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NATO presses Turkey to approve Sweden's membership, eyes Ukraine security plan as summit looms 06/01/2023 02:05pm • OSLO, Norway (AP) — NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on member nation Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden's membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month. The 31-member alliance is also looking LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties 06/01/2023 11:33am • NEW YORK (AP) — The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains. This year’s Pride takes place in a conte LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival 06/01/2023 11:20am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Flo China accuses US of interfering in training exercise before aerial confrontation 05/31/2023 11:44pm • BEIJING (AP) — China’s Defense Ministry accused the U.S. of “interference and surveillance” of a naval exercise in the South China Sea ahead of an incident in which a Chinese fighter pilot flew at high speed in front of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane, underscoring the rupture in conta Family: Sisters among 4 missing boaters after vessel found partially submerged in Alaska 05/31/2023 08:24pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two vacationing couples — including sisters — and a fishing boat captain were on a charter boat found partially submerged off southeast Alaska over the weekend amid rough seas, family members said Wednesday. The 30-foot (9-meter) aluminum charter vessel was overdue Sunday García, Ruiz lead Nats' 5-homer barrage in 10-6 win over Dodgers 05/31/2023 08:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keibert Ruiz celebrated his ninth-inning homer with extra chest-thumping zeal, leaving no doubt that a big day at the plate in Dodger Stadium meant something special to the former Los Angeles prospect. “Yeah, a little bit,” he said with a grin. Ruiz was just one of sev German court hands student lengthy prison sentence for attacks on neo-Nazis 05/31/2023 10:14am • BERLIN (AP) — A court in eastern Germany has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to five years and three months in prison for taking part in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists over a period of two years. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that the Dresden regional co Virginia comedians compete in contest to find America's Funniest Veterans & Military Spouses 05/31/2023 04:11am • Memorial Day weekend was a somber occasion to remember those brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. This weekend, Operation HEAL*ARIOUS provides therapeutic laughter as a Virginia comedian competes in the America's Funniest Veterans & Military Spouses contest on Sunday, June DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to 'fight back' against Trump 05/30/2023 10:54pm • CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped into Iowa on Tuesday for the first time as a Republican presidential candidate and stepped up to Donald Trump, vowing to “fight back” against the former president as the GOP’s 2024 campaign enters a new phase. Until now, the 44-year-old Re 'The Ride' docuseries takes peaks and valleys of professional bull riding by the horns 05/30/2023 10:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — If at first you’re thrown from the bull, try, try again — at least that’s part of what the new docuseries “The Ride” highlights. “Bull riding: you have to eat, sleep and breathe it. Whenever you go to bed at night, you got to be thinking about it,” said 25-year-old Ez Djokovic draws criticism from Kosovo tennis federation for comments at French Open 05/30/2023 06:21pm • PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has drawn criticism from Kosovo’s tennis federation — but not from French Open organizers — after offering his thoughts on clashes in northern Kosovo between ethnic Serbs and police and NATO peacekeepers. Djokovic is a 36-year-old from Serbia who has won 22 Grand Nicklaus goes on silent mode on 36-hole cut at Memorial 05/30/2023 05:25pm • DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jack Nicklaus already spoke too soon in March when he said the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am would be one of the PGA Tour's elevated events in 2024. He was unusually muted Tuesday on the topic of whether his Memorial Tournament should have a cut. The plan is for the elevated eve Russia says drones lightly damage Moscow buildings before dawn, while Ukraine's capital bombarded 05/30/2023 05:06pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A rare drone attack jolted Moscow early Tuesday, causing only light damage but forcing evacuations as residential buildings were struck in the Russian capital for the first time in the war against Ukraine. The Kremlin, meanwhile, pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv with Video, tips sought in probe of shooting outside suburban Philadelphia stadium that wounded 8 05/30/2023 03:58pm • Authorities are asking the public to share any footage or information as they investigate a shooting that left eight teenagers wounded at a weekend gathering outside a stadium near Philadelphia. Police in the suburb of Chester said the gunfire erupted shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday in a parking lo Sevilla, Roma's Mourinho put perfect European records on line in Europa League final 05/30/2023 03:23pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A remarkable perfect record in European soccer must fall when Sevilla faces José Mourinho's Roma in the Europa League final on Wednesday. Sevilla has played six and won six finals of the Europa League since its first in 2006, when the second-tier competition was still cal