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Here’s our modest prediction for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics set to begin Friday: Enough athletic star power in the U.S. delegation to light up the Seine. In contrast to more customary Olympic standards where athletes in such sports as handball, rhythmic gymnastics and dressage labor in obscurity, there are some serious celebrities on the…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ASHRAF KHALIL and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one between the two allies, coming at a moment of extreme political flux in the United States and wariness among American leaders about Netanyahu’s history of interjecting himself into U.S. domestic politics. The…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The law passed last year, but a judge had blocked it from being enforced. The Iowa Supreme…

The Maryland State Board of Education unanimously elected Josh Michael as its new president Tuesday. Michael, the previous vice president, has been replaced by Monica Goldson, whom the 11-member board approved as vice president unanimously. “Our work together has never been more clear — improve outcomes for children from all backgrounds in Maryland by elevating…

You can call her The Duchess. Baltimore’s Foreman Wolf restaurant group shared details Monday about the latest addition to its portfolio, a new restaurant planned in Hampden. The Duchess, in the works since 2022, is slated to open in early fall. The restaurant will be “an authentically English-style pub that will feature the culturally rich…

NEW YORK (AP) — Hunter Biden has dropped a lawsuit accusing Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming series. An attorney for the president’s son filed a voluntary dismissal notice on Sunday in federal court in New York City, three weeks after the lawsuit was filed. It wasn’t…

The man charged with murdering a 12-year-old girl Friday night was alone in the house with her, where “loud yelling” could be heard before the fatal shooting, according to charging documents filed in court. Baltimore Police provided no motive in the documents, but it appears that the man, Omar Passmore, 28, may have been known…

It’s almost time for the 2024 Olympics. Get ready for all the action — everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events — with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about the global gathering in Paris. How can I watch the Olympics? In a…

The suspect wanted in connection with the Friday shooting of 12-year-old Breaunna Cormley was arrested Sunday, Baltimore Police said. The suspected shooter, 28-year-old Omar Passmore, of Baltimore, was arrested by Baltimore County officers Sunday morning in connection with the fatal shooting that occurred in the 500 block of North Kenwood Avenue around 8 p.m. on…

Temperatures in the mid-80s and lower 90s partnered with a chance of showers and thunderstorms will kick off the week in the Baltimore area, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday will be sunny with a high near 90 degrees before the likelihood of showers and thunderstorms sets in Sunday night. The low temperature Sunday…

Breezy Zawoysky, 19, is a local artist and entrepreneur living in Taneytown. She works at Antrim 1844 in Taneytown. Zawoysky got interested in art when she was 5 years old. “I started getting into crafts. I made bracelets and sculptures out of paper,” Zawoysky said. She started painting on cardboard that her dad gave her.…

Preparations are well under way for the 127th Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair, which begins Saturday, July 27. The theme for this year’s fair is, “Creating Champions Today to Lead Tomorrow.” The fair, located at 700 Agriculture Drive, just south of Westminster, will continue through Aug. 2. Long before sports rivalries, competitive Carroll countians…

A roadmap to follow for the wrestling competition during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes to watch Hassan Yazdani, Iran: Nicknamed “The Greatest,” Yazdani was a gold medalist at 74 kilograms in 2016. He lost to David Taylor in the gold medal match in the 86-kilogram division in Tokyo. Taylor isn’t competing in…

The 2nd annual Taneytown Artisan Fest is set for Saturday at Taneytown Memorial Park. This free outdoor arts festival will feature fine art and craft displays by local and regional artists as well as a beer garden, food vendors, live music and free kids’ crafts, sponsored by the Carroll County Arts Council, in partnership with…

By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago.…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LINLEY SANDERS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. A new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 6 in…

The man accused of killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere days after setting two people on fire is seeking to exclude a statement he gave to police from his upcoming murder trial. Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor is slated to preside over a hearing Thursday afternoon where lawyers for Jason Billingsley and prosecutors will…

By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats worried about President Joe Biden’s ability to win this November are making a renewed push for him to reconsider his reelection bid, using mountains of data, frank conversations and now, his own time off the campaign trail after testing positive for COVID-19, to encourage…

Before the attempted assassination, Donald Trump was headed to the Republican National Convention as a political prisoner, a self-proclaimed victim in all the legal cases against him. But the shooting on Saturday made him a martyr, immortalized with a fist pump and promise to fight. The 2024 presidential race was already upended by President Joe…

As I just wrapped up an interview with Matt Gaetz and was waiting to interview Kevin McCarthy, Gaetz erupted. Former House Speaker McCarthy was doing a live interview with CNN when Congressman Gaetz said “What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight? Hey, if you took that stage, you would get booed off of…

By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MARTHA BELLISLE, JIM MUSTIAN and PETER SMITH Associated Press BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) — After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President Donald Trump with a high-velocity bullet: He was an intelligent loner with few friends, an apparently thin social media footprint…