Month: May 2025

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — When Brittney Griner became the first WNBA player to attend the Met Gala in 2023, just months after being released from a Russian prison in a high-profile prisoner swap, she looked effortlessly cool and chic in a custom-made Calvin Klein suit. Behind the look was celebrity

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press/Report For America TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Sama Ebrahimi Bajgani and her fiance, Alireza Doroudi, had just spent an evening celebrating the Persian new year at the University of Alabama when seven armed immigration officers came to their apartment before dawn and arrested Doroudi. In a moment, the young couple’s life

By HANNAH FINGERHUT and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press WEST COLUMBIA, Texas (AP) — Years had passed since Hurricane Harvey’s howling winds and heavy rains tore apart Dan Lee’s century-old roof in West Columbia, south of Houston. Then came the knock on his door. It was Mosaic in Action, a nonprofit that has helped more than

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press It didn’t begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving “Star Wars” have an inescapable gravity. May 4 — or May the 4th, as fans say — has evolved over the years into