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Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat 06/27/2023 02:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to make it more difficult to convict a person of making a violent threat, including against the president or other elected officials. The Biden administration had warned that the internet and social media have expanded the number and kinds of threa Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/27/2023 01:36pm • 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 Biden's broadband plan aims to connect every home and business in U.S. by 2030. What's next? 06/27/2023 11:48am • Southwestern New Mexico is poised to become a center of economic vitality, according to Christie Ann Harvey, but it might not reach its full potential without better internet service. Harvey, who runs a nonprofit that works with Luna County on development projects, says the area's natural beauty an Biden is eager to run on the economy ��� 'Bidenomics' ��� but voters have their doubts 06/27/2023 10:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is eager to take full political ownership of the U.S. economy ��� a reflection of the White House belief that inflation is fading, job growth is solid and voters need to know about it. But polling has consistently shown the economy to be a weak spot for Bid Fund of Funds: 8 Great ETFs That Hold ETFs 06/26/2023 08:00pm • For small investors, the usual appeal of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, is that they are easy ways to gain exposure to the market and have low fees. The tradeoff has often been that ETFs themselves are fairly specialized, making it harder to achieve diversification. What if there were funds that co High-speed internet is a necessity, President Biden says, pledging all US will have access by 2030 06/26/2023 04:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Monday said that high-speed internet is no longer a luxury but an ���absolute necessity,��� as he pledged that every household in the nation would have access by 2030 using cables made in the U.S. ���These investments will help all Americans,��� he said. � Mid Atlantic Daybook 06/26/2023 04:29pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Monday, Jun. 26. 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. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Opened amid uncertainty, Atlantic City's 2 newest casinos near top of the market 5 years later 06/26/2023 01:04pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� Five years ago, there were mixed emotions in Atlantic City as two casinos that had failed and shut down were set to reopen with new owners and new identities. People were glad that the 6,000 jobs that were lost when the former Trump Taj Mahal and Revel casinos closed wer Suspected admin of dark web drug site Monopoly Market extradited to US from Austria 06/26/2023 10:56am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Austrian authorities said Monday they have extradited the suspected administrator of a vast dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods to the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice has accused Milomir Desnica of running the Monopoly Market site and facilitating $18 Insider Q&A: John Riccitiello, CEO of video game software company Unity, on AI and gaming's future 06/26/2023 08:00am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� John Riccitiello, the CEO of video game software company Unity, has seen the video game industry evolve and shift during his more than two-decade-long career, beginning in 1997 when he became the head of games giant Electronic Arts. Unity Software Inc., was founded in Denmark No sign of threat from the hazardous train that plunged into Yellowstone River, regulators say 06/26/2023 03:27am • COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) ��� Preliminary testing of water and air quality along a stretch of the Yellowstone River where train cars carrying hazardous materials fell into the waterway following a bridge collapse did not indicate any threat to the public, state and federal officials said Sunday. The s How to Cut Costs in Retirement 06/25/2023 08:00pm • As if retirement wasn't hard enough, inflation and economic uncertainties are adding to the pressures. Money is a big part of the stress. Financial planners generally recommend that people plan on spending 70% to 80% of their preretirement income during retirement. But many people worry that they wo A law that bans sex toys as obscene and morally harmful is being challenged by women in Zimbabwe 06/25/2023 04:50pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) ��� Sitabile Dewa was content with her sex life when she was married, but after her divorce, she found her prospects for erotic pleasure rather bleak. In socially conservative Zimbabwe, divorced women and single mothers are often cast as undesirable partners for men, and in her Italy wants to put Italians in top museum jobs. The chief of Milan's Brera hopes to leave his mark 06/25/2023 08:29am • MILAN (AP) ��� The British-Canadian director of Milan���s Brera Gallery was hired in 2015 after the Italian government launched reforms that for the first time brought in foreign museum directors. His eight-year tenure is ending as Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing administration seeks to again re Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yellowstone River as bridge fails 06/25/2023 02:47am • COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) ��� A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, Stillwater County Disaster and Emergen