Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service
Associated Press Several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons…
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Pentagon Arctic report calls for more investment in sensors, equipment to keep up with Russia, China
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Pentagon strategy says the U.S. must invest more to upgrade sensors, communications and space-based…
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Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more
AP Film Writer The Angelina Jolie-directed war film “Without Blood,” a documentary about Bruce Springsteen and Mike Leigh’s contemporary…
Continue Reading Darren Walker, president of Ford Foundation, will step down by the end of 2025
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, will step down from his role by the end of 2025. Walker has…
Continue Reading Senate Ethics Committee starts review of Sen. Bob Menendez’s conduct following bribery conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee has voted unanimously to review allegations that Sen. Bob Menendez violated Senate rules. The panel…
Continue Reading Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in…
Continue Reading Man convicted of kidnapping Michigan store manager to steal guns gets 15 years in prison
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping the manager of a Michigan big-box store in a scheme to…
Continue Reading Harris steps into the limelight. And the coconut trees and memes have followed
Associated Press If you’re trying to get up to speed on Vice President Kamala Harris’ swift emergence as Democrats’ possible…
Continue Reading The EU is putting new pressure on Hungary’s Orban over his outreach to Russia
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU’s top diplomat says Hungary won’t be allowed to host a strategic EU meeting next month.…
Continue Reading Woman gets probation for calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital
A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a…
Continue Reading Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorses Harris amid speculation if he’s in running to join the ticket
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris soon after she became the…
Continue Reading Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris smashes fundraising record with stunning $81 million haul over 24 hours
AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party’s donors — big and small —…
Continue Reading The first 2 of 14 new F-16 fighter jets from the US land in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has received the first two of the 14 new F-16 military jets from the United States whose delivery was pushed…
Continue Reading No prison for a nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out…
Continue Reading Eminem brings Taylor Swift’s historic reign at No. 1 to an end, Stevie Wonder’s record stays intact
AP Music Writer Eminem’s latest album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce),” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, unseating…
Continue Reading Warner Bros. Discovery informs NBA it will match Amazon Prime Video’s offer to air games
AP Sports Writer Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it…
Continue Reading Calls for Maya Rudolph to reprise her Kamala Harris on ‘SNL’ are flooding social media
NEW YORK (AP) — Will Maya Rudolph’s “funt,” aka Vice President Kamala Harris, be back on “Saturday Night Live?” Speculation has been…
Continue Reading Biden continues to recover from COVID-19, stays out of public view after ending his 2024 campaign
Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says President Joe Biden’s “symptoms have almost…
Continue Reading Plane crashes near the site of an air show in Wisconsin, killing the 2 people on board
NEKIMI, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a plane crashed in a Wisconsin farm field near the site of an air show, killing the two people on board. The…
Continue Reading Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was…
Continue Reading Largest trial court in the US closes after ransomware attack, California officials say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California officials say the largest trial court in the country is closed after a ransomware attack shut down its computer…
Continue Reading Cleveland-Cliffs will make electrical transformers at shuttered West Virginia tin plant
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs says it will produce electrical transformers at a West Virginia facility that closed…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods watches 15-year-old son Charlie shoot a 12-over 82 in US Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills
AP Sports Writer BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Charlie Woods shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. The…
Continue Reading CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s…
Continue Reading Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race spells new uncertainty for Ukraine
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty…
Continue Reading Moroccan ex-minister who defended government critics sentenced to five years
Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Mohamed Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, has been sentenced to five years in prison in a…
Continue Reading Black voters feel excitement, hope and a lot of worry as Harris takes center stage in campaign
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Black voters are expressing a mix of hope and worry over Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the…
Continue Reading ACC’s Phillips touts financial gains, intent to fight lawsuits in assertive stance for the future
AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Commissioner Jim Phillips firmly believes in the future of the Atlantic Coast Conference amid the…
Continue Reading No one hurt when CSX locomotive derails and strikes residential garage in Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — CSX says one of its locomotives derailed and struck a residential garage in Niagara Falls. The railways says no one was…
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