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Pogacar extends Giro lead to over 7 minutes after winning altered Stage 16 amid protests at start 05/21/2024 12:14pm • SANTA CRISTINA, Italy (AP) ��� After a chaotic, wet and unusual start to the 16th stage of the Giro d���Italia, there was a familiar sight at the finish on Tuesday. Tadej Pogacar won on a much-altered 118.4 kilometers (73.6 miles) route from Laas, and following protests at the start, to extend his c Georgia's auto port has its busiest month ever after taking 9,000 imports diverted from Baltimore 05/21/2024 12:00pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� The Georgia Ports Authority reported Tuesday that April was its busiest month ever for automobile shipments as the Port of Brunswick took in thousands of additional car and truck imports that needed rerouting from Baltimore in the aftermath of its deadly bridge collapse. The s Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia amid deadly unrest and indigenous frustration 05/21/2024 11:00am • PARIS (AP) ��� French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and where indigenous people have long sought independence. ���He will go there tonight,��� government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot s A Christian group allows Sunday morning access to a New Jersey beach it closed to honor God 05/21/2024 10:54am • OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) ��� A Christian religious group that has closed its beaches on Sunday mornings for generations to honor God is relenting temporarily, allowing beachgoers onto the sand while it fights a court case with New Jersey over whose rules are paramount. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Ass Germany's foreign minister says in Kyiv that air defenses are an 'absolute priority' for Ukraine 05/21/2024 10:37am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Sending air defense systems to Ukraine to help protect it from Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones is an ���absolute priority,��� Germany���s foreign minister said in Kyiv on Tuesday after visiting a local power plant that was largely reduced to ruins by a recent barra Slovak Parliament votes to condemn political violence after assassination attempt on prime minister 05/21/2024 06:46am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ��� Slovakia���s Parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday to condemn politically motivated violence following an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is recovering from multiple wounds from last week���s shooting, hospital officials said. Fico ���remains More companies offer on-site child care. Parents love the convenience, but is it a long-term fix? 05/21/2024 01:03am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� They operate in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. They often emit laughter ��� and the sound of tumbling blocks, bouncing balls, and meandering tricycles. They���re child care centers bas Indian voters dissect Modi's politics while traversing the country by train 05/21/2024 12:23am • ABOARD THE THIRUKKURAL EXPRESS, India (AP) ��� The 1,800-mile (2,900-kilometer) journey south from New Delhi to Kanyakumari is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages, scrub forests and deep ravines. The 22-car Thirukkural Express is a microcosm of India, carrying p Over $450K recovered for workers of California mushroom farms that were sites of fatal shootings 05/20/2024 08:41pm • HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) ��� The owners of two Northern California mushroom farms where a farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings last year will pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages to 62 workers, the Labor Department announced Monday. The owners of California Terra G Elon Musk's Record of Overpromising and Underdelivering 05/20/2024 08:00pm • Elon Musk is a popular and controversial South African-born American entrepreneur who is also one of the three wealthiest people in the world. Musk is best known for his role as an early investor in electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. (ticker: TSLA), where he has served as CEO since 2008. Musk also co There was a fatal shooting at this year's 'Jeep Week' event on Texas Gulf Coast. Here's what to know 05/20/2024 07:25pm • A popular event drew tens of thousands of visitors over the weekend to Texas Gulf Coast beaches, where a fatal shooting erupted and nearly 300 people were arrested, authorities said Monday. Three separate shootings were reported Saturday on the Bolivar Peninsula during the annual ���Jeep Week��� eve Hiker dies after falling from trail in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, officials say 05/20/2024 07:16pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� A young woman died after falling off a cliff while hiking in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, officials said Monday. Elisha Angelic Macias, 22, was hiking with friends Sunday near Horsetail Falls, about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) east of Portland. After separating from the grou Uber and Lyft say they won't leave Minnesota after all ��� and drivers are getting a raise 05/20/2024 07:14pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said Monday they will keep operating in Minnesota now that state lawmakers have passed a measure that will increase driver pay, but at a lower rate than approved by Minneapolis officials earlier this year. Although the new pay minimums ar Arizona grad student accused of killing professor in 2022 had planned the crime, prosecutor says 05/20/2024 07:13pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was in the midst of a psychotic episode at the time of the shooting, his attorney said Monday. But a prosecutor said in his closing argument that the crime was premeditated a Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect 05/20/2024 07:12pm • MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Investigators returned Monday to the home of a New York architect charged in a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. State and county police officials descended on Rex Heuermann's dilapidated, single-family home in Massapequa Park on Long Island sometim