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Champions League final: Man City could begin new era of European dominance 06/10/2023 10:13am • ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — If, as many expect, Manchester City wins the Champions League title on Saturday, it will be mission complete for the Abu Dhabi-backed club. European soccer finally conquered. The last barrier to the game's traditional elite broken. To City, the Champions League trophy repr Boris Johnson's career spanned dizzying heights and tumultuous lows 06/10/2023 09:06am • LONDON (AP) — He was the mayor who reveled in the glory of hosting the 2012 London Olympics, and the man who led the Conservatives to a whopping election victory on the back of his mission to “get Brexit done.” But Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister was marred by his handling of the coro Rains unleashed by typhoon worry thousands of people fleeing restive Philippine volcano 06/10/2023 05:23am • BONGA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people who fled their homes in the central Philippines to escape a restive volcano have to contend with another threat that's complicating the ongoing evacuations: monsoon rains that could be unleashed by an approaching typhoon. More than 6,000 villagers hav Cracked floors, bowed walls: Many warnings but no action at Iowa building before deadly collapse 06/10/2023 01:20am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116-year-old Davenport apartment building. The structural engineer who documented the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who wouldn’t let his workers onto the site. The city inspector who threatened to close some 4 Indigenous children lost in jungle for 40 days after plane crash are found alive in Colombia 06/09/2023 11:29pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Four Indigenous children who disappeared 40 days ago after surviving a small plane crash in the Amazon jungle were found alive Friday, Colombian authorities announced, ending an intense search that gripped the nation. The children were alone when searchers found them and ar UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse' humanitarian situation after the dam rupture 06/09/2023 09:38pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “hugely worse” than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the U.N.'s top aid official warned Friday. Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said an “extraordinary” 700,000 people are in need of drinking water and warned that the Homeland Security names Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency 06/09/2023 09:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday named U.S. Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency, replacing retiring chief Raul Ortiz at a time of intense political scrutiny over the administration's immigration policies. In a statement announcing Owens' promotion, Homeland Sec Illinois adopts new LGBTQ+ protections for community deemed 'under attack' in the US 06/09/2023 06:47pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law two measures aimed at safeguarding the rights of LGBTQ+ people as other states move to restrict the community, just days after the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ Americans. One of the new laws will Trump indicted: What to know about the documents case and what's next 06/09/2023 05:46pm • Donald Trump's indictment on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate represents the most serious legal jeopardy so far for Trump, coming less than three months after he was charged in New York with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Here's a look at the char Families scramble for food and dry places to sleep after a dam collapses in Russian-occupied Ukraine 06/09/2023 05:29pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Alyona Shkrygalova’s family kept a rubber boat for their daily needs along the broad Dnieper River. The boat was nothing special until Tuesday, when the Kakhovka dam ruptured and sent a flood from Ukraine’s largest reservoir into cities, towns and countryside downstream in Police ID bystander killed in dispute that ended in gunfire outside DC deli 06/09/2023 05:07pm • A bystander was shot and killed after an argument escalated into gunfire outside a Northwest D.C. deli on Thursday afternoon. Gunfire rang out in the 1900 block of 7th Street NW around 1:15 p.m. Thursday. D.C. police officers who were nearby heard the shots, and arrived to find 62-year-old Lasant Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament 06/09/2023 04:44pm • LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament. He departed with a ferocious tirade at his political opponents — and at his successor, Rishi Sunak — that could blast ope What you need to know about getting around DC during Capital Pride this weekend 06/09/2023 04:41pm • Over 600,000 people are expected to descend on D.C. this weekend to celebrate Capital Pride, which could lead to an increase in traffic and Metro ridership. Here's what you need to know about the events and some tips for getting around. Events The Capital Pride Parade will take place Saturday, Putin asserts Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun, while drones strike within Russia 06/09/2023 03:32pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted Friday that Ukrainian troops have started a long-expected counteroffensive and were suffering “significant” losses. His comments came just hours after a string of drone strikes inside Russian territory. It was Putin's latest effort Trump faces unprecedented legal peril, but will it hurt his standing with Republican voters? 06/09/2023 03:23pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In March, when Donald Trump became the first former president in U.S. history indicted on criminal charges, his reelection campaign saw a huge surge in donations. Even political rivals rushed to support him. There was no dent in his front-runner status after the state charg