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Republicans make Biden's EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a more nuanced approach 06/02/2024 10:30am • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump says the Biden administration's policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states. Republican allies in the petroleum industry have spent millions on ads that say President Joe Biden's tax credit for EV buy Real Madrid plot a 16th Champions League triumph. Kylian Mbappe would make Europe's best even better 06/02/2024 09:46am • LONDON (AP) — Real Madrid had barely begun celebrating a record-extending 15th Champions League title when coach Carlo Ancelotti started to plot a 16th. The all-time kings of Europe have no intention of releasing their grip on the trophy - and by the start of next season, the best are likely to b Two Virginia colleges face backlash after backtracking on plans to require diversity courses 06/02/2024 06:00am • (CNN) — When the police killings of Black people, including George Floyd set off racial unrest across the country in 2020, Marie Vergamini decided she wanted to do her part to help address systemic racism.So, Vergamini, a doctoral student and adjunct instructor at Virginia Commonwealth Univers With home prices up more than 50%, some states try to contain property taxes 06/02/2024 04:31am • For retirees Tom and Beverly McAdam, the good news is the value of their two-bedroom home in suburban Denver has risen 45% since they purchased it more than six years ago. That's also the bad news, costing them thousands more in real estate taxes and leaving less for discretionary spending. “To pa Seiya Suzuki makes costly error for Chicago Cubs and hits tying grand slam against Reds 06/02/2024 02:49am • CHICAGO (AP) — Seiya Suzuki is going to be thinking about that play in right field for a long time. Even after that grand slam. Suzuki had a wild second inning for the Chicago Cubs during a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on a wet Saturday night at Wrigley Field. First, the Japanese slugger c Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground 06/02/2024 12:44am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — On one side of the classroom, students circled teacher Maria Fletcher and practiced vowel sounds. In another corner, children read together from a book. Scattered elsewhere, students sat at laptop computers and got reading help from online tutors. For the third graders at Mo Novak Djokovic keeps his French Open title defense going by getting past Lorenzo Musetti in 5 sets 06/01/2024 11:25pm • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s French Open title defense — and his hold on the No. 1 ranking — are still alive thanks to a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback victory over 22-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a third-round match that lasted 4 1/2 hours and did not conclude until Sunday aft As Mets retire his No. 18, Strawberry tells fans 'I’m so sorry for ever leaving' 06/01/2024 08:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Darryl Strawberry stood on the Citi Field grass as his No. 18 was being retired and addressed the New York Mets fans he had jilted 34 years earlier. “I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I’m so sorry for ever leaving you guys," Strawberry told the crowd of 30,600, his voice Ryan Mountcastle homers twice in the Orioles' 9-5 victory over the Rays 06/01/2024 08:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit his seventh and eighth home runs and the Baltimore Orioles slugged their way to a 9-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Mountcastle drove in four runs in first multi-home run game of the season and his ninth of his career. The Orioles hit four ho Bellingham celebrates 'best night of my life' in Real Madrid's win in Champions League final 06/01/2024 07:33pm • LONDON (AP) — Jude Bellingham's parents arrived early at Wembley Stadium. When your son is about to complete a dream season, you don't want to miss a thing. In his first Champions League final on Saturday, the Real Madrid star received a standing ovation from the Spanish team's fans when he was su McDowell wins third pole of NASCAR Cup season, his first since announcing plans to change teams 06/01/2024 03:52pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Michael McDowell ran a lap at 138.598 mph Saturday to take the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first since he announced he will leave Front Row Motorsports a US dampens criticism of El Salvador's president as migration overtakes democracy concerns 06/01/2024 02:28pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed “world's coolest dictator” for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors 06/01/2024 02:13pm • HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — On a warm, sunny morning in farm country, a group of 40 preschoolers and their parents fanned out across several rows of crops to pluck strawberries from beneath crowns of green leaves. Later, the children sliced the berries they had gathered and added bananas, kale and 100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states 06/01/2024 01:27pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico's Tuesday primary. Residents of the tribal community's original mesa- Voting ends in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's decade in power 06/01/2024 12:44pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s 6 -week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term. During the grueling, multi-phase election, candidates crisscrossed the country, poll wo