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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/17/2023 01:24pm • 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 Trump-backed Daniel Cameron to face Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in November 05/17/2023 10:29am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the state's attorney general who was endors Racist email sent to Fairfax Co. cheer coach prompts investigation 05/17/2023 07:04am • Fairfax County Public Schools says it plans to launch a third-party investigation after a high school cheerleading coach received an anonymous email with racist and hate-filled language in March. The email, obtained by WTOP, was sent to Oakton High School cheerleading coach Jillian Domenech at th Five go on trial in Germany over far-right plot to kidnap health minister, topple government 05/17/2023 04:51am • BERLIN (AP) — Five people go on trial in Germany on Wednesday accused of planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the country's health minister. The four men, aged 44 to 56, and a 75-year-old woman are accused of founding or being members of a terrorist organization and treason. Federal p Four Evenepoel teammates leave Giro after testing positive for COVID 05/17/2023 04:40am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Four teammates of world champion Remco Evenepoel tested positive for the coronavirus and followed the Soudal Quick-Step leader by pulling out of the three-week Giro d’Italia, their team said Wednesday. Evenepoel had won Sunday's individual time trial to reclaim the leader’s pin Today in History: May 17, Brown v. Board of Education ruling 05/17/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2023. There are 228 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools w Brazil's Bolsonaro questioned in fake vaccine card investigation 05/16/2023 05:28pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was questioned Tuesday by Federal Police in an investigation into allegations that COVID-19 vaccine cards were falsified to get around U.S. vaccine requirements. Police haven’t publicly named the targets of their investigation, but Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/16/2023 01:52pm • 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 Deep South News Digest, 1pm 05/16/2023 01:36pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Deep South stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Deep South and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be direc Sonja Frisell's lavish staging of Verdi's 'Aida' ends its 35-year-run at the Metropolitan Opera 05/16/2023 12:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sonja Frisell was a 9-year-old growing up in England when she saw still photos of “Caesar and Cleopatra,” a 1945 movie starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains. “My mother wouldn’t take me to it because she said it wasn’t a subject suitable for young people,” Frisell, now Cort wins stage in miserable conditions, Thomas stays in Giro d'Italia lead 05/16/2023 11:39am • VIAREGGIO, Italy (AP) — Magnus Cort won a wet and cold 10th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday and Geraint Thomas kept hold of the pink jersey. Thomas, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, moved into the lead on Sunday after pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel had to withdraw after testing positive UK sees record number of people off work due to long-term sickness 05/16/2023 07:28am • LONDON (AP) — The number of people in the U.K. not working because of long-term sickness has risen to a record high partly because of ongoing health problems related to the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics found that 2.55 million people wer 3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal 05/16/2023 12:04am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three conservative appeals court judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available. The case involves a regulatory issue — whether the Food and Drug Administration's app Alaska Digest, 3pm update 05/15/2023 07:16pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Alaska stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Alaska and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to t New Chicago mayor pledges commitment to progressive strategy, asks for unity 05/15/2023 04:50pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson began his first term of office Monday, asking Chicagoans to set aside deep differences, confront challenges together and build “a city that works for everyone.” Johnson, 47, whose victory was touted by progressives as evidence that bold stances lead