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UK's landmark postwar elections: When Blair won the first of his 3 elections in 1997 07/01/2024 11:52am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Pres Maryland hikes vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes 07/01/2024 11:14am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes rose Monday to help pay for transportation projects and education. State lawmakers approved the vehicle registration hikes this year to help boost the state's Transportation Trust Fund. Lawmakers also approved new weight The UK will hold its first election in almost 5 years. Here's what to know 07/01/2024 11:04am • LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. The center-right Conserva After 32 years as a progressive voice for LGBTQ Jews, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum heads into retirement 07/01/2024 10:52am • NEW YORK (AP) — For more than three decades, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has led the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue through the myriad ups and downs of the modern gay-rights movement — through the AIDS crisis, the murder of Matthew Shepard, the historic civil-rights advances that included marria The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide 07/01/2024 10:47am • Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones' cries for justice fell on deaf ears. Twelve days passed before any media outlets reported Chin's killing by men who blamed Asian m Pronóstico de huracanes para 2024 en EE.UU. y México: ¿cuántos se esperan? 07/01/2024 10:35am • (CNN) --  La temporada de huracanes del Atlántico de 2024 ya comenzó. Esto es lo que debes saber.¿Cuántos huracanes habrá en el Atlántico?El Centro de Predicción del Clima de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) pronostica un 85% de probabili Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13 07/01/2024 10:04am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 7-13: July 7: Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 97. Drummer Ringo Starr is 84. Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 81. Actor Joe Spano is 78. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 77. Country singer Linda Williams of ¿Quién es Nicolás Maduro? Así han sido la vida y carrera del presidente de Venezuela 07/01/2024 10:00am • (CNN) -- El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro ganó la elección presidencial por menos de dos puntos porcentuales sobre Henrique Capriles el 14 de abril de 2013, dando inicio a una nueva era en la vida del país latinoamericano tras el fallecimiento de Hugo Chávez.Aquí, un repa Magic Johnson admires how Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese deal with the hype while uplifting the WNBA 07/01/2024 09:59am • Magic Johnson admires how Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are handling the glaring spotlight of expectations and living up to the moments with record-setting performances while uplifting a league. Johnson knows firsthand what that's like; he and Larry Bird did it 45 years ago. “Those two, especially Documenting the history of American Express as an in-house historian 07/01/2024 09:50am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ira Galtman is part of a small community of corporate archivists. They are historians, cataloguers and documentarians for large companies. They keep track of how companies change their products over time, while also looking for ways for the company to harken back to its history. Fo McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles 07/01/2024 08:57am • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — For the better part of two years, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone all but disappeared from the 400-meter hurdles course. Turns out, she wasn't hiding or looking for something else to do. Just getting better at what she does best. The 24-year-old Olympic champion lowered the world r Simone Biles headlines a U.S. women's gymnastics team eyeing redemption at the Paris Olympics 07/01/2024 08:51am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They all had a reason to come back. Every single one of them. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two weeks in Japan three years ago, when the gymnastics superstar prioritized her mental health and safety over glory, a decision that inspired some and maddened others. Suni LGBTQ+ Pride Month culminates with parades in NYC, San Francisco and beyond 07/01/2024 07:52am • NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its exuberant grand finale on Sunday, bringing rainbow-laden revelers to the streets for marquee parades in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere across the globe. The wide-ranging festivities functioned as both jubilant pa Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate 07/01/2024 07:42am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. In return, they lost their jobs. Voters removed Sens. Sandy Senn, Penry Gustafson and Katrina Shealy from office during spa Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch 07/01/2024 07:28am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia appointed Sam Mostyn on Monday as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch who is the nation’s head of state. It is the first such Australian appointment since the reign of King Charles III began in 2