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This photo shows bride Namisha Balagopal and groom Suhaas Prasad getting married in a small legal ceremony Aug. 15, 2020, on Muir Beach near San Francisco. The couple plans a larger traditional South Asian Indian wedding this August in Utah

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to the chamber after a news conference to criticize the Democrat push to pass a voting rights bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON, D.C.

FILE – In this April 30, 2021, file photo surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Now that the pandemic appears to be waning and DeSantis is

FILE – This July 2002 file photo shows a sailing ship in the harbor at Pago Pago, American Samoa. A federal appeals court ruling says U.S. citizenship shouldn’t be imposed on those born in American Samoa. The decision reverses a

FILE – In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a Waymo logo is displayed on the door of a car at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Waymo, the self-driving

This image released by Focus Features shows Anthony Bourdain in Morgan Neville’s documentary “Roadrunner.” The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, June 11, 2021. (Focus Features via AP) NEW YORK — When the

Wingate freshman pitcher Sam Broderson closed out the Bulldogs’ championship game win Saturday over Central Missouri by retiring 13 of the final 14 batters he faced. (Brett Friedlander / North State Journal) CARY — The bus carrying Wingate’s baseball team

FILE – In this April 28, 2021 file photo, Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations, on Capitol Hill in

Photos courtesy of Volkswagen SAN DIEGO — The era of the no-compromise electric car is here. We’re spoiled for choice thanks to new, more affordable EVs from Ford, BMW, Hyundai, and Volkswagen — with more yet to come. They’re reasonably

Winner of the Virginia Democratic gubernatorial primary, former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, center, addresses the crowd during an election party in McLean, Va., Tuesday, June 8, 2021. McAuliffe faced four other Democrats in Tuesday’s primary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) RICHMOND, Va.