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Sunak told the BBC that he believed he’d still be i Biden administration asks for emergency funds for Key Bridge replacement 06/30/2024 11:26am • The White House on Friday reiterated its support for full federal funding to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in a request to Congress for $4 billion in emergency disaster relief funding. The letter from Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young to House Speaker Mike Johnson sa UK's landmark postwar elections: When Thatcher became the first female prime minister in 1979 06/30/2024 03:13am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Pres Kenya's urban population is growing. The need for affordable housing is, too 06/30/2024 12:15am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In the heart of the crowded Kibera neighborhood in Kenya's capital, Jacinter Awino shares a small tin house with her husband and four children. She envies those who have escaped such makeshift homes to more permanent dwellings under the government’s affordable housing plan. Will Smith's double ignites seven-run 11th inning as the Dodgers beat the Giants 14-7 06/30/2024 12:14am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Will Smith knocked in two runs to start a seven-run 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 14-7 on Saturday night. Smith, leading off the inning after Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked, scored two runs with a hard double into the left-cente Maryland cannabis tax collections grew slightly, while some regions saw large variances 06/29/2024 09:20pm • Cannabis taxes paid to the state for the first three months of 2024 grew by less than 1% even as collections fluctuated sharply on a regional basis. Maryland collected nearly $14.7 million in taxes on sales of recreational cannabis in the first quarter of this year, an increase of less than 0.7% Bregman delivers big hit in 8th as surging Astros rally from 5 runs down to beat Mets 9-6 06/29/2024 09:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Bregman put Houston ahead with a two-run single in the eighth inning, and the surging Astros rallied from five runs down to beat the New York Mets 9-6 on Saturday. “It did not start the way we want it to. But again, our guys just persevere and we stay in the game," manager J California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8B budget deficit 06/29/2024 05:40pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed California's budget to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses. Lawmakers passed the budget Wednesday following an agreement between Newsom and legi A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried 06/29/2024 03:08am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage son Ibrahim Kamau. His life was cut short by two gunshot wounds to his neck that were sustained during Kenya’s deadly protests on Tuesday in which more than 20 people were killed. The 19-year-ol Takeaways: How Trump's possible VP pick shifted on LGBTQ+ issues as his presidential bid neared 06/29/2024 12:06am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is little-known on the national stage but is now a top choice to be former President Donald Trump' s vice presidential running mate. The wealthy software entrepreneur has led North Dakota like a CEO. He's championed business-oriented i Doug Burgum vetoed anti-LGBTQ measures while governor. Then he started running for president 06/29/2024 12:02am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — For most of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's two terms in office, he approached the job like a CEO running a business. The wealthy former software executive, now on a shortlist to be Donald Trump’s running mate, was laser-focused on priorities like strengthening the state's