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FILE - Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

FILE - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 1, 2022. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

FILE - Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, R-Baton Rouge, talks to reporters on July 20, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

FILE - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 1, 2022. A federal appeals court on Thursday night, June 9, 2022, has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted enforcement of a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district.

A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted Thursday night, hours after U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick refused to put a hold on her order.

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The gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket has been charged with federal hate crimes. Payton Gendron already has pleaded not guilty to state-level charges, including hate-motivated domestic terrorism and murder following the May 14 rampage. The 18-year-old has been jailed without bail since his arrest at the Tops Friendly Market he allegedly targeted for its location in a predominantly Black neighborhood. Authorities say Gendron’s radical, racist worldview and extensive preparation for the massacre are laid out in online documents.

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is maintaining a strong financial advantage over Republican Scott Jensen for the fall election campaign. The Walz campaign says it has raised $1.8 million since Jan. 1 and has $4.5 million in cash on hand. The campaign says that bankroll is a record for a Minnesota gubernatorial campaign at this point in the election cycle. The Jensen campaign says it has raised $472,000 since January and has $660,000 left in the bank. Jensen spent heavily in his campaign to secure the GOP endorsement, while Walz faced no opposition for his party’s backing for a second term.

A Time magazine correspondent has a book planned for next year that will draw upon his extensive access to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Simon Shuster’s “When the World Is Watching: Volodymyr Zelensky and the War in Ukraine.” HarperCollins Publishers says the book will provide a detailed account of the Ukrainian president's response to the Russian invasion. “Shuster will offer revelations about the way Zelensky and his team have experienced this war and navigated the shifting roles of foreign leaders from around the world," the publisher said. Shuster is a Moscow native currently spending much of his time in Kiev.

A minister in Pakistan’s newly elected government is facing criticism following his plea to the nation to drink less tea to help save on imports amid a deepening economic crisis. Tea is a hugely popular drink among both the rich and the poor in this country of 220 million people and the government has to spend about $600 million dollars from its hard currency reserves for tea imports annually. A Pakistani is believed to drink at least three cups a day. Still, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal’s appeal on Tuesday for Pakistanis to drink “one or two cups a day” less surprised many, leading to calls on social media for him to resign.

ORLANDO, Fla. — An area of low pressure had its odds of development over the next five days lessen Wednesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party has sued the vice president of the opposition Candlelight Part for $1 million in compensation for comments he made in an online interview alleging that this month’s local elections were unfair. The Cambodian People’s Party filed the lawsuit against Son Chhay for saying that the nationwide commune elections were unfree as well as unfair.  Son Chhay had charged that the National Election Committee was biased in favor of the governing party and that there had been vote-buying and intimidation of voters. His allegations were denied by the government. Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government has a history of aggressively pursuing legal action against its opponents, hindering their ability to operate freely.

Russia’s Gazprom has announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline for the second day in a row, hours after Germany’s vice chancellor said its initial move appeared to be political rather than a result of techical problems. The state-owned energy giant said on Twitter that deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 undersea pipeline to Germany would be cut again Thursday, bringing the overall reduction in deliveries through the pipeline to 60%. The new cut came a day after Gazprom said it would reduce flows by 40% after Canadian sanctions over the war in Ukraine prevented German partner Siemens Energy from delivering overhauled equipment. It blamed the same issue for the additional reduction.

A U.S. House runoff in Georgia next week pits a former Democratic elected official who's been endorsed by Donald Trump against the son of a onetime Republican congressman. The winner will advance to the November general election against the Democrat nominee, also to be decided Tuesday. In the Republican race, Trump is siding with Vernon Jones, who's fond of calling himself the “Black Donald Trump.” Jones rose to prominence in Republican circles as a lifelong Democrat who endorsed Trump’s reelection campaign in 2020. He has supported Trump’s false claims of election fraud and he switched parties in 2021. His opponent is Mike Collins, who owns a trucking company and is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins.

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Monumental Sports & Entertainment is opening a business suite in Washington's Capital One Arena that will be operational on a year-round basis. The group that owns the NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards unveiled the project Wednesday in conjunction with professional services company KPMG. The team and company hope the suite becomes a blueprint for other arenas around the U.S. KPMG's ignition center designed to host clients and solve business problems is expected to debut in July.

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U.S. government advisers met Wednesday to decide whether to endorse COVID-19 shots for the youngest children, moving the nation closer to vaccinations for all ages. Kids under 5 are the last remaining age group to get vaccinated. Many parents have been anxiously waiting for months for regulators to act. An independent advisory committee is hearing presentations from Moderna and Pfizer at an all-day meeting before voting on whether to recommend Food and Drug Administration authorization. If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention later recommends the shots, they could be available early next week.

