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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/01/2023 02:29pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/31/2023 01:56pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers 07/28/2023 06:52am • FULTON, Mo. (AP) ��� At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: ���NOW HIRING��� ... ���GREAT PAY & BENEFITS." No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed. Though the assertion of ���great pay��� for prison guards would have seemed Biden announces an advanced cancer research initiative as part of his 'moonshot' effort 07/27/2023 04:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients. Th Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/27/2023 01:34pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Israeli army kills 14-year-old Palestinian as an Israeli minister visits a flashpoint holy site 07/27/2023 12:10pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The Israeli military killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, as an ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site that has been a flashpoint for violence between Israel and th Today in History: July 27, Atlanta Olympic Park bombing 07/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, July 27, the 208th day of 2023. There are 157 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting. On this date: In 1789, President George Washington signed Sesame is being newly added to some foods. The FDA says it doesn't violate an allergy law 07/26/2023 10:46pm • Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to products and include the ingredient on labels are not violating a new federal food allergy law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a food safety advocacy group, had petitioned the FDA Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/26/2023 02:09pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Several ministers are out as Trudeau shakes up Canada's Cabinet 07/26/2023 01:05pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday as he readies his team for the next federal election. Trudeau removed seven ministers and changed 23 portfolios. Defense, immigration, justice, public safety, health, and transport are among the d Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice 07/26/2023 06:28am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. The visits suggest North Korea is further opening up after years of pandemic isolation and Virginia Daybook 07/25/2023 04:30pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Tuesday, Jul. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Sta China removes its outspoken foreign minister during a bumpy time in relations with the US 07/25/2023 03:07pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� China removed its sometimes outspoken foreign minister on Tuesday and replaced him with his predecessor at an unusually scheduled meeting, a move that has fueled rumors about what might be going on with the nation's Communist Party elite. The step to remove Qin Gang after less than Myanmar's military plans to move Suu Kyi to house arrest, according to unofficial reports 07/25/2023 12:08pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military-controlled government plans to transfer the country���s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a prison in the capital, Naypyitaw, to home confinement. The move is part of an act of clemency to prisoners in connection with a religious ceremony next week, a security Md. disability advocates on what can be done to improve service animal access, address shortage�� 07/25/2023 06:34am • There's been a lot of progress to accommodate people with disabilities in Maryland, but there is still more room for improvement ��� including what to do about the nationwide shortage of service dogs. Disability advocacy groups from across the state held a meeting Monday afternoon about the impor