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What we learned from local votes ahead of looming UK general election 05/05/2024 05:42am • LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England cast ballots Thursday in an array of local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K. general election that all indicators suggest will see the Labour Party return to power after 14 years in the wilderness. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was barely a Australian police shoot dead a boy, 16, armed with a knife after he stabbed a man in Perth 05/05/2024 02:10am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night. The teen attacked Trump dice que los demócratas están "dirigiendo una administración de la Gestapo" en el retiro anual del Comité Nacional Republicano 05/05/2024 01:53am • (CNN) -- El expresidente Donald Trump intensificó sus ataques contra los demócratas este sábado en un almuerzo privado celebrado en su club Mar-a-Lago, durante el cual se refirió a los demócratas como "dirigiendo una administración de la Gestapo", equiparando la administración del presidente Vivir el sueño italiano ahora es más fácil gracias a una nueva visa 05/05/2024 01:44am • (CNN) -- Hacer las maletas y empezar de nuevo en el extranjero es un sueño para muchos, y los nuevos programas de visas e incentivos fiscales lo están haciendo un poco más alcanzable. Portugal, España y Costa Rica son algunos de los países con visas de nómada digital populares, y ahora hay do The American paradox of protest: Celebrated and condemned, welcomed and muzzled 05/05/2024 12:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds echoing across the landscapes of the nation’s colleges and universities during this activist sp Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation 05/04/2024 11:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to U.S. officials familiar with the talks. The officials, who were Heated campaign for Maryland's US Senate seat has some worried about healing party divisions 05/04/2024 10:12pm • A heated Democratic primary contest in Maryland for U.S. Senate is raising concerns about the potential for a fractured party heading into the general elections in November. U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) are locked in a pitch battle atop Virginia attorney general joins efforts to fight back against Title IX changes 05/04/2024 09:59pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a multi-state effort to stop new Title IX rules from going into effect. The list of new rules designed to protect victims of campus sexual assaults and the rights of LGBTQ+ students has come under attack by Republican attorneys general in several Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85 05/04/2024 08:59pm • MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older brother Dick Rutan. But Dick never heard the message. Nine days Electric Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Jared Jones is piling up strikeouts and silencing doubters 05/04/2024 08:47pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones understands the plan. He totally gets that the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing what they can to protect the future — both his and theirs — by being cautious with the precocious 22-year-old's electric right arm. In time, the kid gloves will come off. They have to. Jon Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 05/04/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap Jared Jones dazzles, Jack Suwinski provides walk-off single as Pirates edge Rockies 1-0 05/04/2024 07:19pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jack Suwinski singled home Connor Joe with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Joe led off the ninth against Nick Mears (0-3) with a single and eventually moved to third after walks to Ja Negocian cese al fuego en Gaza mientras Israel amenaza con ofensiva terrestre en Rafah 05/04/2024 06:47pm • TEL AVIV – Una delegación de alto nivel de Hamas llegó a El Cairo el sábado cuando meses de conversaciones intermitentes para un alto el fuego y un acuerdo de liberación de rehenes parecen haber llegado a una etapa crucial, incluso cuando Israel continúa amenazando con una ofensiva terrestre Prince William School Board gives nod of approval to several residential projects 05/04/2024 06:15pm • The Prince William County School Board has approved development impact statements related to rezoning applications for several housing developments across the county. The rezoning applications are for four development projects located across the Brentsville District, Gainesville District and the Po Las Vegas Aces further solidify roster beyond this season by signing All-Star guard Jackie Young 05/04/2024 05:29pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — All-Star guard Jackie Young signed a contract extension through 2025 with the Aces on Saturday, the latest move by two-time defending champion Las Vegas to solidify its roster beyond this season. Point guard Chelsea Gray signed an extension Tuesday that also takes her throug