By ED WHITE and KENDRIA LAFLEUR Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — This could buy a lot of Labor Day weekend sunblock: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Powerball, which costs $2 per ticket, is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury refused to indict a man who was captured on video hurling a sandwich at a federal agent. Prosecutors dropped another case after complaints that police illegally searched a man’s satchel and found a gun. Judges, too, have balked at keeping several defendants in jail,
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration this week told 40 states to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or that they will lose funding. The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called a special election Friday for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine months, setting up a contest that could let Republicans hobble Whitmer’s agenda in the Democrat’s final year in office. The 35th Senate District has been
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Taylor Kitsch’s character ends up a villain in 2022’s Chris Pratt-led series, “The Terminal List,” and in a new series, viewers learn how he got that way. “The Terminal List: Dark Wolf,” now streaming on Prime Video, is set about five years before the original show. Kitsch plays Ben Edwards,
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 ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2026-Iowa-Senate Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: U.S. Sen. Joni
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 ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2026-Iowa-Senate Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: U.S. Sen. Joni
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 ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2026-Iowa-Senate Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: U.S. Sen. Joni
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 ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Election 2026-Iowa-Senate Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: U.S. Sen. Joni
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects
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By SEUNG MIN KIM, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway rom-com “Maybe Happy Ending” isn’t in a very happy place these days. A casting controversy threatens to dampen the show’s post-Tony Award-winning glow. The strife began when producers of the South Korea-based musical chose to cast Andrew Barth Feldman as the male lead
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By JIM VERTUNO and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for President Donald Trump and his desire to hold on to a slim GOP
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Friday that she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that’s controlled 4-3 by liberals. Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to run for a second full term comes after conservative
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is playing up her connection to President Donald Trump in the first TV campaign ad of a hotly contested gubernatorial race, highlighting the Republican candidates’ heated pursuit of the president’s backing in a state where his support remains high. Evette
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, where the groups previously have been represented. The State Department said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Nebraska came into the season having lost 35 of its last 45 one-score games, a dubious distinction that inspired a popular T-shirt for fans that reads, “We Almost Always Almost Win.” The tens of thousands of Cornhuskers fans who filled up Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night must have
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — US Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026, AP sources say.
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — US Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026, AP sources say.
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas governor signs into law redrawn voting map pushed by Trump that gives GOP five more winnable congressional seats.
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — Some U.S. businesses verify applicants’ eligibility to work using an online government system called E-Verify. When individuals present their documents showing they’re authorized to work, employers can check the validity of that information by using the free tool to compare it with records available
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to deploy its domestically developed long-range missiles a year earlier than planned, the Defense Ministry announced Friday, as the country steps up efforts to strengthen its strike-back capability in response to rising challenges in the region. Under the new schedule, a first batch of the
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Finland’s Air Force, now part of NATO, still flies swastikas on a handful of unit flags — but is preparing to phase them out, largely to avoid awkwardness with its Western allies. The history of the Finnish air force’s use of the swastika, which since the 20th
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By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Years before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after allegations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several sources — yet authorities didn’t stop him from coaching. A former boss said she brought concerns about
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By RYAN J. FOLEY and EDDIE PELLS Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Long before his banishment from gymnastics and arrest after accusations he abused girls he coached, warning signs about Sean Gardner were coming from several directions — his former boss, his gymnasts and their parents. The former boss says she brought her
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All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 25 14 .641 — New York 24 15 .615 1 Indiana 21 18 .538 4 Washington 16 23 .410 9 Connecticut 10 28 .263 14½ Chicago 9 29 .237 15½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 30 8 .789 — x-Las Vegas 26 14
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