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Ex-Texas congressman Will Hurd calls Trump a 'failed politician' as he launches GOP presidential run 06/22/2023 09:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced Thursday that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more moderate alternative to the Republican front-runner. Hurd, 45, served three terms in the House throu Rose Zhang seeking to follow win in her pro debut with a major at the Women's PGA Championship 06/22/2023 08:58am • SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — After stunning women's golf by winning in her first event as professional, Rose Zhang will try to take the next big step when she goes for her first major victory in the Women's PGA Championship at Baltusrol. And it's been just a month in the making for the 20-year-old Cal Russia's highest court quashes Navalny's lawsuit over depriving him of pen and paper in prison 06/22/2023 07:17am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting prison regulations that allow prison officials to deprive him of stationery and pens. Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and contempt of court in a maximum DC students get ready for summer as Thursday marks last school day 06/21/2023 09:12pm • Students in the D.C. public school system are getting ready for summer as Thursday marks the last day of their school year. "This has been an incredibly important school year for our students to catch up on all the learning and socialization that they missed during the pandemic," Mayor Muriel Modi flexes India’s cultural reach on Yoga Day with backbends and corpse poses on the UN lawn 06/21/2023 08:59pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Praising yoga as “a way of life," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed poses ranging from cobra to corpse alongside a multinational crowd Wednesday at the U.N. headquarters as he kicked off the public portion of his U.S. visit. With a checkerboard of made-in-India 10 Tips to Live Well on Social Security Alone 06/21/2023 08:00pm • Social Security is a game-changer for American workers. Created in 1935, it does more to lift people out of poverty than any other program in the country, according to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Their analysis of 2022 data finds that Social Security payments keep 21.7 mi The Cost of Assisted Living: A Comprehensive Guide to Senior Care Expenses 06/21/2023 08:00pm • Aging isn't just hard on your health -- it can be hard on your wallet too. Senior care, according to various estimates, can cost more than $500,000 per lifetime. With potential bills of this scale, how can you begin budgeting? And importantly, how can you ensure the well-being of yourself or your lo Pentagon documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges 06/21/2023 04:26pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges. Teixeira, 21, entered the pleas during a hearing in Worcester’s federal 3 hurt when Google critic crashes car into building near company's NYC headquarters, police say 06/21/2023 03:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who has claimed for years that Google was torturing users with flashing lights crashed a car into a building near the company's New York City headquarters, injuring three pedestrians, authorities said. The man, 34, drove onto the sidewalk and crashed his Ford Fusion into a bu New York lawmakers OK bill removing medical debt from credit reports 06/21/2023 03:43pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hospitals and other health care providers in New York would be banned from reporting medical debt to credit agencies under a bill passed this week by the state's legislature — a measure intended to limit the damage that illness and injury can do to someone's financial health. NCAA panel imposes a 3-game suspension for Memphis' Penny Hardaway for recruiting violations 06/21/2023 02:39pm • An NCAA infractions panel handed a three-game suspension to Memphis coach Penny Hardaway on Wednesday for recruiting violations tied to two in-home visits with a prospect two years ago. The penalty follows a negotiated resolution in December that allowed the school to resolve the case and begin prob Foundations buoy a new movement of renters’ activism 06/21/2023 02:10pm • After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters came together in 2019 to form KC Tenants, armed with an annual budget of $30,000 and demands for a bill of rights to protect renters from rising prices, unjust evictions, and landlord abuse. Four years and one pandemic later, KC NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/21/2023 01:39pm • 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 Leading Hong Kong pollster plans to limit surveys on sensitive topics, including Tiananmen crackdown 06/21/2023 12:43pm • HONG KONG (AP) — One of Hong Kong’s most reputable sources of public opinion data is limiting the scope of its surveys, including on sensitive topics such as Beijing's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. The change, following a contact from a government agency, is Virginians oust Democrat who sought abortion limits and Republican who denied 2020 results 06/21/2023 09:34am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters ousted two of Virginia's most controversial political figures in Tuesday's primary election, along with at least three more of their Senate colleagues. Sen. Joe Morrissey, a political centrist and increasingly rare Democrat who supports limits on abortion access, los