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Dogs entering US must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say 05/08/2024 02:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — All dogs coming into the U.S. from other countries must be at least 6 months old and microchipped to help prevent the spread of rabies, according to new government rules published Wednesday. The new rules require vaccination for dogs that have been in countries where rabies is comm Milwaukee Brewers activate outfielder Christian Yelich from 10-day injured list 05/08/2024 02:04pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers activated outfielder Christian Yelich from the 10-day injured list Wednesday. He had been on the injured list since April 16 (retroactive to April 13) with a low back strain. He was in Wednesday's starting lineup against the Kansas City Royals as the d Dozens still missing after South African building collapse; 7 confirmed dead 05/08/2024 01:45pm • GEORGE, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams used underground cameras and sniffer dogs Wednesday to search for nearly 40 construction workers still missing in rubble two days after the collapse of an apartment building under construction in coastal South Africa. Seven workers have been confirmed dead, Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict 05/08/2024 01:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civili Former Daytona 500 winner McDowell will leave Front Row Motorsports for Spire in 2025 05/08/2024 01:22pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Shortly after Michael McDowell said Wednesday he would not return to Front Row Motorsports after this season, Spire Motorsports announced it had signed the former Daytona 500 winner to a multiyear contract. McDowell will drive the No. 71 Chevrolet for Spire starting next sea Kosovo prime minister deplores new condition ahead of Council of Europe's membership vote next week 05/08/2024 01:17pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister Wednesday deplored the fact that some Western powers reportedly have set another condition ahead of Kosovo's joining the Council of Europe. Kosovo media reported that France and Germany want Kosovo to take a significant step toward establishing an a Britain to expel Russian attaché in response to 'reckless and dangerous activities' by Moscow 05/08/2024 01:09pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain will expel Russia’s defense attaché over spying allegations as part of several measures the government announced Wednesday to target Moscow’s intelligence gathering operations in the U.K. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the measures were aimed at what he called the � Scores of Syrians return home after years at camp housing people linked to the Islamic State group 05/08/2024 12:59pm • AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (AP) — Scores of Syrian women and children linked to the Islamic State group left a sprawling camp in northeast Syria Wednesday and headed home to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour following mediation by tribal leaders. The latest batch of people to leave al-Hol camp, which h Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case 05/08/2024 12:57pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump. The move seems likely to delay the case and is Iowa facility that mistreated residents with intellectual disabilities nears closure 05/08/2024 12:54pm • GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa facility for people with intellectual disabilities is set to permanently close after federal investigators said patients’ rights were violated there. The 28 residents at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center will be moved out by the end of June and 235 staff member Ahead of Md. Senate primary, former Gov. Hogan speaks with WTOP on abortion, campus protests and being called a 'RINO' 05/08/2024 12:43pm • Former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has often referred to "dysfunction in Washington" as he talks about political gridlock on Capitol Hill. When asked why Hogan, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, would want to be a part of that, he responded by saying, "I really don't want to." " How many millionaires are there in DC? Nowhere near as many as NYC 05/08/2024 12:40pm • The number of individual millionaires in the D.C. area has grown by 75% in the last decade. But it ranks nowhere near the top for wealthiest cities in the world, based on the number of millionaires. Henley & Partners' annual "World's Wealthiest Cities" report ranks the D.C. region at No. 4 China and EU-candidate Serbia sign an agreement to build a 'shared future' 05/08/2024 12:24pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — China and European Union candidate Serbia signed an agreement on Wednesday to build a “shared future,” making the Balkan country the first in Europe to agree on such a document with Beijing. After meeting in Belgrade, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Serbian President Alek The Latest | Israel forces block Gaza's Rafah border crossing. UN says it's running out of fuel 05/08/2024 12:10pm • Israeli forces have seized the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, pressing their offensive into the southern city on Tuesday. The closed border means U.N. humanitarian teams in Gaza will run out of diesel fuel by Wednesday, a senior humanitarian official said, leaving them unable to A timeline of the collapse at FTX 05/08/2024 12:09pm • FTX, once among the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, said this week that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after its monumental collapse. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The