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Oakland Ballers make request to purchase old Coliseum bleacher seats used by NFL's Raiders 05/15/2024 06:02am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The new Oakland Ballers independent baseball team is hoping to incorporate a bit of Oakland sports history in its renovated ballpark as the club prepares for its opener next month. An expansion team in the independent Pioneer League, the “B's” are inquiring about purchas Labor laws largely exclude nannies. Some are banding together to protect themselves 05/15/2024 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — Map all doors in the home and figure out how to escape. Make a list of items in each room that you can use to defend yourself. Shelves, dishes, night stands, kitchen knives -- all can be weapons if you are attacked. These are among the strategies Judith Bautista Hidalgo teaches he The WNBA's challenge: How to translate the Caitlin Clark hype into sustained growth for the league 05/15/2024 05:59am • The stars seemingly have aligned for the WNBA with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the ranks of A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others. The league is getting unparalleled attention. Now the challenge for the WNBA after opening its 28th season Tuesday night is translating the hy Sip beer and cheer for local artists in BrewWorks art battle in Lorton 05/15/2024 04:16am • How would you like to sip local craft beer while cheering on artists battling on competing easels? Head to BrewWorks at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, Virginia, this Saturday from 12 to 5 p.m. "BrewWorks is a long-running event for the Workhouse and it brings all kinds of people out YouTube bloquea el himno de protesta de Hong Kong tras orden judicial 05/15/2024 03:04am • (CNN) -- YouTube bloqueó el acceso a una popular canción de protesta en Hong Kong, una semana después de que un tribunal de la ciudad accediera a una solicitud del gobierno para prohibir el himno.En un comunicado de este miércoles, YouTube dijo que 32 enlaces web que reproducen “Gloria a Hong South Africa braces for what may be a milestone election. Here is a guide to the main players 05/15/2024 01:05am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time. Once admired under the leadership of Nelson Today in History: May 15, new state of Israel attacked by 5 nations 05/15/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2024. There are 230 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 15, 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. On this date: In Maryland Senate primary: Alsobrooks defeats Trone in race for Democratic nomination; Hogan wins GOP nod 05/14/2024 11:55pm • Visit WTOP’s Election 2024 page for comprehensive coverage. Listen live to 103.5 FM for WTOP’s team coverage of the Maryland primary.  In a decisive win, Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Rep. David Trone for the Democratic nomination for Maryland's open Senate US Rep. Carol Miller defeats Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans for GOP nomination in West Virginia 05/14/2024 11:31pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congresswoman Carol Miller has held off a challenge from convicted Jan. 6 riot participant Derrick Evans to win the Republican primary for her U.S. House seat in West Virginia. Miller defeated Evans in the 1st Congressional District and will try to capture her fourth term ICC prosecutor faces demand for action against Israeli leaders and Russian attack over Putin warrant 05/14/2024 11:28pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor faced demands Tuesday for speedy action against Israeli leaders and a blistering Russian attack over the ICC’s arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Karim Khan responded by t Why AP called Maryland's Senate primaries for Alsobrooks and Hogan: Race calls explained 05/14/2024 11:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Democrat Angela Alsobrooks and Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan the winners in their primaries for the U.S. Senate in Maryland on Tuesday. The race is expected to be competitive in November, when Hogan will try to become the first Republican from Brad Knott, backed by Trump, wins Republican runoff for North Carolina congressional district 05/14/2024 10:58pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brad Knott, a candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, overwhelmingly won the Republican primary runoff for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday against a rival who suspended her campaign two weeks ago in response to the endorsement. The former a EU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes 05/14/2024 10:43pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an important issue. EU government ministers approved 10 legislative parts of The New Pact 11 people die in shootings in small town in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, prosecutors say 05/14/2024 09:25pm • MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor's office said. The office said the shooting occurred in the township of Chicomuselo, an area known as a trafficking route for migrant and drug sm Openings expected Wednesday in Menendez corruption trial 05/14/2024 09:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Opening statements were expected to occur Wednesday in the New York corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez after the jury selection process is completed in the morning, a federal judge said Tuesday. Judge Sidney H. Stein also made rulings that will define what evidence lawyers can p