent charged with fraud 06/06/2023 04:41pm • ___ New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant MILLBURN, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses. New Jersey American Water Company and NJR Clean Energy Novavax gets attention from Bill & Melinda Gates researchers 06/06/2023 11:30am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax has signed a three-year agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute to make its vaccine adjuvant available for use in pre-clinical vaccine research. Its Matrix-M adjuvant is the basis for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine, and is be