By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez gave Democrats a rare win last fall when she defeated a MAGA diehard in a Republican district in southwestern Washington state. Hailed by some as a model for winning back blue-collar voters who abandoned the Democratic Party in last year’s elections, the
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amber Ruffin looked out upon hundreds of writers, publishers and editors gathered for PEN America’s annual gala and shared her experience of being on the receiving end of censorship. “I’m officially a banned book,” the comic-writer joked, referring to her being dropped as a speaker
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Biden’s time in public office is now behind him, but his age and mental acuity have become a litmus test for the next leaders in his party. Audio was published Friday from portions of interviews Biden gave to federal prosecutors in 2023, the latest in
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By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 6, 7, 7, 9 (six, seven, seven, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 1, 1, 4 (one, one, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 3, 8, 10, 11, 35 (three, eight, ten, eleven, thirty-five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 4, 5 (four, four, five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday’s drawing of the “Missouri Cash Pop” game were: 9 (nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday that it has opened a criminal investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against Motown music luminary Smokey Robinson. The department said in a statement that its Special Victims Bureau is “actively investigating criminal allegations” against Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that federal law enforcement is investigating a social media post made by former FBI Director James Comey that she and other Republicans suggest is a call for violence against President Donald Trump. In an Instagram post, Comey wrote “cool shell formation on my beach walk”
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By NAYARA BATSCHKE Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, leftist presidents from the region came to remember former President José Mujica on Thursday as a generous and charismatic leader whose legacy of humility remained an example for the world’s politicians. “A person like Pepe Mujica doesn’t die,” Brazil’s
Continue Reading By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A woman facing a second-degree murder charge for the death of a Super Bowl television reporter has been sentenced to 25 years in an unrelated case on Thursday. Danette Colbert, 48, had previously been given a suspended sentence by an Orleans Parish judge last
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man who tried to evade arrest by jumping into a lake with an underwater scooter pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud, money laundering and witness tampering in connection with a $35 million investment fraud scheme, federal prosecutors announced. Prosecutors say that between 2015 and 2020, Matthew Piercey, 48, of Shasta
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By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting chief plans to shift responsibility for disaster recovery to states during the upcoming hurricane season, he said during a staff town hall on Thursday. David Richardson said his intention was to “return primacy to the states” as part of an agencywide transformation. In
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of the service, officials said Thursday. A senior defense official laid out what could be
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders will be told to send transgender troops to health checks to force them from service under Trump’s ban.
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .362; Machado, San Diego, .340; W.Smith, Los Angeles, .324; Abrams, Washington, .317; T.Hernández, Los Angeles, .315; Donovan, St. Louis, .313; Alonso, New York, .311; Tatis, San Diego, .308; Ohtani, Los Angeles, .307; Stowers, Miami, .300. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 46; Carroll, Arizona, 36; Tatis, San Diego, 36; Betts, Los Angeles, 33;
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday. He was 96. Strouse died at his home in New York City, his family said through the
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature announced a hard-fought budget deal Thursday, contrasting the bipartisan cooperation that produced the agreement with the deep divisions that have tied Washington in knots. The Democratic governor and former vice presidential candidate noted that he was
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s assistants kept a list of female “friends of Harvey” to invite to events and sometimes considered them a special category for guest lists, an ex-aide testified Thursday at the former movie mogul’s sex crimes retrial. “A ‘friend of Harvey’ was a woman that
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s assistants kept a list of female “friends of Harvey” to invite to events and sometimes considered them a special category for guest lists, an ex-aide testified Thursday at the former movie mogul’s sex crimes retrial. “A ‘friend of Harvey’ was a woman that
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A judge on Thursday rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle issued the order earlier this month, following instructions from a federal appeals court that said the government
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A judge on Thursday rescinded an order that would have required the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle issued the order earlier this month, following instructions from a federal appeals court that said the government
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Challengers on Thursday told a federal appeals court that Georgia lawmakers are still violating Black voters’ rights after redrawing the state’s congressional and legislative maps. If judges uphold the challenges, they could order different district lines to be used in Georgia for the rest of the decade,
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By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush didn’t need to look too far for inspiration for his newest works of art. The 78-year-old has brushed portraits of world leaders and people who immigrated to the U.S. But his newest collection draws on scenes much closer to home: his presidential
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush didn’t need to look too far for inspiration for his newest works of art. The 78-year-old has brushed portraits of world leaders and people who immigrated to the U.S. But his newest collection draws on scenes much closer to home: his presidential
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