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Former federal official Johnson and ex-Trump aide Jack win Georgia GOP nominations for US House 06/18/2024 10:45pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans settled two congressional nominations in Tuesday runoffs, with a former federal official defeating a man who was convicted for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and an ex-aide to Donald Trump winning in a race for an open seat in an El regreso de los astronautas se retrasa nuevamente mientras Boeing y la NASA intentan aprender más sobre los problemas con las naves espaciales 06/18/2024 10:38pm • (CNN) -- Dos astronautas veteranos extenderán su estadía en la Estación Espacial Internacional mientras los equipos en tierra trabajan para comprender mejor los problemas con la nave espacial construida por Boeing que los llevó a la órbita.Funcionarios de Boeing y la NASA dijeron este martes qu Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93 06/18/2024 10:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night he had died ea Sudan accuses UAE of fueling war with weapons to paramilitary rivals. UAE calls claim `ludicrous' 06/18/2024 10:19pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday of fueling the 14-month war in the African country by providing weapons to a rival paramilitary force. The UAE dismissed the allegation as “ludicrous,” calling “a shameful abuse by one of the warring pa Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden 06/18/2024 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his recent aggressive crackdown on the southern border that enraged advocates and many Demo Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he's indicted for royal defamation 06/18/2024 09:37pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted and arraigned Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. He was granted bail. Thaksin is the unofficial power behind the party leading the governme Alaska did not provide accessible voting for those with disabilities, US Justice Department alleges 06/18/2024 09:35pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing accessible machines for in-person voting, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. The state was also faulted for selecting inaccessible polling places and operating a state elections More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill 06/18/2024 09:33pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament. Civil society groups said that demonstrations and a planned sit-down outside parliament building McDonald's is ending its test run of AI-powered drive-thrus with IBM 06/18/2024 09:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ever get your McDonald's order mixed up at an AI-powered drive-thru? The experiment behind the fast food giant's current automated order taker will soon be coming to a close. McDonald's confirmed Monday that it decided to end a global partnership with IBM, which has been testing th 'We need to do everything and anything that we can': Bill proposed in Montgomery Co. would give kids $1,800 at birth 06/18/2024 09:15pm • A so-called "baby bonds" bill is being considered in Montgomery County, in which $1,800 would be invested for every child born in the Maryland county. The Child Investment Fund would be overseen by an 13-member committee, and the funds would be available for applicants once they reach age 18. Singer Justin Timberlake charged with driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons 06/18/2024 08:59pm • SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — Pop star Justin Timberlake was charged early Tuesday with drunken driving in a village in New York's Hamptons, after police said he ran a stop sign and veered out of his lane in the posh seaside summer retreat. The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor was driving a 20 Luxury sales are flattening amid a self-inflicted creativity crisis and price hikes, study finds 06/18/2024 08:42pm • MILAN (AP) — The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is set to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes as brands shift focus to the biggest spending customers, a new study by the Bain consultancy said Tuesday. Bain is forecasting flat worldwid New York's 'equal rights' constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court 06/18/2024 08:16pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. The court decision clears the way for a statewide referendum this Confident Americans open the Super Eight playoffs against South Africa at cricket's T20 World Cup 06/18/2024 07:51pm • NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP) — The United States opens the Super Eight playoffs against South Africa at cricket's Twenty20 World Cup on Wednesday with American captain Aaron Jones sounding more confident than ever. A win over 2022 runner-up Pakistan in the group stage, helping to raise the profile of US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes 06/18/2024 07:47pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest — dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while