Search

Republicans expand their Hunter Biden investigation by seeking an interview with the lead prosecutor 06/29/2023 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday requested voluntary testimony from nearly a dozen Justice Department officials involved in the investigation of President Joe Biden's son Hunter as GOP lawmakers widen their scrutiny into what they claim is improper interference by the agency. Leader GOP releases testimony of whistleblowers claiming interference in Hunter Biden case 06/29/2023 03:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied. The House Ways and Means Committee, Modric again faces perjury charge in native Croatia 06/29/2023 03:34pm • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric and former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren were again charged in Croatia on Thursday with allegedly giving false testimony about financial deals they had with a former Dinamo Zagreb director who has been sentenced for embezzlement and tax f Gatherings combining Pride and Juneteenth give Black LGBTQ+ people a refuge where they can celebrate 06/29/2023 03:28pm • DALLAS (AP) — From speaking at a health equity forum to striking a pose to the beats of a DJ set at a party on a pedestrian bridge, Naomi Green spent one weekend this month jumping from one event in Dallas to another that celebrated Juneteenth and Pride together. “Sometimes I think the Black com Royals owner John Sherman envisions new stadium by 2027 or 2028 season 06/29/2023 02:53pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals hope to settle on the location for a new ballpark by the end of the summer, and owner John Sherman said Thursday that he envisions the club playing in a new stadium by the 2027 or 2028 season. The long-preferred site is near downtown Kansas City, wher Maryland will begin recreational marijuana sales over the holiday weekend 06/29/2023 02:28pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is becoming the latest state to legally sell recreational marijuana, as businesses aim to tap into July Fourth festivities to kick off sales. About 100 stores that already have been licensed to sell cannabis for medicinal purposes will be able to begin selling it re Prosecutors drop Varsity Blues charges against 2 parents after appeals court ruling 06/29/2023 11:53am • BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are dropping charges against two parents whose convictions in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal were overturned by an appeals court, prosecutors said Thursday. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May tossed all the convictions against Gamal Ab Former Google executive enters 2024 US Senate race to succeed California's Feinstein 06/29/2023 11:31am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former tech executive Lexi Reese announced Thursday that she is entering California’s 2024 U.S. Senate contest, adding another Democrat to a growing field of candidates that already includes three members of Congress. The Google and Facebook veteran enters the contest to repla Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred 06/29/2023 11:28am • SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) — Growing up in a mining family that goes back generations, Mayor Mila Besich knew the Oak Flat Campground as the place where she attended union picnics as a girl and in earlier years her parents stood in a clearing to hear the World Series on the radio. Now, Besich is overse Business owners across Md. prepare for minimum wage increase 06/29/2023 09:47am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Starting Saturday, most business owners around the state will have six months to prepare for a coming jump in the state's minimum wage. Sri Lanka spares banks in its $ 19.8 billion local debt restructuring plan 06/29/2023 04:05am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka will spare banks from being part of its local debt restructuring plan because of the possible impact on deposits, while the bulk of the burden will be shared by the Central Bank and superannuation funds, officials said Thursday. Sri Lanka's Cabinet a day earlier Dane Dunning comes within an out of his first shutout, the Rangers beat the Tigers 10-2 06/28/2023 11:38pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dane Dunning threw shutout ball for a career-high 8 2/3 innings, Adolis Garcia homered for the third consecutive game and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 10-2 on Wednesday night. Josh Jung and Ezequiel Duran also each had solo home runs and RBI singles. Dunning (7 Break out the coupons — Virginia shoppers won't have a sales tax holiday this year 06/28/2023 11:04pm • Virginia won't be getting its annual sales tax holiday this summer, but the tradition will continue in Maryland. Noticeably absent from a set of new laws kicking in July 1 in Virginia is a law that would have extended the annual three-day sales tax holiday weekend. In the past, around August, The heat wave blamed for 13 deaths in Texas so far spreads eastward 06/28/2023 09:47pm • Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana blanketed more of the Southeast on Wednesday, stretching government warnings of dangerous, triple-digit temperatures eastward into Mississippi and Tennessee. California, meanwhile, was facing its first major heat wave of Internet gambling would be given 5 more years under latest change in New Jersey 06/28/2023 08:26pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling in New Jersey would be allowed to take place for at least five more years under the latest proposal by state lawmakers. On Wednesday evening, legislators abandoned a move they made a day earlier to drastically cut the extension of internet casino gambl