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Ohio Republicans move bill on school bathroom use by transgender students forward in Legislature 06/27/2024 12:37pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers advanced a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity in a late-night state House vote Wednesday just before they left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed bill was sent back to the Senate with the amended provision, wh Thousands of doctors go on strike in England a week before the UK general election 06/27/2024 12:26pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout on Thursday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services just days before the U.K. general election. The five-day strike by junior doctors — those in the ea Starting your first post-graduation job? Here’s how to organize your finances 06/27/2024 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With graduation season over, many college grads are embarking on summer internships or their first full-time jobs. Navigating your finances when you start adult life can be challenging, from understanding your health insurance and benefits to managing a budget. Finding a job is of TOUR 2024: How well do you know the Tour de France? Try the AP's quiz 06/27/2024 11:18am • How well do you know the Tour de France? Try this quiz ahead of cycling's biggest races, which starts on Saturday: ___ 1. From which city does the 2024 Tour de France start? a. London b. Florence, Italy c. Duesseldorf, Germany ___ 2. Where does the race finish? a. Paris b. Nice, France c. Brussels, Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants 06/27/2024 11:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is putting the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollution-fighting “good neighbor” plan on hold while legal challenges continue, the conservative-led court’s latest blow to federal regulations. The justices in a 5-4 vote on Thursday rejected argumen The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a reversal foreshadowed by a prematurely posted opinion 06/27/2024 10:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a reversal foreshadowed by a prematurely posted opinion. Ralf Rangnick's reputation took a hit at Man United. He's changing the story at Euro 2024 06/27/2024 10:21am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo said he'd never heard of him and Manchester United fans have few fond memories of his short-lived spell as manager of the Premier League club. But Ralf Rangnick is rewriting his legacy at Euro 2024 with his Austria team emerging as one of the surprise 14-foot sinkhole causes traffic delays in Arlington 06/27/2024 10:11am • A 14-foot-deep sinkhole is prompting emergency repairs along Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, Thursday morning — and work may not be completed until Sunday. In a post on X, Arlington's Department of Environmental Services said the work is being done between North Randolph Street and Nor Fire tears through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest major fire in Copenhagen 06/27/2024 08:38am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire broke out Thursday on the top floor of a building housing Denmark’s taxation ministry in downtown Copenhagen, leading to the evacuation of the people inside the glass-and-steel construction on the harbor-front and from adjacent houses. There was no word on casua Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 07:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A Mongolia holds an election Friday. Its people see the government as benefiting the wealthy 06/27/2024 06:34am • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A parliamentary election will be held in Mongolia on Friday for the first time since the body was expanded to 126 seats, adding some uncertainty to a system that has been monopolized by two political parties and plagued by corruption. The election in a relatively new d Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations 06/27/2024 05:56am • A wildfire in Oregon’s high desert, near the popular vacation destination of Bend, grew rapidly Wednesday, and officials urged the continued evacuations of hundreds of homes in the area best known for its microbreweries, hiking, river rafting and skiing on nearby Mount Bachelor. The wind-driven Da Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 03:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A What happened to Minnesota's Rapidan Dam? Here's what to know about its flooding and partial failure 06/26/2024 09:50pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The visuals were stunning: Water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southern Minnesota dam, carrying a shipping container with it as it toppled utility poles, wrecked a substation and washed away part of a riverbank. A home on the edge of the eroded slope collapsed into t Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking? 06/26/2024 08:00pm • A little more than half of Americans (51%) are part of the middle class, according to a recent report by the Pew Research Center. But how has this segment changed over time? Between 1971 and 2023, the middle class shrank by 10%, while the upper and lower classes grew by 8% and 3%, respectively. Here