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As 'Bachelor' race issues linger, Jenn Tran, its 1st Asian American lead, is ready for her moment 07/06/2024 10:57am • Jenn Tran can't stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of “The Bachelor” franchise — not that she wants to. “I think about it every day, all the time. I think if I pushed it aside, that would be such a dishonor to me in who I am because being Asian American, Biden dismisses age questions in interview as he tries to salvage reelection effort 07/06/2024 10:04am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate p A NATO summit and mending EU relations are among first tasks for new UK leader Keir Starmer 07/06/2024 09:58am • LONDON (AP) — New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relati Youngkin administration denies FOIA request from member of own task force 07/06/2024 09:34am • Gov. Glenn Youngkin has called for more transparency as Virginia looks for new ways to handle the growing costs of a program that provides tuition-free college to spouses and children of military veterans killed or disabled as a result of their service. However, Youngkin’s administration isn’ Affordable apartments are out of reach for many low-wage Maryland renters, report finds 07/06/2024 09:05am • Maryland is among the most-challenging states for minimum wage workers to earn enough to be able to afford rent for a two-bedroom apartment, suggesting that affordable housing is “out of reach” for many low-wage renters. That’s the conclusion of the “Out of Reach” report from the Nation Who's who in Britain's new Labour government led by Keir Starmer 07/06/2024 07:17am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed a Cabinet of Labour Party lawmakers and a few outside experts as he tries to tackle priorities including boosting a sluggish economy, building more homes and fixing the creaking state-funded health service. Labour has spent 14 Screen time in summer: Why limiting your child's screen time could be the best thing for their health 07/06/2024 05:48am • In summer, and especially on holiday weekends, kids have more time to spend on screens. But doctors say this can lead to mental and physical problems. "We have a whole generation of kids who are used to screens," said Dr. Asha Patton-Smith, a clinical psychologist with Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atl El legislador reformista Masoud Pezeshkian gana las elecciones presidenciales en Irán 07/06/2024 01:33am • (CNN) -- El candidato reformista Masoud Pezeshkian ganó las elecciones presidenciales de Irán derrotando a su rival de línea dura en una votación crucial en medio de crecientes tensiones tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Lo informó este sábado la autoridad electoral del país.De los 3 House Republicans unite on spending cuts to non-defense programs, but Senate roadblock awaits 07/06/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are off to a quicker, more united start this year when it comes to funding the federal government, passing four of 12 annual appropriations bills before the end of June compared to zero at this time last year when the new majority got off to a rocky start. But Grenada minister tells UN: hurricane-devastated Islands need anything for `a human being to survive' 07/05/2024 11:52pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The minister for the two islands in Grenada that Hurricane Beryl first slammed into with catastrophic winds had a simple message for U.N. and other humanitarian officials who asked what was needed: “Anything that would allow a human being to survive.” Tevin Andrews, who w Republicans turn their focus to Harris as talk of replacing Biden on Democratic ticket intensifies 07/05/2024 11:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — For years it's been a Republican scare tactic. A vote to reelect President Joe Biden, the GOP often charges, is really a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. It's an attack line sometimes tinged with racist and misogynist undertones and often macabre imagery. But after Biden's di Records tumble as dangerous heat wave scorches the US West and beyond, with the worst yet to come 07/05/2024 10:57pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records tumbled across the West as a slow-moving heat wave of potentially historic proportions tightened its grip from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona on Friday, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. The Southeast and Mid-At Paul Skenes dazzles, Pirates tie club record by pounding seven homers in 14-2 demolition of the Mets 07/05/2024 10:33pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes threw seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied a franchise record by smashing seven home runs in a 14-2 demolition of the New York Mets on Friday night. Bryan Reynolds and Rowdy Tellez became the first teammates in major league history to each hit multiple Biden faced a low bar in his first post-debate interview. It's not certain he cleared it 07/05/2024 10:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With the survival of his candidacy in question, Joe Biden sat down with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Friday for one of the most important interviews of the Democratic president's decades-long political career. The 22-minute sit-down came a full eight days after Biden's disastrous Autoridades de México localizan a ocho mujeres colombianas consideradas víctimas de trata de personas en Yucatán 07/05/2024 10:17pm • (CNN Español) -- Autoridades de México localizaron a ocho mujeres de nacionalidad colombiana que, de acuerdo con investigaciones ministeriales, eran víctimas de trata de personas en la ciudad de Mérida, capital del estado de Yucatán, informó la Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) en un c