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US miners' union head calls House Republican effort to block silica dust rule an 'attack' on workers 06/28/2024 05:30pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned what he characterized as an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers' exposure to poisonous, deadly rock dust, calling it “a direct attac Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost? 06/28/2024 05:27pm • CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family’s oceanfront view, allegedly felled by wel Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise 06/28/2024 05:13pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters Estas son las conclusiones de la decisión de la Corte Suprema sobre los cargos del 6 de enero. ¿Qué significan para Donald Trump? 06/28/2024 05:11pm • (CNN) -- La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. dictaminó este viernes que el Departamento de Justicia se excedió al acusar por obstrucción a cientos de personas que el 6 de enero de 2021 se amotinaron en el Capitolio, reduciendo una ley que podría haber añadido años a las sentencias de cientos de acusad The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash 06/28/2024 05:08pm • Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Analysts broadly described the race as a three-way contest. There are two hard-liners, former nuclea Environmentalists appeal Michigan regulators' approval of pipeline tunnel project 06/28/2024 04:54pm • Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators' decision to approve encasing part of an aging Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, arguing that they failed to properly consider alternatives that would minimize climate impacts. The Environmental Chevron takeaways: Supreme Court ruling removes frequently used tool from federal regulators 06/28/2024 04:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal rules that impact virtually every aspect of everyday life, from the food we eat and the cars we drive to the air we breathe, could be at risk after a wide-ranging Supreme Court ruling Friday. The court rejected a 40-year-old legal doctrine colloquially known as Chevron, e Lionel Messi to rest for Argentina's final Copa America group match against Peru with leg injury 06/28/2024 04:20pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi will skip Argentina's last Copa America group match against Peru on Saturday because of a right leg injury. Messi hurt his leg in Argentina's 1-0 victory over Chile on Tuesday that clinched a quarterfinal berth for the defending champions. The Argentina supe Warren Buffett donates again to the Gates Foundation but will cut the charity off after his death 06/28/2024 04:05pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts Friday, but in a major shift of his longtime giving plan he said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death and let his three children decide how to distribut Faced with the opportunity to hit Trump on abortion rights, Biden falters 06/28/2024 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity during the presidential debate to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade, something his campaign sees as a major motivato Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump 06/28/2024 03:59pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — About 300,000 Haitians already in the United States will now be eligible for temporary legal status allowing them to remain in the U.S. and work because conditions in the strife-torn Caribbean nation are considered unsafe for them to return, the Homeland Security Department said F Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Tom Brady among the former pro athletes who have become WNBA owners 06/28/2024 03:50pm • Magic Johnson's love of basketball motivated him to save the Los Angeles Sparks from folding and also put him on the leading edge of what is now a growing WNBA trend. Ten years after becoming the majority owner the team's value has increased and other former professional athletes are buying into the U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland unveil 1st 6 players for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament 06/28/2024 03:45pm • Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon have never played together for Team Canada. Same for Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel and Matthew Tkachuk for Team USA. That will change next year at the 4 Nations Face-Off, an international tournament that will also feature Finland and Sweden. All four Pope's top adviser, women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist ask for mosaics to be removed 06/28/2024 03:39pm • ROME (AP) — The scandal over a famous ex-Jesuit artist who is accused of psychologically, spiritually and sexually abusing adult women came to a head Friday after some of his alleged victims and the pope’s own anti-abuse adviser asked for his artworks not to be promoted or displayed. The separat European Union's competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google 06/28/2024 03:29pm • LONDON (AP) — The European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft's multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, a top EU official said Friday. The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, started reviewing the