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Texas panel says lawmaker should be expelled for misconduct 05/06/2023 05:41pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas legislative committee recommended Saturday that GOP Rep. Bryan Slaton be expelled for inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old intern. Slaton, from Royse City, could face an expulsion vote by the full House as early as Tuesday. Slaton, 45, has declined to comme Coronation Live | King Charles III crowned king 05/06/2023 03:22pm • LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the coronation of King Charles III: London’s police force says officers made a total of 52 arrests on coronation day, with people being detained for alleged offenses including disrupting public order and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. The Metropolitan Police Chris Strachwitz, founded Arhoolie label, dies age 91 05/06/2023 02:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Strachwitz, a producer, musicologist and one-man preservation society whose Arhoolie Records released thousands of songs by regional performers and comprised an extraordinary American archive that became known and loved worldwide, has died. He was 91. Strachwitz, recipient in With COVID benefits ending, low-income Marylanders worry about food 05/06/2023 01:43pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. With the federal health emergency nearing its end in mid-May, low-income Marylanders are still struggling with food insecurity and the cos Century-old ship that sailed Chesapeake Bay goes up for auction 05/06/2023 01:04pm • The Victory Chimes, a wooden three-masted Chesapeake ram schooner, was built in 1900. (Courtesy Victory Chimes) Do you want to sail a ship that first began cruising the Chesapeake Bay over a century ago? The Victory Chimes, a wooden three-masted Chesapeake ram schooner, is up for auction. “ F1 boss open to discuss return of French GP with Macron 05/06/2023 11:50am • PARIS (AP) — Formula One chief executive Stefano Domenicali said he is open to discussing the potential return of the French Grand Prix with the country's president. Domenicali told L'Equipe newspaper in an interview published Saturday that he would be ready for a sit down with Emmanuel Macron to How Mexico City's mural movement transformed walls into art 05/06/2023 08:45am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Across the main entrance of a former Jesuit college in the heart of Mexico City, a bright-colored mural depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe represents both the Indigenous religiosity and the Christianity that shaped the culture of post-colonial Mexico. The mural was created by Mexic Texas petrochemical plant fire sends 9 workers to hospital 05/05/2023 11:39pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine workers to a hospital and causing a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston. The city of Medicaid expansion for new moms wins approval in Missouri 05/05/2023 08:48pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lower-income new mothers could gain a full year of Medicaid health-care coverage in Missouri under legislation given final approval Friday as part of a national push to improve maternal health. The legislation, which now goes to Gov. Mike Parson, would add Missouri to a Sudan’s warring sides send envoys for talks in Saudi Arabia 05/05/2023 07:05pm • ASWAN, Egypt (AP) — Sudan’s two warring generals sent their envoys on Friday to Saudi Arabia for talks aimed at firming up a shaky cease-fire after three weeks of fierce fighting that has killed hundreds and pushed the African country to the brink of collapse, three Sudanese officials said. The Happ, Steele lead Cubs past Marlins 4-1 to end 3-game slide 05/05/2023 06:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ lined a deep two-run homer, Justin Steele tossed seven solid innings and the Chicago Cubs topped the Miami Marlins 4-1 on Friday to snap a three-game slide. Steele (5-0) allowed one run on six hits, all singles, and walked none to lower his ERA to an NL-leading 1.45. The le Family dog fatally attacks 9-month-old, injures grandmother 05/05/2023 06:07pm • WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A dog has fatally attacked a 9-month-old baby and seriously injured the child's grandmother at an Iowa home, authorities say. Waterloo police Capt. Jason Feaker said that the 49-year-old grandmother was watching the baby at the child's home Thursday morning when the family pe States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students 05/05/2023 04:29pm • Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb this week signed into a law a requirement that schools notify a parent when their student asks to be called a different name or uses pronouns that correspond with their gender, not their sex. It's the latest law to emerge from a focus in Republican-controlled states on res Expelled GOP lawmaker fails to regain Arizona House seat 05/05/2023 03:44pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Republican lawmaker Liz Harris who was previously expelled will not be sent back to the Arizona House of Representatives, Maricopa County officials announced Friday. The county's Board of Supervisors instead selected Republican Julie Willoughby to replace her, despite Republican pre CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition 05/05/2023 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director was