The Latest: UK Parliament rejects holding snap elections

LONDON (AP) — The latest on Brexit (all times local):
12:40 a.m.
British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s request for an election before the country’s scheduled departure from the European Union next month.
A total of 293 of the 650 House of Commons members backed the proposal, well short of the two-thirds majority needed. Opposition lawmakers voted against the measure or abstained.
Johnson wants a snap election Oct. 15, just over two weeks before the sche