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Spirits giant Diageo seeks to cut ties with Sean 'Diddy' Combs amid lawsuit alleging racism 06/27/2023 02:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Spirits giant Diageo says it's cutting ties with rapper and entrepreneur Sean ���Diddy��� Combs following his move to sue the company over allegations of racism in the handling of his liquor brands, according to a Tuesday court filing. Combs��� lawsuit, filed with the New York S Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students' 06/26/2023 06:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida sheriff���s deputy fled to safety during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, putting his own life ahead of the children he was charged with protecting and giving the gunman time to fatally shoot several victims, prosecutors told jurors Monday during the closin EU urges caution as mercenary revolt raises doubts about Russian president's grip on power 06/26/2023 10:11am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� European Union ministers urged caution Monday after a failed revolt by mercenaries in Russia raised questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin���s grip on power and whether the mercenaries might install themselves just over the border in Belarus. At talks in Luxembourg, some Australia���s High Court dismisses Russia���s bid for injunction to halt its embassy���s eviction 06/26/2023 08:24am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Australia���s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia���s request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent ac Chaos in Russia is morale booster for Ukraine as it pushes on with early stages of counteroffensive 06/26/2023 07:54am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� The armed rebellion against the Russian military may have been over in less than 24 hours, but the disarray within the enemy���s ranks was an unexpected gift and timely morale booster for Ukrainian troops. The spectacle of Yevgeny Prigozhin���s mutiny in the critical military US aircraft carrier makes Da Nang port call as America looks to strengthen ties with Vietnam 06/26/2023 01:31am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A U.S. aircraft carrier and two guided missile cruisers were visiting Vietnam on Monday, a rare port call that comes as the United States and China increasingly vie for influence in Southeast Asia. The USS Ronald Reagan, along with the guided missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Ro ���It���s a pretty fast hamster wheel���: Stepping away from DC���s work-obsessed culture 06/23/2023 05:14am • A rising star in Washington, Luke Russert left a prominent career as a NBC correspondent and fill-in anchor back in 2016 and didn't look back. The son of the late Tim Russert, a television news legend, gave up what many eager and hard-charging young worker seek in the nation's capital: Promin Theater Review: 'Once Upon a One More Time' with Britney Spears songs will drive you crazy 06/22/2023 09:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� You're handed an LED wristband as you enter ���Once Upon a One More Time,��� a musical on Broadway stuffed with Britney Spears songs. But the gift is strangely inert for the whole show, only coming to life and gleaming at the curtain call. It's not a wristband ��� it's a metaphor. NHL teams won't wear theme-night jerseys after players' Pride refusals caused distractions 06/22/2023 08:23pm • NHL teams won���t wear special jerseys for pregame warmups during themed nights next season, the result of a handful of players refusing to use rainbow-colored Pride jerseys this past season and causing unwelcome distractions. The league���s Board of Governors agreed Thursday with Commissioner Gary House Republicans push off Biden impeachment bid for now as hard-right clamors for action 06/22/2023 04:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Eager to impeach President Joe Biden, hard-right House Republicans forced a vote Thursday that sent the matter to congressional committees in a clear demonstration of the challenge that Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces in controlling the majority party. The ability of single lawmaker Black Lives Matter vigil relocation in Warrenton prompts free speech debate 06/22/2023 12:04pm • Rev. Vinicent Holland makes an impassioned plea to the Warrenton Town Council on June 13, advocating for the Black Lives Matter Vigil for Action's return to its traditional venue, the Court House Square Plaza at the Main, Waterloo and Alexandria Pike intersection. (Courtesy James Jarvis/FauquierNow In rowdy scene, House censures Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations 06/22/2023 08:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House voted Wednesday to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff for comments he made several years ago about investigations into Donald Trump's ties to Russia, rebuking the Democrat and frequent critic of the former president along party lines. Schiff becomes the 25th House law Trump-Russia special counsel Durham at center of political clash as he appears before Congress 06/21/2023 05:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The special counsel who investigated the FBI���s probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump���s 2016 campaign found himself at the center of a heated political fight as he appeared before a congressional committee Wednesday, with Democrats denouncing his inquiry and Republican Biden's 3 Federal Reserve nominees appear likely to win Senate approval 06/21/2023 05:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden's three nominees for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors pledged to fight inflation during a confirmation hearing Wednesday that drew only modest pushback from Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee. Last month, Biden nominated Adriana Kugler Homicide detective weeps in trial of deputy who failed to confront Parkland high school shooter 06/21/2023 05:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The veteran Florida detective who led the investigation into the 2018 Parkland high school massacre wept on the witness stand Wednesday, saying the school's assigned deputy could have prevented the deaths of some of the 17 people murdered if he had charged into a build