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Mongolia holds an election Friday. Its people see the government as benefiting the wealthy 06/27/2024 06:34am • ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — A parliamentary election will be held in Mongolia on Friday for the first time since the body was expanded to 126 seats, adding some uncertainty to a system that has been monopolized by two political parties and plagued by corruption. The election in a relatively new d Acuity Brands: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 06/27/2024 06:09am • ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — Acuity Brands Inc. (AYI) on Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter net income of $113.9 million. The Atlanta-based company said it had profit of $3.62 per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to $4.15 per share. The results Willie Mays wanted 1 more at-bat in the 1973 World Series before the `Say Hey Kid' said goodbye 06/27/2024 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays authored plenty of unforgettable moments during his Hall of Fame career. But he wanted one more World Series at-bat in October 1973. The star center fielder's son, Michael Mays, said Wednesday he was perplexed his father — who died June 18 at age 93 — didn’t get a Want to follow swimming in Paris? Then get up to speed on WADA, doping, China and trimetazidine 06/27/2024 06:00am • TOKYO (AP) — The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who subsequently won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021. The focus on the World Las políticas de Trump y Biden que causaron un impacto en la comunidad hispana 06/27/2024 05:40am • (CNN) -- El empleo, la inflación, la economía, la salud y la delincuencia son algunos de los temas que más interesan a los hispanos, según la asociación hispana UnidosUS en su más reciente encuesta realizada en noviembre de 2023. Sin embargo, no son preocupaciones nuevas. Cada cuatro años, cu Vingegaard and Pogacar set to resume Tour de France rivalry. Doubts remain over Vingegaard's fitness 06/27/2024 05:17am • When Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar faced off in the heat of July last year, the main question mark was whether Pogacar would be fit enough to mount a decent challenge. This year, as the two cyclists prepare to write the next chapter of one of the greatest rivalries in the storied history of the Hollywood's video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI 06/27/2024 04:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than a year and a half, leaders of Hollywood's actors union have been negotiating with video game companies over a new contract that covers the performers who bring their titles to life. But while negotiators with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Televisio Bolivian general arrested after apparent failed coup attempt as government faces new crisis 06/27/2024 02:05am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt, then quickly retreated — the latest crisis in the South American country facing a political battl President Luis Arce's career has mirrored Bolivia's economic trajectory from boom to bust 06/27/2024 01:49am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The president of Bolivia, who was the target of a failed coup Wednesday, is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies. Luis Arce, who studied economics in London, was economy minister under President Evo Moral Soldados armados, tensión en las calles y el llamado a la defensa de la democracia: así se vivió el fracasado intento de golpe de Estado en Bolivia 06/27/2024 01:42am • (CNN) -- El presidente de Bolivia, Luis Arce, hizo frente este miércoles a un intento de golpe de Estado de corta duración, tras llamar a la ciudadanía a "organizarse y movilizarse" en defensa de la democracia, mientras soldados y vehículos militares blindados rodeaban edificios gubernamentales Washington Wizards take French 7-footer Alex Sarr with the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft 06/27/2024 12:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Sarr will obviously face some pressure as the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. He's also joining a Washington team that can afford to be patient. “We're not going to put a specific timeline on the rebuild here,” Wizards general manager Will Dawkins said. “We're going Zach Edey, the 2-time AP player of the year, drafted by Grizzlies ninth overall 06/27/2024 12:33am • Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career. Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball player of the year award in back-to-back seasons, was taken by the Grizzlies with the Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says 06/27/2024 12:17am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have been excluded, saying Wednesday that women’s rights will be raised at every session. Undersecr Teams keep trading light on the opening night of the NBA's 2-day draft 06/27/2024 12:17am • The NBA splitting its draft into a two-night affair helped limit the number of trades during the first round. Commissioner Adam Silver announced two of the three proposed trades Wednesday night. No deal can be official until July 6 when the league's new year begins, but that's never stopped NBA tea South Africa beats Afghanistan to reach the Twenty20 World Cup final, ending a long cricket drought 06/26/2024 11:59pm • TAROUBA, Trinidad (AP) — A long, tortuous World Cup title drought is closer than ever to ending for South Africa after a nine-wicket win over first-time semifinalist Afghanistan at the global Twenty20 cricket tournament on Wednesday. Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada set the foundations for the lopsi