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Soccer or football, the world's most popular sport has its own day for fans to celebrate — May 25 05/08/2024 12:38am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soccer fans around the world will now have a day to celebrate the world's most popular sport every year – May 25. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming May 25 as World Football Day. The sport is called football outside of the United St Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs 05/08/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he’s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly. The initiatives were once pa Italy's president says Russia's invasion of Ukraine can't be solved by rewarding Moscow's aggression 05/07/2024 11:57pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Italy’s president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding its aggression and peace can only come when Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored. Sergio Mattarella said Italy, which now Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there? 05/07/2024 11:21pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza's southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear 05/07/2024 11:02pm • CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge Captado en video: camión de volteo se estrella contra puente de la I-66 05/07/2024 10:31pm • La parte trasera de un camión de volteo impactó el lunes contra un puente de la Interestatal 66 en Virginia, en un incidente captado en video que no dejó heridos. La plataforma de aluminio de la parte trasera del camión se partió y cayó en los carriles tras chocar contra una viga de acero d From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere 05/07/2024 10:14pm • In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high as 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heat wave has closed schools in the Philippine On the field at least, the Nationals and Orioles have had a pretty friendly rivalry 05/07/2024 10:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Martinez was asked about the rivalry between the Nationals and Orioles — specifically, whether it's actually become much of one — and his answer was blunt. “Honestly, no,” Washington's manager said. “It really hasn't.” That might come as news to quite a few fans Police investigating shooting outside Drake's mansion that left security guard wounded 05/07/2024 09:29pm • TORONTO (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake's mansion in Toronto that left a security guard seriously wounded. Authorities did not confirm whether Drake was at home at the time of the shooting, but said his team is cooperating. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Tuesda USA Badminton leader's 5-year ban upheld for interfering in reporting of sex-abuse case 05/07/2024 09:25pm • DENVER (AP) — An arbitrator upheld the five-year suspension of USA Badminton's CEO for interfering in the reporting of misconduct in a long-running case about a coach accused of sexually abusing a teenager nearly a decade before the episode was reported. The Associated Press obtained a letter sent Vietnam celebrates 70 years since Dien Bien Phu battle that ended French colonial rule 05/07/2024 09:21pm • DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the end of the French occupation of Indochina. At Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese troops led by General Vo Nguyen G Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary 05/07/2024 09:18pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-term U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz won a contentious Republican primary to defend her seat just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She defeated eight rival Republicans to s Arévalo y Porras elevan el tono del conflicto; Corte de Constitucionalidad otorga amparo a la fiscal general 05/07/2024 09:05pm • (CNN Español) -- El presidente de Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, afirmó que la fiscal general del país, Consuelo Porras, debe ser sometida a rendición de cuentas “seria y exhaustiva” y que es un obstáculo para la democracia, de acuerdo con una publicación en su cuenta de X.Arévalo respondi The San Jose Sharks win the NHL draft lottery with expectation to select Macklin Celebrini No. 1 05/07/2024 09:01pm • Mike Grier was so elated over winning the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks general manager dispensed with tradition by coming out and stating exactly who he expects to select with the No. 1 pick: Boston University center Macklin Celebrini. Where past GMs in Grier’s position New York judge blocks amendment barring discrimination on gender identity and pregnancy outcomes 05/07/2024 08:46pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” cannot appear on the state ballot in November because legislators made a procedural error during an initial round of approval, a judge ruled Tues