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Scott vetoes Vermont Legislature’s latest attempt at healthcare reform 06/18/2026 05:21pm • Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed S.190, a healthcare bill designed to fast-track premium savings for two groups of insurance customers: public school employees and people buying plans on Vermont’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. The bill was one of the few healthcare reform initiatives the Legislature Maryland exercises its right to match an $85 million offer to keep Preakness branding rights 06/18/2026 05:16pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday the state will exercise its right of first refusal to match Churchill Downs Incorporated’s $85 million offer for the intellectual property of the Preakness Stakes and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. Churchill Downs Inc., which runs the Kentucky Derby to open t Arizona prosecutors dismissing fake elector case but vow to seek new indictment 06/18/2026 05:14pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a sprawling criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state. The decision announced Thur Dairy Farmers of America to ‘idle’ its St. Albans plant in Vermont, affecting 80 employees 06/18/2026 05:09pm • Dairy Farmers of America will effectively close its St. Albans milk processing plant and the adjoining St. Albans Creamery & Supply, the group announced Wednesday, putting roughly 80 employees out of work. “Both the plant and store have been foundational parts of the St. Albans community for g West Texas organization sues Trump administration to stop border wall in Big Bend 06/18/2026 05:08pm • An economic development organization for the city of Presidio and Presidio County filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, saying the federal government’s plans to install border barriers and other technology along the Rio Grande will cause communities to flood in the Big Ben Switzerland 4, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 06/18/2026 05:03pm • Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 — 1 Switzerland 0 4 — An Uber carrying Argentina soccer fans was hit in shootings in Kansas City that left 1 man dead 06/18/2026 05:02pm • An Uber driver taking fans of Argentina’s soccer team to a World Cup match was among four people injured in a series of shootings in Kansas City, Missouri, that also left one man dead, police said. A 22-year-old male suspect, described as armed and dangerous, remained at large Thursday. The five Federal regulators order grid operators to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers 06/18/2026 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system, a step they said is needed to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence Stocks rise on Wall Street, erasing much of their loss from a day earlier 06/18/2026 04:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market's reversal was powered by sharp gains for big technology companies. The decline on Wednesday was driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely rais What to know about Cuba's economic measures aimed at opening up the island's economy 06/18/2026 04:56pm • HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package featuring unprecedented free-market measures aimed at opening up the struggling island’s economy following heightened pressure from the United States. While the full document has not been released, here are some of Brazil's police targets a close ally of President Lula in sprawling fraud probe 06/18/2026 04:53pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police executed search and seizure warrants targeting a high-ranking senator and friend of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday as part of a fraud and graft probe that has ensnared several politicians ahead of October’s general election. Polic Supreme Court sides with a Texas man who says it’s not a crime for marijuana users to have guns 06/18/2026 04:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights. The justices decided unanimously in favor of Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who argued that a law ba Obama Center opens in Chicago with a call to defend democracy and a celebrity crowd 06/18/2026 04:48pm • Former President Barack Obama formally opened his presidential center in Chicago on Thursday with a call to defend democracy as three former presidents joined him on stage in an extraordinary event featuring politicians, A-list celebrities, athletes and other internationally known figures. “I hope The Trump administration says it is cutting student loan interest. Here are some facts and context 06/18/2026 04:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department on Thursday announced a reduction in interest rates for federal student loans, describing it as part of a plan to make higher education more affordable. With growing numbers of borrowers in default, the Trump administration pitched the temporary, 1% redu Well done, young man: 17-year-old Russell's US Open debut impresses 54-year-old partner Harrington 06/18/2026 04:47pm • SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — As Miles Russell's putt neared the hole on the ninth green, Padraig Harrington crouched down for a closer look at the way the ball broke. Even one of golf's elder statesmen and a three-time major champion could learn something from the way the 17-year-old played Thursday i