By The Associated Press Democrats won high-profile races in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City Tuesday as millions of voters cast ballots in U.S. state and local elections. Abigail Spanberger was elected Virginia governor, Mikie Sherrill won the New Jersey gubernatorial contest and Zohran Mamdani triumphed in the New York City mayor’s race. This
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Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Head Start Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues SUMMARY: The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Head Start Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues SUMMARY: The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Head Start Some Head Start preschools shutter as government shutdown continues SUMMARY: The government shutdown is triggering a wave of closures of Head
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By Michelle Watson, Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — Two men were arrested following an explosion this weekend at Harvard Medical School, according to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Harvard University Police Department. The US Attorney’s Office is expected to hold an afternoon news conference at the federal courthouse in Boston. The incident
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By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84. Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family
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By David J. Lopez, CNN (CNN) — At 7:32 a.m. on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X that his agency “thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan.” “More details to come,” Patel said. Two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case told CNN about a cryptic reference to
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — France has said it will suspend Shein’s access to the French market following a headline-grabbing scandal over sales of “childlike” sex dolls. The government started proceedings Wednesday to ban Shein’s French website “for the time necessary for the platform to show to the authorities that all of its
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime. “No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad,”
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By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro intervened to reverse the firings of at least four FBI agents axed in the latest Trump administration purge at the bureau, according to multiple sources familiar with the developments this week. One of the sources told CNN that some of the agents
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All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Montreal 13 9 3 1 19 48 41 4-1-1 5-2-0 3-1-0 New Jersey 13 9 4 0 18 46 40 5-0-0 4-4-0 1-1-0 Pittsburgh 14 8 4 2 18 49 40 3-1-1 5-3-1 2-1-2 Detroit 14 9 5 0 18
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Montreal 13 9 3 1 19 48 41 4-1-1 5-2-0 3-1-0 Detroit 14 9 5 0 18 44 42 5-1-0 4-4-0 4-2-0 Boston 15 8 7 0 16 49 51 6-3-0 2-4-0 2-3-0 Toronto 13 7 5 1
Continue Reading All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div New England 7 2 0 .778 237 169 3-2-0 4-0-0 4-2-0 3-0-0 2-0-0 Buffalo 6 2 0 .750 235 167 4-1-0 2-1-0 4-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 Miami 2 7 0 .222 180 243 1-3-0 1-4-0 1-6-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 13 9 3 1 19 48 41 Detroit 14 9 5 0 18 44 42 Boston 15 8 7 0 16 49 51 Toronto 13 7 5 1 15 47 47 Tampa Bay 13 6 5 2 14 37 36
Continue Reading All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 7 2 0 .778 237 169 Buffalo 6 2 0 .750 235 167 Miami 2 7 0 .222 180 243 N.Y. Jets 1 7 0 .125 168 221 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 7 2 0 .778 290
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 5 2 .714 — New York 4 3 .571 1 Toronto 4 4 .500 1½ Boston 3 5 .375 2½ Brooklyn 0 7 .000 5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 4 3 .571 — Atlanta 4 4 .500 ½ Orlando 3
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Philadelphia 5 2 .714 — 5-2 L-1 2-1 3-1 5-2 New York 4 3 .571 1 4-3 W-2 4-0 0-3 4-3 Toronto 4 4 .500 1½ 4-4 W-3 2-2 2-2 3-1 Boston 3 5 .375 2½ 3-5 L-2 1-3
Continue Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Chicago 6 1 .857 — 6-1 W-1 5-0 1-1 5-1 Philadelphia 5 2 .714 1 5-2 L-1 2-1 3-1 5-2 Detroit 5 2 .714 1 5-2 W-3 2-1 2-1 2-2 Milwaukee 5 3 .625 1½ 5-3 L-1 3-1 2-2 4-2 Miami
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories churning out a protein that is essentially the active ingredient in drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro. That’s the ambition of two
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The Associated Press Dick Cheney, the former defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush and vice president under Bush’s son George W. Bush, has died at age 84. This is a photo gallery curated by Associated Press photo editors.
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The Associated Press Dick Cheney, the former defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush and vice president under Bush’s son George W. Bush, has died at age 84. This is a photo gallery curated by Associated Press photo editors.
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — “He did it. He threw the sandwich.” That’s how the defense counsel for Sean Dunn, the man who threw a sub-style sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in Washington, DC, this summer began the federal trial against him Tuesday morning. The United States government, Dunn’s attorney Julia Gatto told
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They threw a party at the New York Public Library and a concert broke out. Bruce Springsteen was among six honorees Monday night at the library’s annual “Library Lions” gala, which pays tribute to “outstanding achievements” in arts, culture, letters and scholarship. Others receiving medals
Continue ReadingBy SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has agreed with China on stabilizing the flow of rare earth materials and products from China that are critical elements for many high-tech and military products, an official said Tuesday. EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Brussels
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a group of bankers, financial institutions and others accused of laundering money from cyber crime schemes — money the Treasury Department says helps pay for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Over the past three years, North Korean malware and
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s new book, his 23rd, is also a resetting of his career. “The Eleventh Hour,” which includes two short stories and three novellas, is his first work of fiction since he was brutally stabbed on a New York lecture stage in 2022. His recovery
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By Melanie Radzicki McManus (CNN) — People in the United States are obsessed with dieting and body size. That may be due to the fact that 40.3% of adults have obesity today, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The weight loss industry likely contributes to these twin obsessions, as the global
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By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — More than two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would halt “all payments” to Colombia, there has not been any interruption to the assistance, even after the administration sanctioned the country’s President Gustavo Petro accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.”
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system marked the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent races. Voting otherwise
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