BALTIMORE — When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rushern Baker III launched his first television ad of Maryland’s 2022 campaign, he chose to focus on murders in Baltimore, telling viewers “nobody in power gives a damn” about the carnage because the victims are Black and vowing to “stop th…

Russian energy giant Gazprom announces reduction in natural gas through key European pipeline for second day in a row.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, ridership plummeted on Green Mountain Transit, Vermont’s largest public transit agency.

The 24 hours after Belle found out she was unexpectedly pregnant were a blur of phone calls, highways and panic. Her home state of Texas had recently outlawed the right to an abortion after around six weeks, leaving her just days to secure a procedure in a region where there’s a dearth of clinics.

LOS ANGELES — Inge Baumbach did not like taking flowers from his garden.

Prosecutors in the fraud trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and vice president Michel Platini have asked for both men to get 20-month suspended prison sentences. Blatter and Platini had faced sentences of up to five years for financial wrongdoing and forgery but actual jail time was considered to be unlikely. The 11-day trial ends next week and verdicts are expected on July 8. The case centers on a FIFA-approved $2 million payment to Platini in 2011. Both men claim they had a verbal agreement in 1998 for Platini to be paid extra salary for work as Blatter's presidential adviser from 1998 to 2002.

The governor of California stood in a patch of dry brown grass as he made his proclamation:

After being mostly grounded for two years, Americans rushed to book summer flights this year — and are paying very heavy prices for their tickets.

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The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels below the government’s ability to detect them. Most uses of so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFOA and PFOS have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers. But there are some ongoing uses. The EPA on Wednesday issued nonbinding health advisories setting the permissible health thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero. Environmental and public health groups hail the EPA’s action. The chemicals are in products including cardboard packaging and carpets. The chemicals remain in the environment because they don't degrade. Serious health conditions associated with the chemicals include cancer.

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Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa remained without water as crews worked to restore service amid scorching temperatures in the area. The city water system’s 165,000 customers’ taps lost pressure or went completely dry after the 24-inch main broke late Monday afternoon. Odessa Mayor Javier Joven declared a state of emergency and issued a boil-water notice for the system’s customers that still had water. Temperatures Wednesday were predicted to approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit as Texas — like much of the United States — faced extremely hot and humid conditions this week. Odessa officials have said that drinkable water could be restored later Wednesday.

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Americans cut their spending unexpectedly in May compared with the month before, underscoring how surging inflation on daily necessities like gas is causing them to be more cautious about buying discretionary items. U.S. retail sales fell 0.3% last month, down from a revised 0.7% increase in April. Sales at furniture and home furnishings stores fell 0.9%, while sales at food stores rose 1.2%. Business at restaurants was up 0.7%. Adjusting for inflation, which jumped 1% from April to May, retail sales fell even further. The report offers discouraging news about the economy as consumers were still providing critical support to the economy even after a year of seeing prices spiral higher for gas, food, rent, and other necessities.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has reasserted his country's support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. State media say Xi told Putin that China is “willing to work with Russia on issues concerning core interests and major concerns." He added that “all parties should responsibly push for a proper settlement of the Ukraine crisis.” China has refused to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine or even to refer to it in such terms. Weeks before the Russian attack, Putin and Xi met in Beijing and oversaw the signing of an agreement pledging that relations between the sides would have “no limits."

The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds in drinking water pose health risks at levels below the government’s ability to detect them. Most uses of so-called “forever chemicals” known as PFOA and PFOS have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers. But there are some ongoing uses. The EPA on Wednesday issued nonbinding health advisories setting the permissible health thresholds for PFOA and PFOS to near zero. Environmental and public health groups hail the EPA’s action. The chemicals are in products including cardboard packaging and carpets. The chemicals remain in the environment because they don't degrade. Serious health conditions associated with the chemicals include cancer.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 15, 2022--

Residents of the West Texas city of Odessa remained without water as crews worked to restore service amid scorching temperatures in the area. The city water system’s 165,000 customers’ taps lost pressure or went completely dry after the 24-inch main broke late Monday afternoon. Odessa Mayor Javier Joven declared a state of emergency and issued a boil-water notice for the system’s customers that still had water. Temperatures Wednesday were predicted to approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit as Texas — like much of the United States — faced extremely hot and humid conditions this week. Odessa officials have said that drinkable water could be restored later Wednesday.

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