By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later. Trump met
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They’re all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important thing on the planet,” she says. “I don’t have a favorite. It’s like
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka, who leads New Jersey’s biggest city, is a
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” film franchises, as well as this year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” says all the attention should go to
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after being arrested at immigration detention facility.
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, June 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Western COLLEGE SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series – Finals: Texas Tech vs. Texas, Game 1, Oklahoma City ESPNU — Women’s College World Series
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 7 0 1.000 — Atlanta 5 2 .714 2 Indiana 3 4 .429 4 Washington 3 5 .375 4½ Chicago 2 4 .333 4½ Connecticut 1 6 .143 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 0 1.000 — Las Vegas 4 2
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
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Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The magic created by the vocal blend of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, collectively known as Lucius, has opened many doors for them in the music industry. Sometimes quite literally — like when they arrived at the home of Joni Mitchell, invited by Brandi Carlile
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 37 22 .627 — Tampa Bay 31 29 .517 6½ Toronto 31 29 .517 6½ Boston 29 34 .460 10 Baltimore 23 36 .390 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 40 22 .645 — Minnesota 33 27 .550 6 Cleveland 32 27
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With a mic in hand, Bono belts out “Vertigo,” close enough to reach out and touch, as if you’re sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York. As he performs, the front row seat experience becomes deeply personal, with the
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
Continue Reading By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian rocket attack targeted the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding 25, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced the assault, saying it underscored that Moscow has no intentions of halting the 3-year-old war. The attack came a
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Mount Etna, the volcano that towers over eastern Sicily, has again captivated the world with a spectacular show, spewing smoke and high into the sky. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the southwestern crater not visible from a distance.
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By The Associated Press Tech billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill of tax cuts and spending plans just days after departing the administration. “This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” Musk posted Tuesday on the social platform X, warning that the bill will increase the federal deficit.
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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Homeland Security official during President Donald Trump’s first administration who authored an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president is calling on independent government watchdogs to investigate after Trump ordered the department to look into his government service. Miles Taylor, once chief of staff at
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a “new political reality” following his ally’s presidential election loss. Tusk called for the vote after the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence agency. Random House announced Tuesday that it would publish Burns’ “Diplomat Spy: A Memoir of Espionage in Revolutionary Times.” The release date is still
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former CIA director and Biden cabinet official William J. Burns is working on a book about his years leading the intelligence agency. Random House announced Tuesday that it would publish Burns’ “Diplomat Spy: A Memoir of Espionage in Revolutionary Times.” The release date is still
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By CHRISTOPER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Resource-rich Mongolia is facing political uncertainty following the resignation early on Tuesday of its prime minister in the wake of protests over endemic corruption in the landlocked Asian country, squeezed between China and Russia. Before he lost the confidence vote in the parliament, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms told a court on Tuesday she accepted that the fatal lunch she served contained death caps. But Erin Patterson said the “vast majority” of the fungi came from local stores.
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Populist far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders plunged Dutch politics into turmoil Tuesday by withdrawing his party’s ministers from the ruling coalition in a dispute over a crackdown on migration. The remaining ministers will run a caretaker administration until new elections can be organized. The decision means
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