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Maryland hikes vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes 07/01/2024 11:14am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes rose Monday to help pay for transportation projects and education. State lawmakers approved the vehicle registration hikes this year to help boost the state's Transportation Trust Fund. Lawmakers also approved new weight The UK will hold its first election in almost 5 years. Here's what to know 07/01/2024 11:04am • LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. The center-right Conserva The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide 07/01/2024 10:47am • Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones' cries for justice fell on deaf ears. Twelve days passed before any media outlets reported Chin's killing by men who blamed Asian m In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference 07/01/2024 10:13am • HARTLEPOOL, England (AP) — A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. For decades, Labour Party representatives said they would fight for working people, even as well-paid industrial jobs disappeared. Later, Conservatives under Do you speak cycling? Tour de France lingo features fries, potatoes and lanterns 07/01/2024 07:32am • As Tour de France riders continue their three-week odyssey, some are wondering which cyclist will emerge as the race’s new “patron.” And, of course, who will be the “lanterne rouge” when the race reaches its finish in Nice on July 21. Before that, some top contenders will probably “go th US women's soccer is in transition heading into Olympics. Spain hopes to build off World Cup win 07/01/2024 06:00am • The signs that the U.S. national team's dominance was slipping started to emerge back at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States was vying to become the first team to win an Olympic gold medal after winning a Women's World Cup. But the team stumbled along the way. The U.S. lost to nemesis Sweden in th Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government and its claim of a 'failed coup' 07/01/2024 01:14am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Signs reading “I'm buying dollars” line the doors of Víctor Vargas’ shoe shop in the heart of Bolivia’s biggest city, a desperate attempt to keep his family business alive. Just a few years ago, the 45-year-old Vargas would unlock the doors at 8 a.m. to a crush of c Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat 07/01/2024 12:10am • PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole. Cars whooshed by under the blazing 96-degree morning sun as the 59-year-old h The Republicans who want to be Trump's VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences 07/01/2024 12:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country. But Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s shifting position on Donald Trump over the years from onetime critic of the former president The Republicans who want to be Trump's VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences 07/01/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country. But Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s shifting position on Donald Trump over the years from one-time critic of the former preside Zelenskyy appeals to West to relax targeting limits for Ukraine as glide bombs hammer front line 06/30/2024 09:14pm • DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Drone footage from Ukraine’s military released Sunday has shown what appears to be bodies in a civilian area in the embattled eastern town of Toretsk, which has come under heavy Russian bombardment in recent days. The attacks in the war-torn Donetsk region have pr Ever feel exhausted by swiping through dating apps? You might be experiencing burnout 06/30/2024 08:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — While plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app, many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting — leading to a phenomenon known as “dating app burnout.” That was the c What Is a Good Credit Score? 06/30/2024 08:00pm • What is considered a good credit score depends on the type of credit score used. You have multiple credit scores, but the most popular type of score is FICO, followed by VantageScore. Even within each type of score, there are multiple score versions offered to lenders when they want to check your cr 7 Ways to Raise Last-Minute Money for College 06/30/2024 08:00pm • Ways to acquire extra money for collegeMany families are unprepared for the often high cost of attending college. According to a recent College Ave survey conducted by Barnes & Noble College Insights, only 44% of families felt ready to pay for their child's first tuition bill. However, the summe Forest Bathing: How Nature and Being Outdoors Can Improve Your Health 06/30/2024 08:00pm • Naturalist and environmental advocate John Muir spent a lot of time in the great outdoors, hiking and simply being in the open air of the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s. "In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks," he said. It seems Muir was ahead of his time, h