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Debt ceiling tests Speaker McCarthy as he rides breezily through high-wire act of his career 05/28/2023 09:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the National Mall, marveling at the monuments. The next day he arrived for negotiations at the Capitol carting in tortilla chips and queso for the beleagu US, Saudi Arabia call for warring sides in Sudan to extend 'imperfect' cease-fire 05/28/2023 11:28am • CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country. The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for contro More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence 05/28/2023 11:19am • PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang out afterwards at the food court or elsewhere. Not anymore. Starting April 18, Garden State Plaza in P Forward march: Military bases removing names of Confederates 05/28/2023 09:21am • ▶ Watch Video: Military bases removing names of Confederates "I wonder myself what took so long," said retired Lt. Gen. Tom Bostick, a member of The Naming Commission, charged with renaming Army bases named in honor of Confederate generals. "What was galling is that we would still in Sudan military ruler seeks removal of UN envoy in letter to UN chief, who is 'shocked' by the demand 05/27/2023 10:31pm • CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's military ruler demanded in a letter to the U.N. secretary general that the U.N. envoy to his country be removed, officials said Saturday. The U.N. chief was “shocked” by the letter, a spokesman said. The envoy, Volker Perthes, has been a key mediator in Sudan, first during Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict 05/27/2023 10:01am • RENK, South Sudan (AP) — Tens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world's youngest country as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan. There's a bottleneck of men, women and children camping near the dusty border of Sudan and South Sudan and the international commu New exhibit shows how Jim Henson brought Miss Piggy and the Muppets to life 05/27/2023 09:01am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Who is the baddest pig you’ve ever seen? There’s only one answer: Miss Piggy. Originally named after the iconic actor and singer Peggy Lee, the popular karate-chopping swine was created by Bonnie Erickson in 1974 for a stint on “The Tonight Show.” “I knew she was sassy,� AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's colorful Bun Festival returns after COVID-19 cancellations 05/27/2023 04:24am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.” The festival's highlight Man steals rifle from police car in Pentagon City 05/26/2023 09:54pm • A 21-year-old man armed with a stolen rifle and wearing a ballistic vest with police insignia was arrested by Arlington County Police on Friday morning, according to a news release. Police say Tyler Rodriguez-Hernandez was apprehended by officers responding to a report of a person with a gun at a Russia says its border regions attacked; Moscow's forces hit clinic in central Ukrainian city 05/26/2023 04:56pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. Moscow’s forces, meanwhile, 2 dead in small plane crash at South Florida airport 05/26/2023 02:55pm • LANTANA, Fla. (AP) — Two people died Friday when a small plane crashed at a small South Florida airport, Palm Beach County sheriff's officials said. The crash at the Palm Beach County Park Airport in Lantana happened shortly after 11 a.m. officials said. Television helicopter footage shows the Ce Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/26/2023 02:08pm • 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 Post-Serena, women's tennis heads to French Open led by Big 3 of Swiatek, Sabalenka, Rybakina 05/26/2023 12:47pm • PARIS (AP) — All of those questions about who would step to the fore once Serena Williams walked away from the tennis tour — joining more recent No. 1 Ash Barty in retirement — seem to be getting answered with three names: Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina. As the start of the Fr A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve increased in April 05/26/2023 10:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high. The index, which the Federal Reserve closely monitors, showed that prices rose 0.4% from March to April. That was much higher than t Amazon’s Met Park opens for business and welcomes the community 05/26/2023 10:06am • This content is sponsored by Amazon. The excitement in Arlington, Virginia, is palpable. The anxiously awaited Phase 1 of Amazon’s HQ2, known as Metropolitan Park, is done and thousands of employees and retail businesses have begun moving in. Met Park has been four years in the making �