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Naomi Osaka's agency signs 15-year-old Australian tennis player Cooper Kose 06/30/2024 12:43pm • WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Cooper Kose is an Australian tennis player who just turned 15 two weeks ago, has braces on his teeth and plenty of big plans in his head. He was a hitting partner for Coco Gauff and others at the Australian Open and signed on the eve of Wimbledon with the agency co-founde Pistons and coach J.B. Bickerstaff agree on 4-year contract with team option for 5th, AP source says 06/30/2024 12:32pm • DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have agreed to a four-year contract with coach J.B. Bickerstaff with a team option for a fifth season, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke the AP on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been a McClellan, Spanberger work to repeal parts of 19th century law that could ban abortion nationally 06/30/2024 11:50am • Democrats are finally talking about the Comstock Act — and they are finally trying to repeal it. The act is a dormant 19th century federal law that’s still technically on the books and could be used to implement a national abortion ban. Named for activist Anthony Comstock who pushed for it, t Nine years after Obergefell, number of same-sex marriages has jumped in Maryland 06/30/2024 11:17am • Same-sex couples could already get married in Maryland before the U.S. Supreme Court extended the right nationwide nine years ago, but the numbers have risen sharply since the ruling was handed down in Obergefell v. Hodges. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there were about 4,400 same-sex mar German police believe man who climbed arena roof during Euro 2024 game was a would-be photographer 06/30/2024 11:10am • DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — German police said Sunday they believe a man who scaled the roof of the stadium as Germany played Denmark at Euro 2024 was a would-be photographer and they have no evidence he intended to hurt anyone. Video shown by public broadcaster WDR appeared to show the man being det ‘What’s going to happen for us?’ These gay military veterans wonder what Biden’s new pardon means for them 06/30/2024 04:01am • (CNN) — The predawn silence was shattered by heavy banging on the doors of the US Army barracks in West Germany that morning in May 1988. Mona McGuire and Karla Lehmann were handcuffed, pulled from their barracks, interrogated for hours and eventually kicked out of the Army for admitting to cha UK's landmark postwar elections: When Thatcher became the first female prime minister in 1979 06/30/2024 03:13am • 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 Virat Kohli ends T20 career on a high as India wins World Cup 06/30/2024 12:52am • BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP) — Right up to the Twenty20 World Cup final, there were question marks about whether India should persist with playing Virat Kohli. One of the greatest cricketers India has ever produced just wasn't scoring. He'd tallied 75 runs in seven games, including two ducks. India w Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it 06/30/2024 12:37am • Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales. But new laws will do the exact opposite in Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wyoming by banning the u Video shows NY officer fatally shooting 13-year-old on ground. Police say he pointed a replica gun 06/30/2024 12:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — Video released late Saturday shows an officer in upstate New York fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who had been tackled to the ground after he ran from police and pointed a replica handgun at them. The teen was killed a little after 10 p.m. Friday in Utica after officers in the c The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga 06/29/2024 09:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — About a year and a half ago, a lawyer for Julian Assange presented federal prosecutors in Virginia with a longshot request: Dismiss the case against the WikiLeaks founder. It was a bold ask given that Assange had published hundreds of thousands of secret documents and was arguab Maryland cannabis tax collections grew slightly, while some regions saw large variances 06/29/2024 09:20pm • Cannabis taxes paid to the state for the first three months of 2024 grew by less than 1% even as collections fluctuated sharply on a regional basis. Maryland collected nearly $14.7 million in taxes on sales of recreational cannabis in the first quarter of this year, an increase of less than 0.7% LeBron James intends to sign a new deal with the Lakers, AP source says 06/29/2024 09:06pm • LeBron James is going to move toward a new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Paul George and Klay Thompson may simply be on the move to new teams. And the NBA's free agency period, which officially starts Sunday, suddenly has some intrigue. James did not exercise his option to accept what For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat 06/29/2024 09:05pm • JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fume So long to the NHL's centralized draft, with the league planning to do it remotely next year 06/29/2024 08:35pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — So long, Sphere. And say goodbye to the NHL’s centralized draft — for now, at least. The league is planning to shift from its current setup, in which team executives and scouts are all gathered on the floor of a venue to make their selections, to doing so remotely from their h