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Olympic track and field seeing dollar signs with splashy cash infusions into the sport 06/25/2024 02:52pm • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she left to focus on running at the Games, the family understood. When these runners and hurdlers learned they would be rac The Taliban confirm they will attend a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan 06/25/2024 02:41pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday confirmed their delegation will attend an upcoming U.N.-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after the organizers said last week that women would be excluded from the gathering. The meeting on June 30 and July 1 is the third U.N.-sponsored gathering on the A Public funds for religious charter school would be unconstitutional, Oklahoma high court says 06/25/2024 02:33pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state's GOP governor who have welcomed religious groups into public education. The high court determined the S A big boost for a climate solution: electricity made from the heat of the Earth 06/25/2024 02:03pm • One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and on Tuesday it hit a milestone. A California utility is backing the largest new geothermal power development in the U.S. — 400 megawatts of clean electricity from the Earth’s heat — enough for som The Panthers took a long road to the title. The Stanley Cup proves the path was the right one 06/25/2024 02:01pm • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk decided to go for a little swim as his offseason was beginning on Tuesday morning. The Florida Panthers forward took a few steps off the sand and into the water of Fort Lauderdale Beach, then dove in while hanging onto his new best friend. The Canada's Liberals suffer major upset in Toronto special election, raising doubts about Trudeau 06/25/2024 01:44pm • TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party has suffered a major upset in a special election for a Toronto district it has held for three decades, raising doubts about Trudeau’s leadership ahead of next year’s general election. Elections Canada reported Tuesday that ANÁLISIS | Por qué la juventud europea se inclina por la ultraderecha 06/25/2024 01:05pm • (CNN) --  Los encuestadores se sorprendieron por el estallido del populismo en 2016, pero muchos piensan ahora que no deberían haberse sorprendido. En Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido, franjas de votantes de regiones desfavorecidas, lugares "dejados atrás" por la globalización, tuvieron la oportu Lawmakers in a New York county pass transgender athlete ban after earlier ban is thrown out in court 06/25/2024 12:45pm • MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A county legislature outside New York City has voted to bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls' and women's teams at county-owned facilities after a bid to restrict trans athletes by executive order was thrown out in court. The Republican-controlled Nassau Count US-Audiobooks-Top-10 06/25/2024 12:44pm • Nonfiction 1. On Call by Anthony Fauci, M.D., narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 4. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narra Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu's government 06/25/2024 12:42pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war i UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone 06/25/2024 11:43am • BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations’ food agency on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses over the weekend in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. A statement released by the World Food Program said the destroyed building i La presidenta Dina Boluarte inicia visita oficial a China 06/25/2024 11:33am • (CNN Español) -- La presidenta de Perú llegó este martes a Shenzhen, donde fue recibida por una comitiva de autoridades encabezada por el embajador chino en Perú, Song Yang, el vicealcalde de Shenzhen, Luo Huanghao, y el director general del Departamento de América Latina del Ministerio de Rela Small Business Administration offers $30 million in grant funding to Women's Business Centers 06/25/2024 11:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration will offer $30 million in grant funding for Women's Business Centers for a variety of projects, including funding to open a center in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Eligible organizations that are selected will be awarded up to $150,000 to open and opera Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran's next president 06/25/2024 11:04am • Six candidates have been approved by Iran's theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May. Among them, Iran’s parliament speaker stands out as the most recognizable figure. A litt Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan 06/25/2024 11:04am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. The judges’ rulings prevent the U.S. Department of Edu