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Biden commends Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for collaboration on migration 05/12/2023 05:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden commended Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his country's collaboration with the United States and Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can apply for protection. T Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/12/2023 01:37pm • 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 Philadelphia mayoral race homes in on crime policies 05/12/2023 12:27pm • In Philadelphia's first mayoral race since crime spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, the crowded Democratic field is trying to make public safety a campaign cornerstone, advocating approaches that range from mental health interventions and cleaner streets to echoes of “tough-on-crime” Republ Officials say suspect appears to have planned 'fireball' attack that severely injured German police 05/12/2023 11:50am • BERLIN (AP) — An explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack carried out by a man wanted in connection with an unpaid fine, officials said Friday. Police and firefighters had gone to the building in the west French Open champs back to pre-pandemic pay; total prize money tops $50M 05/12/2023 10:54am • PARIS (AP) — Paychecks for the two French Open singles champions will return to the pre-pandemic amount of 2.3 million euros each — about $2.5 million — and the total prize money is rising to a tournament-record 49.6 million euros — about $54 million. The French tennis federation announced F 'Grateful to see people's smiles again': DC-area residents living life differently in post-COVID world 05/12/2023 08:21am • The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency. But in a post-pandemic world, many D.C. area residents are living life in different ways. WTOP spoke to people in the D.C. region to see their level of concern is surrounding COVID-19 and to see what precautions� UEFA rebuts claim Istanbul in doubt as Champions League final host after election 05/12/2023 07:45am • NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA insisted Friday that the Champions League final will be played in Istanbul, hitting back at a newspaper report that claims the European soccer body has explored Lisbon as a standby option if there is turmoil in Turkey after this weeekend’s elections. Turkish Preside Maryland officials urge Medicaid recipients to renew coverage 05/12/2023 06:13am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials announced a public awareness campaign on Thursday to remind Medicaid recipients to renew their coverage since the federal government is reinstating a requirement that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic for states to verify eligibility. The announcement UK economy grows sluggishly in 1st quarter as double-digit inflation curbs consumers spending 05/12/2023 05:54am • LONDON (AP) — The U.K. economy grew sluggishly during the first three months of the year as double-digit inflation curbed consumer spending and labor unrest curtailed output in industries ranging from transportation to healthcare and education. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of econo A look at the parties and issues in Thailand's election on Sunday 05/12/2023 12:55am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand votes Sunday in an election many see as an opportunity to break free from military-dominated governments that have held power for most of the nation's modern history. THE BASICS: Some 52 million eligible voters will choose among candidates from 70 parties to serve a four-ye Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk 05/12/2023 12:05am • SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they're looking for someone to deliver their babies. The local hospital doesn't have an obstetrics doctor on staff so most women in this region, flanked by sprawling farm fields and antique stores, tu Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires 05/11/2023 11:05pm • MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Migrants rushed across the Mexico border Thursday, racing to enter the U.S. before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted in a shift that threatens to put a historic strain on the nation’s beleaguered immigration system. The imminent end of the rules known as Ti House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto 05/11/2023 10:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden's policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemi Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions 05/11/2023 08:06pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' Democratic governor on Thursday scuttled a small legal settlement favored by top Republican officials between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions. Ex-Kansas legislator convicted of COVID relief fraud sentenced to more than 2 years in US prison 05/11/2023 06:30pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas lawmaker who was convicted of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief was sentenced Thursday to two years and three months in prison, according to online court records. An attorney for former Republican state Rep. Michael Capps argue