By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine asked a judge Thursday to restore its Medicaid funding while it fights a Trump administration effort to keep federal money from going to abortion providers. President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could be a decisive moment for both the war in Ukraine and the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart. Trump has long boasted that he’s gotten along well with Putin and
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could be a decisive moment for both the war in Ukraine and the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart. Trump has long boasted that he’s gotten along well with Putin and
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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is responding with relative restraint. She’s called Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department and his decision to activate 800 members of
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By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles students and teachers returned to class for the new academic year on Thursday amid worries that schools could become targets in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown after a summer filled with raids. At 93rd Street Elementary School in southern Los Angeles, volunteers with
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims that the North is removing some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, mocking the government in Seoul for clinging to hopes of renewed diplomacy between the war-divided rivals.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not. Trump takes issue with two comments Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with American
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not. Trump takes issue with two comments Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with American
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Priscilla Presley’s former business partners have filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million in damages, alleging fraud and breach of contract. Brigitte Kruse and Kevin Fialko filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Among many other allegations, they say Presley used them to financially exploit her
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany immigration agents on raids in Southern California. A three-day trial on the matter concluded Wednesday. California has argued the troops violated the Posse
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Nine people, including a former mayor and city council member and the chief of staff to a state representative, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year of conspiracy, weapons
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By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Daylen Lile’s two-out, ninth-inning single boosted the Washington Nationals over the Kansas City Royals 8-7 on Wednesday. After the Royals tied the game in the eighth, Luis García Jr. doubled, then scored on Lile’s single to right for the lead. Jose A. Ferrer (4-3) recorded
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his successful campaign for a second term that he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours.” But since his Jan. 20 inauguration, the road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics among Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian
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By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombians on Wednesday bid farewell to senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died more than two months after being shot during a political rally in the South American country’s capital. Family, friends, members of Congress and a delegation of government officials from the United
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing and a possible retrial in his New York City sex crimes case, but it’s still unclear when they’ll happen — and whether the former movie mogul will end up in front of another jury at all. Manhattan Judge
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By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press By the end of the century, rising sea levels could push powerful seasonal waves into Easter Island’s 15 iconic moai statues, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage. About 50 other cultural sites in the area are also at risk from flooding. “Sea level rise
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By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Associated Press By the end of the century, rising sea levels could push powerful seasonal waves into Easter Island’s 15 iconic moai statues, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage. About 50 other cultural sites in the area are also at risk from flooding. “Sea level rise
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Boston Omaha Corp. (BOC) on Wednesday reported a loss of $2.3 million in its second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents. The provider of real estate and business consulting services posted revenue of $28.2 million in
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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s president on Wednesday signed an amnesty bill into law, preventing military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. The new law came despite calls from the local and international community to strike it down. The war that raged
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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday rejected plans by Sudan’s paramilitary group to establish a rival government in areas it controls, warning that the move threatens the country’s territorial integrity and risks further exacerbating the ongoing civil war. The strongly worded statement by the U.N.’s
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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Billy Joel’s beloved Long Island motorcycle shop is closing down after nearly 15 years of offering fans a free peek at his personal collection of dozens of bikes. The music icon will be shuttering 20th Century Cycles in Oyster Bay, New York, in late September and auctioning off his collection
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid. Two of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that grant recipients
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the Italian coast guard and U.N. agencies said. Sixty survivors were brought to a center in
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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Murder Conviction-Minnesota Minnesota prosecutor seeks to overturn man’s 1998 murder conviction after a witness confesses SUMMARY: A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of
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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Murder Conviction-Minnesota Minnesota prosecutor seeks to overturn man’s 1998 murder conviction after a witness confesses SUMMARY: A Minnesota prosecutor is seeking the release of
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Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address global plastic pollution discussed a new draft of the text Wednesday that wouldn’t limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products. The biggest issue of the talks has been whether the treaty should impose caps on producing new
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