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States grapple with closing youth detention centers 06/23/2021 03:27am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As states from California to Maine consider drastic changes to youth detention centers, New Hampshire is grappling with its own facility that has been rocked by abuse allegations from years past. The state’s Legislature will vote Thursday on a proposed state budget that w Hungary's PM uses soccer to push vision of right-wing Europe 06/23/2021 03:09am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Populist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long used soccer to advance his right-wing politics, and now widespread international criticism of a new law seen as targeting the LGBT community has turned this month's European Championship into a major stage for his cha 5 years after Brexit vote, divided UK still feels shockwaves 06/22/2021 10:32pm • LONDON (AP) — Five years ago Wednesday, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s unsettled relationship with its European neighbors. Fat chance. Voters’ decision on June 23, 2016 was narrow but clear: By 52% to 48%, they chose to leave the European Union. I Cole's strikeouts, spin rate down, Royals rally past Yanks 06/22/2021 10:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Gerrit Cole walked off the mound slowly after the first inning, expecting to be stopped by umpires searching for banned sticky substances. “Certainly I didn't walk past him or be oblivious to the check the first couple times when there was inevitably no check,” he said. “So, Too early to declare who won 8-way primary for Manhattan DA 06/22/2021 09:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — On TV dramas, cases brought by the Manhattan district attorney usually wrap up in about an hour. Figuring out who’s likely to be the borough’s next district attorney in real life will take a bit longer. A winner in the Democratic primary for the high-profile prosecutor job glam Spears set to make rare remarks to conservatorship judge 06/22/2021 09:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the most anticipated hearing in the case in years, Britney Spears is expected to address a judge overseeing the conservatorship that has controlled the pop star's money and affairs since 2008. If Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny does not make a last-minute dec Tokyo shapes up to be No-Fun Olympics with many rules, tests 06/22/2021 08:05pm • TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics, already delayed by the pandemic, are not looking like much fun: Not for athletes. Not for fans. And not for the Japanese public. They are caught between concerns about the coronavirus at a time when few are vaccinated on one side and politicians who hope to save fa GOP filibuster blocks Democrats' big voting rights bill 06/22/2021 06:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats' sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law suffered a major setback in the Senate Tuesday, blocked by a filibuster wall of Republican opposition to what would be the largest overhaul of the electoral system in a generation. The vote leaves the Democra Journalist killed in northern Mexico, 4th this year 06/22/2021 06:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A journalist was found stabbed to death Tuesday in the northern Mexico city of Ciudad Acuna, across the border from Del Rio, Texas. Saul Tijerina Rentería was the fourth journalist killed in Mexico so far this year. Tijerina Rentería reported for various web-based news outle The Latest: Guam launching COVID-19 vaccine tourism program 06/22/2021 04:15pm • HAGATNA, Guam — Guam is launching a vaccine tourism program to encourage citizens of neighboring countries and Americans living in East Asia to come get inoculated against COVID-19. The Pacific Daily News reports the first group of three travelers was arriving on a charter flight from Taiwan. The Prosecutors balk at Avenatti's 7th sentencing delay request 06/22/2021 04:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors did not find Michael Avenatti’s seventh request to delay sentencing a charm, saying Tuesday that the once high profile California lawyer should be forced to hear his punishment next week for trying to extort Nike for up to $25 million. In court papers, prosecutors urg FAA says US airports will get $8 billion in pandemic relief 06/22/2021 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Airports around the country will share $8 billion in federal grants to help them recover from the pandemic, which caused a steep drop in air travel and a loss of revenue that airports expect from airlines and passengers. Most of the money will go to big airports with commercial a Column: Nassib's video shatters decades-old sports barrier 06/22/2021 03:36pm • All it took was an Instagram post. In a 59-second video Monday, Raiders defensive lineman Carl Nassib became the first active player in the NFL’s 101-year history to publicly declare he is gay and in the bargain, burst through a barrier that went unchallenged for decades. The end wasn’t accompan Turkish businessman arrested in scheme with Utah polygamists 06/22/2021 02:46pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Turkish businessman has been arrested by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with what authorities say was a biodiesel fraud scheme operated by a Utah business that stole nearly $500 million in government funds. Sezgin Baran Korkmaz was arrested in Austria on Saturday Pelosi, Schumer to huddle with White House on infrastructure 06/22/2021 02:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer Wednesday with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden's nearly $4 trillion infrastructure plans as talks with Republicans see-saw in search of a potential deal. The White House's