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Spanish soccer federation leaders ask president Rubiales to resign over his kiss of player 08/28/2023 07:06pm • GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women's World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that Jacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city's racist past and the struggle to move on 08/28/2023 05:42pm • By some measures, Jacksonville was making strides to emerge from its racist past. But the killing of three Black people by a young, white shooter was a painful and startling reminder that the remnants of racism still fester in the Florida city. What happened Saturday in Jacksonville, said 79-year-ol Maryland Poison Center: Just a tiny piece of a marijuana edible can send a toddler to the hospital 08/28/2023 05:23pm • As recreational marijuana has become legal in more places over the years, the idea of toddlers getting into stashes of marijuana edibles has become a greater concern for families and medical experts. "Specifically with children, what we've seen is a significant increase in the number of exposures Need to know about lifesaving CPR? A new study says it's probably wise not to ask Alexa or Siri 08/28/2023 05:15pm • Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that. Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform CPR, according to a study published Monday. Researchers asked voice assistants eight questions that a bystander might pose in a cardiac arrest A rescue helicopter crashed into a Florida apartment complex, killing fire captain and a resident 08/28/2023 04:42pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A medical rescue helicopter caught fire and broke apart shortly after takeoff Monday before crashing into an apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale, killing a paramedic captain on board and a resident on the ground, authorities said. Two others on board and two other Odicci Alexander wins Athletes Unlimited softball championship 08/28/2023 04:15pm • Odicci Alexander’s Cinderella story just keeps getting better. Two years after she took the nation by storm and led upstart James Madison to the Women’s College World Series semifinals, she has won the Athletes Unlimited softball championship. Alexander led the 60-player field with 1,994 points Libya’s foreign minister suspended, flees country after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat 08/28/2023 03:13pm • CAIRO (AP) — Libya's foreign minister on Monday was suspended and fled the country, a day after Israel revealed that its chief diplomat met with her last week — news that prompted scattered street protests in the chaos-stricken North African nation. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who heads Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/28/2023 01:11pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Greece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country's northeast 08/28/2023 01:03pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities reinforced firefighting forces in the northeastern part of the country Monday, where a massive deadly wildfire was burning for a 10th day with no signs of abating. The fire in the Alexandroupolis and Evros areas near the Turkish border has been blamed for 20 Biden is widely seen as too old for office, an AP-NORC poll finds. Trump has problems of his own 08/28/2023 12:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is too old to be an effective president in a second term. Only a few years his junior, Donald Trump raises strikingly less concern about his age. But they have plenty of other problems with Trump, who at To stop wildfires, residents in some Greek suburbs put their own money toward early warning drones 08/28/2023 11:47am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The nightmare repeats itself every year: A towering wall of flames devours forests, farmland and homes, forcing animals and people to flee for their lives. With their hot, dry summers, Greece and its southern European neighbors experience hundreds of devastating wildfires ea As Idalia nears, Florida officals warn of 'potentially widespread' gas contamination: What to know 08/28/2023 11:15am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials are warning drivers of potential fuel contamination at dozens of gas stations on the Gulf Coast as residents brace for the landfall later this week of Tropical Storm Idalia. On Monday, Idalia was near the coast of Cuba and on a potential track to come ashore as Thousands of DC-area students return back to school for new year 08/28/2023 11:00am • Virginia's Arlington County, the District and nearby Montgomery, Prince George's, Anne Arundel and Charles County, Maryland, students are packing their bags and settling into a new school year brimming with changes. Just one week after thousands of D.C.-area students returned to Northern Virginia Biden is 'old,' Trump is 'corrupt': AP-NORC poll has ominous signs for both in possible 2024 rematch 08/28/2023 10:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is “old” and “confused,” and former President Donald Trump is “corrupt” and “dishonest.” Those are among the top terms Americans use when they’re asked to describe the Democrat in the White House and the Republican best positioned to face him German rail workers vote against open-ended strikes, accepting a pay offer and inflation bonus 08/28/2023 10:14am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's rail workers will not go on open-ended strikes after less than 50% of union members voted in favor, German news agency dpa reported Monday. A vote of 75% in favor would have been necessary for all-out strike action. The ballot was preceded by months of staged hours-long or