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Mid Atlantic Daybook 07/25/2023 04:28pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Tuesday, Jul. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 a A campaign to ask Ohio voters to legalize recreational marijuana falls short -- for now 07/25/2023 03:13pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A proposal to legalize adult use of marijuana in Ohio narrowly fell short Tuesday of the signatures it needed to make the fall statewide ballot. Backers will have 10 days, or until Aug. 4, to gather more. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose determined the Coalition to World swim body re-elects president for 8 years, agrees to government-backed move to Hungary 07/25/2023 02:06pm • FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) ��� Swimming officials gave World Aquatics president Husain al-Musallam an eight-year mandate on Tuesday to lead them and backed his plan to move the organization's headquarters to Hungary, where the government has offered a 15-year rent-free deal and legal protection. The electi Opposition in Kenya gathers evidence of 'police atrocities' against protesters to take to the ICC 07/25/2023 12:21pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Opposition parties in Kenya said on Tuesday they are filing charges against the government for ���police atrocities��� that left 30 people dead at the International Criminal Court in the wake of protests against the rising cost of living and the levying of new taxes. Oppositi Medical debt can lead to a compounding troubles for low-income Marylanders, particularly for Black families 07/25/2023 09:06am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. In the United States, health concerns that land someone in the hospital or require multiple visits to the doctor can be a taxing experience Justice Department will make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress 07/25/2023 06:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden���s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall, setting up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded he come in soon for a closed-door interview. In a two-page letter to Rep. Jim Jordan on Monday, Biden chooses a longtime Hill aide respected by Republicans as his new legislative affairs director 07/25/2023 05:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden is tapping Shuwanza Goff ��� a veteran congressional aide who also served as his main point of contact to the House at the start of the administration ��� as his new director of legislative affairs, making her the first Black woman to be the White House's chie A year with the 988 Lifeline: What worked? What challenges lie ahead? 07/25/2023 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Mental health advocates raise awareness for 988 lifeline The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline's 988 hotline marked its one-year milestone this month. Mental health experts say the three-digit number made help more accessible than before.The hotline wa IRS is ending unannounced visits to taxpayers to protect worker safety and combat scammers 07/24/2023 11:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents. Effective immediately, revenue agents will no longer make unpl Israeli parliament takes first major step in Netanyahu's contentious overhaul, deepening divisions 07/24/2023 08:36pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel���s parliament on Monday approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu���s contentious plan to overhaul the country���s justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian r Mid Atlantic Daybook 07/24/2023 04:30pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Monday, Jul. 24. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 an Former US Sen. Kelly Ayotte throws hat into race for New Hampshire governor 07/24/2023 04:22pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte announced her candidacy for governor of New Hampshire on Monday, days after fellow Republican Chris Sununu declined to seek a fifth term. ���Gov. Sununu did a great job, but there���s going to be a vacuum there,��� Ayotte said on ���Fox & Frie They're the names you don't know. Hollywood's 'journeyman' actors explain why they are striking 07/24/2023 11:53am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jason Kravits gets a lot of this: People recognize him ��� they���re just not sure how. ���I���m that guy who looks like the guy you went to high school with,��� says Kravits. ���People think they've just seen me somewhere.��� Actually, they have ��� on TV, usually as a lawyer or a A Look at Gas Prices Around the World 07/23/2023 08:00pm • After spiking to an all-time high of more than $5 last June, average gas prices in the U.S. have settled back down to between $3 and $4 per gallon since December 2023. The decline reflects increased capacity at domestic refineries and a decline in the price of crude oil in the past year. The average One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology 07/23/2023 05:25pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) ��� On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal for more than a century. The U.S. climate law th