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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California's state primary 06/01/2026 08:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Two candidates for California governor will emerge from a massive field of 61 hopefuls in a state primary on Tuesday, when voters will also select U.S. House nominees using a new map they approved in a 2025 ballot measure. Also on the ballot is a long list of state and local cont Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 7-13 includes Kat Dennings and Aaron Taylor-Johnson 06/01/2026 08:14am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 7-13: June 7: Director James Ivory (���A Room With a View,��� ���Howard���s End���) is 98. Actor Virginia McKenna (���Born Free���) is 95. Singer Tom Jones is 86. Talk show host Jenny Jones is 80. Actor Liam Neeson is 74. Actor Colleen Camp (���Die Hard: With AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey���s state primary 06/01/2026 07:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� New Jersey voters will nominate candidates for both chambers of Congress in a state primary on Tuesday, including in one key battleground district that could decide control of the U.S. House. Republicans hold a narrow House majority but face a tough midterm environment in which t PHOTO ESSAY: A peaceful Tajikistan prepares to mark 35 years of independence 06/01/2026 07:23am • KHUJAND, Tajikistan (AP) ��� It���s 5:30 a.m. and the bustle has already begun at the Panjshanbe Bazaar, one of the largest in Tajikistan. Vendors unload vans of cabbages. Pigeons flock outside the mosque next door. A portrait of President Emomali Rahmon looms above. Rahmon has been in power since 1 African EV firm Spiro raises $215 million for electric mobility expansion 06/01/2026 07:19am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� African electric vehicle firm Spiro has raised $215 million in equity financing to expand its battery-swapping and electric mobility infrastructure across Africa, the company said Monday. The investment round was backed by institutional investors in Europe and Africa, includi French Open slaps Vallejo with a $65,000 fine over sexist umpire remarks 06/01/2026 07:17am • PARIS (AP) ��� Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was fined $65,000 at the French Open after he said his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman, organizers announced on Monday. Vallejo lost to French teenager Moise Kouame last week after a tense five-set battle that lasted nearly five hours. AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Mexico���s state primary 06/01/2026 07:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Candidates for New Mexico governor and other top state and federal offices will compete for their parties��� nominations in a state primary on Tuesday. The election takes place as the war in Iran continues to send gas prices soaring, creating an unanticipated windfall in the nati A guide to the bookstores owned by your favorite authors 06/01/2026 07:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011, two major bookstores in Nashville had closed and physical bookstores in general seemed endangered as Amazon's share of the market kept growing. Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded SAIC: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/01/2026 07:03am • RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) on Monday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $115 million. On a per-share basis, the Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $2.61. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and costs rela From her bookstore in Nashville, Ann Patchett drives the literary conversation 06/01/2026 07:03am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� When she isn't working on a novel, Ann Patchett is often thinking of what she can do for others: maybe coming up with a blurb for Douglas Stuart, or recording a video birthday message for fellow author-bookseller Emma Straub, or beginning an interview with a plug for anothe Philippine senator arrested on plunder charge, with no right to bail 06/01/2026 06:43am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) ��� A Philippine senator was arrested Monday on a charge of plunder after he allegedly pocketed a huge kickback in a flood-control project. It is the latest crisis to hit the country's Senate, the upper chamber where a battle for control of the country's political future is Kenon: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/01/2026 06:41am • SINGAPORE (AP) ��� SINGAPORE (AP) ��� Kenon Holdings Ltd. (KEN) on Monday reported profit of $26 million in its first quarter. The Singapore-based company said it had profit of 49 cents per share. The holding company posted revenue of $317 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Aut James Milner announces retirement after record-breaking Premier League career 06/01/2026 06:30am • BRIGHTON, England (AP) ��� Premier League icon James Milner announced his retirement from soccer on Monday, bringing an end to a record-breaking career that saw him make 658 appearances in England's top division and win a full set of trophies at club level. The 40-year-old midfielder played for top Nationals Notebook: Nationals wrap up May with a monster weekend 06/01/2026 06:23am • Don't look now, but the Washington Nationals are the hottest team in the majors nobody's talking about. The team's 4-2 win Sunday over San Diego wrapped up its third straight series victory, and the Nationals have won five of six series, with the outlier being a split. The 16 wins in May were NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani skips annual parade celebrating Israel 06/01/2026 06:17am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend an annual parade honoring Israel on Sunday, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights. Though it has gone by different names over the years, the Israel Day parade has always been a mu