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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a decade, Ozy Media projected an image of new-media success. The company boasted big-name interviews, an Emmy-winning TV show, a buzzy music and ideas festival and impressive numbers to show prospective investors. But now the company and its founder, Carlos Watson, are on trial

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Bob Good is fighting a two-front battle to hold his seat in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District. And that doesn’t even count his opponent in the June 18 GOP primary, state Sen. John McGuire. Good chairs the House Freedom Caucus and played a key role in the

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown shared a long hug after helping Boston avoid the biggest collapse in an NBA Finals game since at least 1997. The reward? The Celtics stars are on the brink of joining the litany of big-name predecessors to put a banner above

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he understands that the Biden administration enacted new restrictions on asylum-seekers entering the United States, but cautioned that some aspects of the executive order may violate refugee protection required under international law. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down. The capital of San Juan was left without power late Wednesday, as well as neighboring municipalities including Bayamón, Caguas and Carolina. Luma Energy,

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools. That’s according to the U.N. children’s agency Thursday, which says that “no country can move forward when half its population is left behind.” The U.N. has warned that the ban on girls’

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady brought the New England Patriots endless memories and six Super Bowl trophies during his two-decade run with the team. The Patriots made sure his induction into the franchise’s Hall of Fame was a celebration unlike it had ever thrown before. Dozens of Brady’s

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers voted Wednesday to send an initiative to the November ballot that would protect two state Supreme Court justices targeted for removal from the bench over their support for a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War. Both chambers of the Legislature agreed to

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees have given final approval to an agreement that buries the hatchet between Disney and the governing district for Walt Disney World. The governor took over the district after the company two years ago publicly opposed a state law critics dubbed “Don’t

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang has met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington, where the two leaders played up the ability of “good friends” to respectfully disagree — while publicly diverging on little. Li, China’s No. 2 official, is the first Chinese premier

By STEVEN DuBOIS and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Neil Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died. He was 83. The Oregonian reports that Goldschmidt died at his Portland home on Wednesday, according to family.

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press READING, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP to open a “Latino Americans for Trump” office in Reading. It’s a town with a fast-growing Hispanic population. Trump and top Republicans are looking to boost their support among Latino

By GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada GOP Senate Republican runner-up Jeff Gunter has continued his attacks on the nominee and retired Army Capt. Sam Brown. However, on Wednesday, other former rivals backed Brown’s quest to unseat incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen. It marks an early preview of how Republican leadership may coalesce

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn’t compete this year because of a deal with a rival brand, Netflix swiftly announced a new hot dog-eating competition that will feature Chestnut and his “fiercest rival.” Chestnut, a 16-time hot

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged with taking three people hostage while robbing a Southern California bank last month had been released from prison a day earlier. The 53-year-old was indicted on robbery charges after investigators said he claimed to have a gun, jumped over the teller counter and began stuffing

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman armed with a handgun has been taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle. That’s according to FBI spokesperson Steve Bernd. The woman walked into a publicly accessible area on Wednesday where people have to wait to be buzzed into the lobby. Seattle police say

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they have found the remains of some of the 63 miners who were trapped 18 years ago in a coal mine in northern Mexico. The accident at Pasta de Conchos mine is considered one of the biggest mining tragedies in the country. The 2006 accident occurred with 73

Associated Press RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — The ex-husband of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Wednesday after separate altercations with his ex-wife at a local restaurant and their son at home earlier this year, according to online court documents. A January argument between the congresswoman and Jayson Boebert at a restaurant that

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the shooting death of a police officer in southwest Virginia in 2021. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Donivan White of Cross, South Carolina, had already pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in state court. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to federal counts including

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — When the sprawling Alamo Ranch first went up for sale nearly a decade ago, it was advertised as a working cattle ranch with incredible wildlife habitat and superb potential for development and recreation not far from New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area. For Santa

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor says Sen. Bob Menendez sought to discuss the prosecution of a New Jersey real estate developer with him before recommending him to be nominated as U.S. attorney after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger’s revelation

By SEUNG MIN KIM and REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked

Associated Press Union flight attendants are getting help from some members of Congress as they try to negotiate new labor contracts. A group of 31 Senate Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that federal mediators should speed up those negotiations, and even give workers permission to strike “as necessary.” The lawmakers say airlines feel

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state’s next budget will be slightly less than the current year’s after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $1 billion to bring the spending plan down to $116.5 billion. The budget provides 3% raises for state employees and sets aside $1.5 billion that has to

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A proposal seeking to eliminate a hefty price tag for New York City renters is drawing fierce opposition from the real estate industry. Currently, city renters are often on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in fees to brokers, even if they are hired by

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake has lost an Arizona appeals court challenge arguing that thousands of Phoenix-area mail ballot signatures were not properly verified when she lost the 2022 governor election to Democrat Katie Hobbs. The state Court of Appeals upheld on Tuesday a judge’s finding last year that Lake failed to prove inconsistencies

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials who track disinformation campaigns say they’re issuing more warnings to political candidates, government officials and others targeted by foreign groups as America’s adversaries seek to influence the 2024 election. The warnings are issued when officials determine that a foreign group is seeking to spread disinformation

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off a jail floor. A judge on Wednesday gave Michael Christian Green the maximum prison time on the misdemeanor charge of

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A political newcomer’s closer-than-expected finish in Tuesday’s special congressional election in Ohio surprised Republicans and jolted Democrats in a former bellwether state. Democrat Michael Kripchak lost the race for the 6th Congressional District to Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli, but it was much closer than

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the University of Miami has been chosen to become the next chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, where the retiring incumbent is leaving a campus roiled by protests over Israel’s war in Gaza. Dr. Julio Frenk was selected by regents of