EXPLAINER: What is Title IX and what impact has it had?
By COLLIN BINKLEY and ERICA HUNZINGER Associated Press Title IX is best known for its role in gender equity in athletics and sexual harassment on…
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What to watch in Alabama Senate runoff, DC mayor’s race
By KIMBERLY CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The two Republican candidates in Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary runoff on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingUnlikely duo: Pennsylvania Democrats aim for united front
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — One candidate is unabashedly blunt, willing to embrace progressive positions, doing little to…
Continue ReadingYellowstone Park aims for quick reopening after floods
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press GARDINER, Mont. (AP) — Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two…
Continue ReadingColombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first…
Continue ReadingTeen killed, officer, 2 adults shot at unpermitted DC event
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say a 15-year-old boy was shot to death and three adults, including a police officer, were wounded…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes central Taiwan coast
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Taiwan on Monday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Taiwan’s…
Continue ReadingPhilippine government attorney fatally shot in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Officials say a government attorney for the Philippines was fatally shot in an Uber while visiting Philadelphia. Authorities…
Continue ReadingFitzpatrick a winner again at Brookline as US Open champion
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Matt Fitzpatrick is a champion again at The Country Club. And this time he has one of the…
Continue ReadingNYC firefighter killed by tree limb at Biltmore Estate
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a New York City firefighter was killed when a tree limb fell onto the vehicle he was driving at the Biltmore…
Continue ReadingWimbledon player avoids Russia ban with Georgian nationality
LONDON (AP) — A women’s doubles player who was born in Moscow will be able to get around the ban on Russians at Wimbledon this year because she…
Continue ReadingPianist, 18, from South Korea wins Van Cliburn competition
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old from South Korea has won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the top showcases for…
Continue ReadingChurch shooting survivor: Gunman ‘disengaged,’ sat alone
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press The 70-year-old suspected gunman in a shooting that killed three people at an Alabama church sat by himself drinking…
Continue ReadingStarbucks head of North America business leaving company
By The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Rossann Williams, Starbucks’ North America president who’s been a prominent figure in the…
Continue ReadingMexican marine kills 2 colleagues, civilian at base
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Navy Department says a marine stationed at a base on the Baja California peninsula opened fire, killing two…
Continue ReadingSpain’s conservatives strike huge win in southern Andalusia
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s traditional conservatives have scored a huge win in southern Andalusia by…
Continue ReadingArizona wildfire near Kitt Peak observatory 40% contained
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a lightning-caused wildfire that led to an evacuation of the a national observatory southwest of Tucson is 40%…
Continue Reading1 of 4 who escaped federal prison satellite camp surrenders
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — Officials say one of four inmates who escaped from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend has turned…
Continue ReadingTwo Nigeria churches attacked; worshippers killed, abducted
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses and an official say three people have been shot dead in northwestern Nigeria…
Continue ReadingJuneteenth celebrations emphasize ending racial disparities
By JAMIE STENGLE and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A year after Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the U.S., people gathered…
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