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Today in History: June 1, the Beatles release 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band' 06/01/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2024. There are 213 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” for years considered by many to be the greatest rock ‘n’ roll album of a Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships 05/31/2024 11:09pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It's not the skills, otherworldly though they may be, that Simone Biles has displayed so regularly for so long that stand out so much anymore, at least not to the ones who know her best. The question with the gymnastics superstar — the only question really with a third t 15 years on, the Tamil survivors of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war live in fear — and disempowerment 05/31/2024 11:01pm • MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — At the site of a bloody battlefield that marked the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, Singaram Soosaimuthu fishes every day with his son, casting nets and reeling them in. It is a skill he has known for much of his life — and one that he had to relearn after a devastat Orioles lose pitchers John Means and Tyler Wells for the season; both need elbow surgery 05/31/2024 10:51pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — John Means and Tyler Wells will miss the rest of the season because of elbow problems that require surgery, a blow to Baltimore's pitching depth as the Orioles try to defend their AL East title. General manager Mike Elias announced the status of Means and Wells before Friday night UN votes to end Iraq political mission established after 2003 US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein 05/31/2024 10:03pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq established in 2003 following the United States-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, and to help res UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students 05/31/2024 09:36pm • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer representing some of the victims and their families said Friday. But some of the families are calling f US and allies clash with China and Russia over North Korea's launches and threats to use nukes 05/31/2024 09:19pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and allies South Korea and Japan clashed with China and Russia Friday over North Korea’s latest satellite and ballistic missile launches and threats to use nuclear weapons that have escalated tensions in northeast Asia. The scene was an emergency open meet Meechai has a big start and leads Women's Open. Nelly Korda won't be around to see how it ends 05/31/2024 09:10pm • LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a U.S. Women's Open filled with them. She started Friday with four straight birdies and matched the low score of the week with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won't include Nelly Korda. Meechai is a Maryland hopes to recruit young dentists to workforce shortage areas 05/31/2024 09:07pm • Maryland has about 70 dentists per 100,000 residents, according data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that they are equally distributed across the state. State health officials and dental health advocates say that Baltimore and parts of the Ea British ambassador to Mexico apparently no longer in post after pointing rifle at staff 05/31/2024 08:23pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The British foreign ministry has apparently removed its ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, following controversy generated by a video in which he jokes while pointing a high-powered rifle at staff inside a vehicle. The United Kingdom's government website on Friday described th Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump's guilty verdict 05/31/2024 08:16pm • CHICAGO (AP) — After Donald Trump's historic guilty verdict, a steady flow of images showing upside-down American flags has appeared on social media as his supporters and right-wing commentators protest his felony conviction. At least one such flag was spotted Friday outside Trump Tower in New Yor Pistons part ways with Troy Weaver, hire Trajan Langdon as president of basketball operations 05/31/2024 08:00pm • DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have parted ways with general manager Troy Weaver and hired Trajan Langdon on Friday as president of basketball operations. Detroit has had the NBA's worst record the past two seasons and won just 23% of its games over four years with Weaver in charge of basketba Ya tiene nueva fecha la esperada pelea entre Mike Tyson y Jake Paul 05/31/2024 07:33pm • DALLAS – La pelea entre Mike Tyson y Jake Paul fue pospuesta luego que Tyson, de 57 años, presentara malestares a bordo de un vuelo el fin de semana pasado y ahora tiene nueva fecha. Ahora, el combate será el 15 de noviembre en el mismo lugar, el AT&T Stadium, sede de los Dallas Cowbo Estos son todos los presidentes que ha tenido México en su historia 05/31/2024 07:28pm • (CNN) -- Claudia Sheinbaum será la primera presidenta de México. El pasado 2 de junio, los electores mexicanos le dieron el triunfo a la candidata oficialista (Morena-PT-PVEM) con un 59,3% de los votos, según los resultados preliminares.Rumbo al día de la toma de posesión, te contamos quiénes Big 12 will distribute record $470 million, though 10 full-share members getting little less 05/31/2024 07:21pm • IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 schools will share in a record $470 million of revenue distribution, the conference announced Friday when wrapping up its first spring meetings as a 14-team league and before growing by two more teams. While the 10 full-share members will get smaller amounts than they