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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/11/2023 01:15pm • 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 1.5 million Olympic tickets on sale in new lottery round for 2024 Paris Games 05/11/2023 10:56am • PARIS (AP) — The second round of ticket sales for next year's Paris Olympics started Thursday with only the lucky winners of a lottery being able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. The Paris Games, which run from Jul UNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan's children further toward deadly malnutrition 05/11/2023 10:33am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. agency warned Thursday that critical food aid in Afghanistan is being handicapped by a lack of funding, as the country faces a widespread humanitarian crisis. “Thousands of children could die from severe acute malnutrition,” said Melanie Galvin, chief of nutrition at th Czech government proposes measures to keep ballooning deficit under control 05/11/2023 10:16am • PRAGUE (AP) — Czech citizens will likely pay more for beer and medicine while businesses will face higher corporate taxes as part of a package of dozens of measures designed to keep the ballooning budget deficit under control, the government said Thursday. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said the propos Real-life 'The Queen's Gambit': Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine 05/11/2023 07:17am • HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) — David Bishop spends the school day as a mild-mannered custodian, but before the final bell rings, he grabs his chess boards and pieces and begins his second role. “The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where this custodian is coaching his schools' ch Colorado legislative session reinforces once-purple state's Democratic shift 05/11/2023 12:05am • DENVER (AP) — As Colorado House lawmakers churned through final votes during the last night of this year's session, Republicans stood up and marched out of the chamber before the Democratic speaker could gavel it to a close — a defiant act meant to show how sidelined and silenced they felt. The Today in History: May 11, Adolf Eichmann captured 05/11/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, May 11, the 131st day of 2023. There are 234 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 11, 2010, Conservative leader David Cameron, at age 43, became Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years after Gordon Brown stepped down and Gun safety proposals take big step forward at Minnesota Legislature 05/10/2023 07:44pm • ST. PAUL, Minn, (AP) — A pair of gun violence prevention measures long sought by Minnesota Democrats were added Wednesday to a broad public safety budget bill, significantly raising their chances of becoming law. By unanimous voice votes, an all-Democratic House-Senate conference committee approve Democrats upset Arizona budget doesn’t limit school voucher expansion 05/10/2023 07:23pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A $17 billion budget package that Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs negotiated with leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature and won approval on Wednesday is drawing criticism from Democrats for failing to put limits on an expansion of a school voucher program that they say is a drai German leaders fail to reach breakthrough in dispute over growing cost of hosting migrants 05/10/2023 04:48pm • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised a further 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) Wednesday for communities struggling to provide housing, schools and other basic services to a growing number of migrants, but failed to reach a breakthrough in talks with state leaders on the underlying California's Feinstein returns to Senate after monthslong absence 05/10/2023 04:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate on Wednesday after a two-and-a-half-month absence due to illness, giving majority Democrats a much-needed final vote as they seek to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees and raise the nation’s debt ceiling in the comin Reluctant critic China urges Afghan changes on women's roles 05/10/2023 05:38am • BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday called on Afghanistan to reform its radical policies excluding women from education and public life and “adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism.” The comments from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin came on the heels of a Pakistan-hosted Biden: Debt meeting 'productive,' default 'not an option' 05/09/2023 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders confronted each other on the debt limit impasse Tuesday, ending their meeting with no breakthrough but agreeing to meet again this week to try to avert the looming risk of an unprecedented government default. 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