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Marketa Vondrousova is the first defending women's Wimbledon champ out in the first round since 1994 07/02/2024 02:52pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women���s champion at Wimbledon to lose in the first round the next year since 1994, eliminated 6-4, 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro at Centre Court on Tuesday. Vondrousova was a surprise title winner at the All England Club 12 months ago, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents serving warrants 07/02/2024 01:50pm • Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won't be eligible for another par US job openings rise to 8.1 million despite higher interest rates 07/02/2024 12:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates intended to cool the labor market. Vacancies rose from a revised 7.9 million in April, the first reading below 8 million since February 2021, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. A Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI 07/02/2024 12:01pm • Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going ���net zero,��� meaning it would release no more climate-changing gases into the air than it removes, by 2030. But a report from the company Tuesday shows it is nowhere near meeting that goal. Rather than declining, it Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid 07/02/2024 09:04am • FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) ��� Arthur ���Big Boy��� Crudup helped invent rock ���n��� roll. His 1946 song ���That���s All Right,��� an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin would play it live. Inflation is down in Europe. But the European Central Bank is in no hurry to make more rate cuts 07/02/2024 06:41am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Inflation in the 20-nation eurozone crept lower to 2.5% in June, but remained stuck above the level favored by the European Central Bank, which is in no hurry to add more rate cuts after a first tentative reduction in its benchmark rate. The figure released Tuesday was do Jake Cave hits an RBI single in the 10th inning to lift the Rockies over the Brewers 8-7 07/02/2024 12:59am • DENVER (AP) ��� Jake Cave came through with a bases-loaded single over a five-man infield in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Colorado Rockies an 8-7 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Brenton Doyle homered twice and Charlie Blackmon went deep on his birthday for the thi Firefighters battle wildfires on 2 Greek islands as premier warns of a dangerous summer 07/01/2024 11:53pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Firefighters battled wildfires that broke out on the eastern Aegean islands of Chios and Kos Monday and injured five people, as Greece���s prime minister warned of a dangerous summer ahead and said the public���s help was essential in limiting the impact of wildfires. Emergen Albania's world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88 07/01/2024 08:34pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the country's dictatorship, has died in Tirana, his publishing editor said Monday. He was 88. Kadare won a number of internation Are Your Monthly Subscriptions Worth It? 07/01/2024 08:00pm • Lots of Americans pay for monthly subscriptions that can range from less than $10 to more than $100 per month. These include goods like cosmetics, food and drink, pet items, and wine clubs and gourmet edibles, as well as services like credit monitoring and streaming apps. If you're trying to cut dow How Do You Comfort a Dying Parent? 07/01/2024 08:00pm • Caring for a parent who is dying can be emotionally taxing. There are many unknowns about the dying process and chances are neither you nor your parent have all the answers you need. Depending on their predicament, you may be wondering if you should have a deeper conversation about their health -- a These Are the Tax Breaks You Can Get When You Buy a House 07/01/2024 08:00pm • One of the biggest benefits of homeownership is tax breaks. If you're a homeowner, tax credits and deductions could save you thousands of dollars per year. But are there tax credits for buying a house? And what about deductions? To help you come next tax season, here are tax credits and deductions y US to pay for flights to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north 07/01/2024 07:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants under an agreement signed Monday, as the Central American country's new president has vowed to shut down the treacherous Darien Gap used by people traveling north to the United States. Tim Scott has benefited from mentors along the way. He's hoping for another helping hand 07/01/2024 05:27pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� When Tim Scott was a teenager, a Chick-fil-A manager named John Moniz offered him a sandwich, a job, and four years of indispensable mentoring about how to be a businessman and a citizen. Later, after that helping hand put Scott on a path that eventually led him into politics Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia 07/01/2024 12:31pm • DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) ��� At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. ���You can put an end to this and start a new l