Cavs guard Max Strus returns to Miami and picks up an Emmy award
MIAMI (AP) — Max Strus didn’t win a Larry O’Brien Trophy during his time in Miami. He won an Emmy instead. Strus, who left the Heat for the…
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Mexico’s Supreme Court lifts 2022 ban on bullfighting
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has overturned a 2022 ban on bullfighting in Mexico City, opening the way for events to resume,…
Continue Reading Utah attorney general drops reelection bid amid scrutiny about his ties to a sexual assault suspect
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has announced that he will not seek reelection. The…
Continue Reading Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines reject a contract their union negotiated with the airline
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines flight attendants have voted down a contract offer reached by negotiators for the airline and the union. The…
Continue Reading Indiana secretary of state appeals ruling for US Senate candidate seeking GOP nod
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana secretary of state is appealing a ruling that a law stipulating voting requirements for a candidate’s party…
Continue Reading Nashville Police investigation into leak of Covenant School shooter’s writings is inconclusive
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Police say they have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the…
Continue Reading Fox News pushes back against reporter’s suit claiming he was fired for challenging Jan. 6 coverage
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fox News is pushing back against a former reporter’s lawsuit saying he was targeted and…
Continue Reading US, South Korea and Japan urge a stronger international push to curb North Korea’s nuclear program
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The national security advisers of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Saturday…
Continue Reading Bloody clash in Mexican hamlet kills 4 villagers and 10 gunmen, including drug cartel’s leader
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a clash between gunmen from a notoriously violent drug cartel and residents of a small farming community…
Continue Reading Judge voids result of Louisiana sheriff’s election decided by a single vote and orders a new runoff
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A judge has voided the result of a Louisiana sheriff’s election that was decided by a…
Continue Reading Arkansas man sentenced to 5 1/2 years for firebombing police cars during 2020 protests
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The ringleader of a group who admitted to firebombing several police cars in Arkansas during the 2020 protests over the…
Continue Reading Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted House speaker, says he is endorsing…
Continue Reading Mexico raids and closes 31 pharmacies in Ensenada that were selling fentanyl-laced pills
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have raided and closed 31 drug stores in the Baja California coastal city of Ensenada, after they were…
Continue Reading High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry…
Continue Reading Europe reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive…
Continue Reading Report: Deputies were justified when they fired at SUV that blasted through Mar-a-Lago checkpoint
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office has concluded that two of its deputies were…
Continue Reading Ryan O’Neal, star of ‘Love Story,’ ‘Paper Moon,’ ‘Peyton Place’ and ‘Barry Lyndon,’ dies at 82
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan O’Neal, the heartthrob actor who went from a TV soap opera to an…
Continue Reading Maine man dies while checking thickness of lake ice, wardens say
MILLINOCKET The Maine Warden Service says a man checking the thickness of ice on a wilderness lake crashed into the icy water and drowned. Wardens…
Continue Reading Tax charges in Hunter Biden case are rarely filed, but could have deep political reverberations
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden has been hit with new criminal charges in California accusing him of scheming…
Continue Reading Californian passes state bar exam at age 17 and is sworn in as an attorney
VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — A county prosecutor’s office says one of its law clerks passed the State Bar of California exam at age 17. The Tulare…
Continue Reading Mexican immigration agents detain 2 Iranians who they say were under observation by the FBI
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration agency says its agents have detained two Iranians who they say were under observation by the FBI. The…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s human rights envoy calls for a faster way to bring back children deported by Russia
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has voiced hope that a coalition of countries formed to…
Continue Reading A ‘soft landing’ or a recession? How each one might affect America’s households and businesses
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The solid hiring revealed in Friday’s jobs report for November, along with a raft of…
Continue Reading Popular documentary ‘Bye Bye Barry’ sheds new light on Sanders’ decision to retire from Lions
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Coach Dan Campbell and quarterback Jared Goff aren’t the only popular Detroit Lions these days. A movie about the…
Continue Reading Bulgarian parliament again approves additional military aid to Ukraine
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has approved the provision of additional military aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia. The…
Continue Reading LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman as a hate crime
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ activists in Minnesota want prosecutors to treat the killing of a trans woman in…
Continue Reading US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has vetoed a United Nations resolution backed by almost all other…
Continue Reading 3 Alabama officers fired in connection to fatal shooting of Black man at his home
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama city has fired three police officers connected to the fatal shooting of a Black man in front of his own home during…
Continue Reading With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and hospitals create mobile groceries
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside resort, where $5 billion worth of in-person and online gambling gets…
Continue Reading 2 journalists are detained in Belarus as part of a crackdown on dissent
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian journalists association has reported that two journalists have been…
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