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Serbia again threatens armed intervention in Kosovo as tension escalates 06/23/2023 03:21pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Friday reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade called the terrorist threat of Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities. In a brief televised address Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/23/2023 01:43pm • 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 Is Twitter ready for Europe's new Big Tech rules? EU official says it has work to do 06/23/2023 01:20pm • Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union's tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company's systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment o Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, roars back with full album, 'Central City,' and a tour 06/23/2023 01:04pm • Big Freedia goes back to her roots on the 16-track “Central City,” the Queen of Bounce's first full-length studio album in nine years. Known for previous collaborations with Lizzo on “Karaoke” and Drake on “Nice for What” and for being sampled by Beyoncé on “Break My Soul,” Big Free Ahead of the BET Awards, a look back at how the work helped hip-hop grow and thrive 06/23/2023 12:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Rap City.” “106 & Park.” “Uncut.” From innovative to provocative, BET has played a crucial role in creating several influential programs that helped spread hip-hop to millions of homes across the globe. Other than its rival “Yo! MTV Raps,” the network known Paris climate summit ends without a deal on global tax on shipping 06/23/2023 11:45am • PARIS (AP) — Participants at a Paris summit stopped short Friday of a deal to create a tax on greenhouse gas emissions produced from international shipping, leaving climate NGOs and activists lamenting the lack of ambitious responses to fight climate change and the world's inequalities brought for After a historic wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, focus now shifts to legal fights 06/23/2023 11:32am • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A judge's ruling that struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors is offering hope to transgender people, families and providers after a historic wave of restrictions on trans people’s lives sailed through Republican statehouses this Indian opposition parties agree to work together to defeat governing party in next elections 06/23/2023 10:43am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaders of 17 Indian opposition parties agreed Friday to set aside their differences and put up a united fight in next year's national election in an attempt to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party a third consecutive term. They said they plan to meet again Driver of suspected stolen car charged with attempted murder after striking police officer in Woodbridge 06/23/2023 10:25am • A Woodbridge, Virginia, man has been charged with attempted murder after striking a Prince William County police officer with a stolen vehicle Thursday night. Valmiki Deo Chandler, 18, was charged Friday with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated malicious wounding, felony hit Worker dead after explosion at North Carolina plant 06/23/2023 10:18am • WADESBORO, N.C. (AP) — One worker is dead after an explosion at a North Carolina plant, according to a county official. Firefighters called to the Darling Ingredients rendering plant in the Wadesboro area around 9 p.m. Thursday found a plume of smoke, Anson County Emergency Services Chief Rodney D Why some doctors stay in US states with restrictive abortion laws and others leave 06/23/2023 07:55am • Dr. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho. One who often comes to mind is Kayla Smith. Smith said she chose to end a desperately wanted pregnancy last year after discovering her fetus had potentially deadly heart defects and other problems. But Idaho banned near A suspected Russian diplomat is occupying a proposed embassy site vetoed by Australia 06/23/2023 07:08am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A suspected Russian diplomat is apparently squatting on the site of Moscow's proposed new embassy in Canberra after the Australian government vetoed the plan on security grounds and passed legislation that Russia will try to overturn in Australia's highest court. Prime Former Gov. Larry Hogan sees DeSantis' campaign as full of missteps 06/23/2023 06:00am • Former Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan takes a dim view of the Republican governor from the Sunshine State and his bid for president.  "I think DeSantis has really underperformed," Hogan told CBS News' Major Garrett on this week's episode of "The Takeout." The interview was recorded a Chased from their homes by gangs, thousands of Haitians languish in shelters with lives in limbo 06/23/2023 05:47am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the neighborhood, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince until they were struck by a truck as they slept. Two brothers, An explosion at a Chinese steel mill kills 4 and injures 5 06/23/2023 03:43am • BEIJING (AP) — An explosion at a steel mill in China's northeast killed four people and left five hospitalized with injuries, the city government said Friday. A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Yingkou, east of Beijing in Liaoning province, the cit