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JuJu Watkins enjoying summer, dreams of playing in 2028 Olympics in hometown Los Angeles 06/26/2024 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — JuJu Watkins has already thought about how special it would be to play for the U.S. in 2028 at the Olympics in her hometown of Los Angeles. “That's definitely a long-term goal of mine when I get done with my college career," Watkins said in an interview with The Associated Press Pain and pleasure: BMX racers weigh the risks and rewards playing the Olympics' most dangerous game 06/26/2024 06:00am • Alise Willoughby remembers where she was when the phone rang. She had just returned home to Minnesota to take part in a charity event, and the best BMX racer of her generation was on her way to Target Field, where she was supposed to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a Twins game. Her husb Burt Ward, Robin from TV's 'Batman,' receives presidential honor for rescuing over 15,500 pets 06/26/2024 05:59am • Burt Ward famously played the Robin to Adam West's Batman in the classic 1960s TV series "Batman." Now, Ward is being honored for rescuing more than just Gotham City. "I was a 'caped crusader' and now I'm the canine and cat and kitten crusader," Ward told WTOP. "Thirty years ago when my wi George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeats Rep. Jamaal Bowman in New York Democratic primary 06/26/2024 05:41am • George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday in a Democratic primary in suburban New York that highlighted the party’s deep divisions over the war in Gaza. With the victory, Latimer has ousted one of the most liberal voices in Congress and one of its most outs 'There's not a mystery about what needs to be done': Local transit officials on increase of fatal pedestrian crashes in Md. 06/26/2024 05:09am • After a big surge in fatal crashes that claimed the lives of pedestrians in recent years, a new report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association showed nationwide there was a more than 5% decline in such crashes in 2023 compared to 2022. But as encouraging as that sounds, the numbers are sti NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general 06/26/2024 04:42am • BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambass NATO appoints Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary general at a critical time for European security 06/26/2024 04:28am • BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO appoints Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary general at a critical time for European security. US Rep. John Curtis wins Utah GOP primary for Romney’s open seat, while Gov. Spencer Cox also wins 06/26/2024 02:02am • PROVO, Utah (AP) — A pair of moderate Utah Republicans won primary elections Tuesday for U.S. Senate and governor over far-right candidates who are loyalists to former President Donald Trump, the latest example of how Utah is a rare Republican state that doesn’t fully embrace Trump’s strangleh Iran's supreme leader warns sole reformist in presidential race, while calling for 'maximum' turnout 06/25/2024 11:41pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn't be supported. While often spe Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons 06/25/2024 11:19pm • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday struck down a Montana law that defined “sex” in state law as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional. District Court Judge Shane Vannatta in Missoula ruled the law, passed last year, violated the state constitution because the descrip Sheri Biggs wins Republican nod for US House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate 06/25/2024 10:52pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sheri Biggs, a nurse practitioner and Air National Guard officer, won the Republican nomination for the U.S. House in South Carolina’s 3rd District on Tuesday, defeating a challenger who called himself former President Donald Trump's pastor. In November, Biggs will be a hea El Partido Comunista de Venezuela anuncia apoyo a la candidatura presidencial de Enrique Márquez 06/25/2024 10:31pm • (CNN Español) -- El Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) apoyará la candidatura presidencial de Enrique Márquez en las elecciones del 28 de julio, informó el instituto político en un comunicado.El secretario general del Comité Central del PCV, Oscar Figuera, dijo que el partido rechaza la cand Guatemalan appeals court revokes order to grant house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora 06/25/2024 10:21pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan appeals court on Tuesday revoked a judge's order to give house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, known for railing against corruption in the Central American country. The reporter has been in prison for two years, something that has sparked outrage by pr Retiran del mercado gran variedad de cafés por intoxicación potencialmente mortal 06/25/2024 10:18pm • La compañía Snapchill LLC establecida en Green Bay, Wisconsin está retirando voluntariamente todos los productos de café enlatados fabricados por la empresa, dentro de la fecha de vencimiento. Esto ocurrió luego de que su proceso actual podría conducir al crecimiento y producción de la to Massachusetts envía delegación a Texas con un mensaje a los migrantes: "nuestros refugios están llenos" 06/25/2024 10:14pm • (CNN) -- Una delegación del estado de Massachusetts viajará al estado de Texas para reunirse con las familias migrantes que llegan a Estados Unidos con la esperanza de enviar un mensaje de que el sistema de refugio familiar del estado está al límite de su capacidad.La gobernadora demócrata Maur