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Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability 05/31/2024 12:43pm • Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 young people. And they hope their discovery leads to a new diagnosis that can provide answers to families. Those with the condition have a constellation of i Empieza la temporada de huracanes: todo lo que necesitas saber 05/31/2024 12:40pm • Según el pronóstico de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) se esperan entre 17 a 25 tormentas con nombres, entre 8 a 13 huracanes, de los cuales 4 a 7 pudieran ser de gran intensidad (categoría 3 a 5). En esta guía encontrarà UK's first Black female lawmaker 'free' to stand for Labour at election after row over her future 05/31/2024 12:20pm • LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer said Friday following a fractious few days over her political future. Starmer told reporters while on a campaign trip to Scotland tha Makhachev doesn't want to retire Poirier at UFC 302, just beat him in the lightweight title clash 05/31/2024 12:17pm • JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Islam Makhachev understood the reasons why Dustin Poirier would consider retirement after their lightweight title clash in the main event of UFC 302. The 35-year-old Poirier has cited family, blossoming business interests, and just a general weariness of the grind that it Lo que la campaña de Biden cree que significa el veredicto de Trump 05/31/2024 12:14pm • Washington (CNN) -- Mucho antes de que el jurado de Manhattan terminara de deliberar el jueves, la mayoría de los asesores del presidente Joe Biden concluyeron que un veredicto de culpabilidad no alteraría drásticamente su estrategia electoral para 2024.Pero ha avivado algunas esperanzas entre lo Editorial Roundup: United States 05/31/2024 12:11pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 29 The Washington Post on America’s economic mood remains glum. This is despite great news: Growth is strong; the stock market just hit record levels; unemployment is low; and inflation has significantly cooled in the past year. DC bakery famous for panda pops delighted as beloved bears return to National Zoo 05/31/2024 11:14am • Across the street from the main entrance of the Smithsonian's National Zoo, sits a kosher bakery: "Baked by Yael." The Cleveland Park staple has fed hungry tourists sweet treats for more than 10 years. The owner, Yael Krigman, serves a selection of nut-free and gluten-free treats that are a favo AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Montana presidential and state primaries 05/31/2024 10:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday’s primaries. The center of the political storm in Montana is the U.S. Senate race, in which Democrat Jon Tester is running for reelection A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday 05/31/2024 10:50am • PATNA, India (AP) — A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. The weeklong heat wave has forced scho Así han evolucionado la economía y los salarios de México con AMLO 05/31/2024 10:20am • (CNN Español) -- El desempeño de la economía en México durante los cinco años que lleva el gobierno del presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador ha sido de claroscuros: el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) cayó 8,5% en 2020, en medio de la pandemia de covid-19, pero de allí ha comenzado Imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder pleads not guilty to new charges 05/31/2024 10:16am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Imprisoned former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder pleaded not guilty Friday to 10 additional felony counts brought against him by the state. Attorneys for Householder, 64, entered the plea in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court during an arraignment streamed from Elkton Feder South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50% 05/31/2024 10:16am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time and a series of complex negotiations to achieve that, as partial election results Friday put the ruling African National Congress well short of a majority. With more than 65% of 1 man killed after police shooting in Silver Spring, was allegedly assaulting mother 05/31/2024 10:14am • An hourslong barricade in Silver Spring, Maryland, ended with a man killed by Montgomery County police officers early Thursday morning. The situation began at around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday evening after police received a call by a family member about a person in distress inside an apartment located AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the South Dakota presidential and state primaries 05/31/2024 10:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Republicans’ tug-of-war over their party identity continues in Tuesday’s election, with district-level primaries the main event. South Dakota may be best known for Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s no-apologies approach to politics, earning her the favor of former Maryland's gas tax to decrease slightly in July 05/31/2024 10:02am • Maryland motorists will see a small break in the state’s gas tax starting July 1, when the tax at the pump will drop by nine-tenths of a penny to 46.10 cents per gallon. It’s the third decrease in the gas tax since since the General Assembly passed a law in 2013 linking the rate to annual inf