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Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won't be on Nebraska's ballot 05/16/2024 07:22pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska���s November ballot, the secretary of state announced Thursday. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen said he's pulling from the ballot 61-year-old says long course at PGA reminds him of when he was a kid hitting 3-wood into every green 05/16/2024 07:09pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Tracy Phillips hit what he thought was a pretty good drive on the par-4 17th hole at Valhalla. It traveled 240 yards and didn't make it to the start of the fairway. Such is life when you are 61 and playing in the PGA Championship. This unexpected trip to the majors brings ba Peruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office 05/16/2024 04:57pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� Peruvian lawmakers on Thursday began yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle. The small legislative opposition cited ���moral incapacity��� as the reason for the removal reque Ex-South African leader's corruption trial date set as he fights another case to run for election 05/16/2024 04:52pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) ��� Former South African President Jacob Zuma will go on trial for alleged corruption next April, four years after he was formally charged with taking bribes in connection with a multi-billion-dollar arms deal and 20 years after he was first implicated, prosecutors said Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift 05/16/2024 03:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy. A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges it has less potential fo Shaken by the Fico assassination attempt, the EU wonders if June elections can be free of violence 05/16/2024 12:56pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� In an increasingly vitriolic political climate, the last thing needed in the runup to the June European Union elections was an assassination attempt on one of the bloc���s most controversial figures. As Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico lay recovering from Wednesday���s attack, the Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting? 05/16/2024 11:45am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics. A hospital official where Fico was being treated said on Thursday that he was in serious but The UK's opposition Labour Party unveils its pledges to voters in hopes of winning the next election 05/16/2024 07:43am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's still-undeclared election campaign stepped up a gear on Thursday when opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starme r announced the key pledges that he hopes will make him the U.K.���s next prime minister later this year. The center-left party is focusing on economic stability The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders 05/16/2024 04:50am • THE HAGUE (AP) ��� Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear who would become prime minister. The ���Hope, cou Prince William's Co. proposed $140M sports complex facing an uncertain future 05/15/2024 08:11pm • The proposal for an over $100 million indoor athletics facility in Prince William County faces a dicey future as a majority of elected officials appear unable to coalesce around it. The Board of County Supervisors has given staff permission to finalize purchase of a $15 million Woodbridge property Latina Creators Who are Building Generational Wealth -- And What You Can Learn From Them 05/15/2024 08:00pm • Wanting to provide financial resources to family members is a universal human desire. However, not everyone starts out on the same economic starting line. Demographic inequities persist. According to a 2023 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis report, Hispanic families owned only about 23 cents for eve Editorial Roundup: United States 05/15/2024 12:36pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 11 The New York Times on college campus protests Protesting the world���s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free speech and free assembly. Yet the students and Morocco���s automotive industry shifts gears to prep for electric vehicle era 05/15/2024 11:06am • TANGIERS, Morocco (AP) ��� A train that travels from rural northern Morocco to a port on the Mediterranean Sea carries no passengers. Three times a day, it brings hundreds of cars stacked bumper to bumper from a Renault factory outside Tangiers to vessels that transport them to European dealerships. A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics say they'll challenge it 05/15/2024 11:01am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul the healthcare system to address deep inequality, but it faces legal challenges from critics. The law introduces what is known as National Health Insurance, which will provide fund From Hogan to a Trumpier Senate: Takeways from Tuesday's primaries 05/15/2024 09:10am • The presidential primary may be decided, but election season marches on. Voters in several states, including Maryland and West Virginia, chose nominees Tuesday in critical races that could decide the balance of power on Capitol Hill next year. Here are some takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: HOGAN