By JOSH FUNK Associated Press At least 240 people were killed when an Air India plane crashed Thursday into a medical school shortly after takeoff. It was the latest in a long list of aviation disasters this year. One passenger survived the crash but everyone else aboard the Boeing 787 was killed. More people died
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered balloon that lit up the French capital’s skyline during the 2024 Games is making a dramatic comeback to the Tuileries Gardens, reborn as the “Paris Cauldron.” Thanks
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including carving out a stand-alone category for best album cover — a day after Sabrina Carpenter sparked considerable discourse unveiling what is believed to be the cover for her next album.
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By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday denied that there were plans to turn Africa’s largest democracy into a one-party state, pushing back against claims that he’s using state mechanisms to convince high-profile opposition politicians to defect to the governing party. Several governors and federal lawmakers have
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By AJIT SOLANKI Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — At first glance, the photo looks unreal: the tail of an airliner jutting out from an unremarkable building. There are no people in the image — no rescuers, no police, none of the thousands gathered outside the cordon. But it captures the violence of the Air
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To 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–Carbon-Capture-Pipeline Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summit’s carbon dioxide pipeline SUMMARY: Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill
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Continue Reading To 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–Carbon-Capture-Pipeline Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summit’s carbon dioxide pipeline SUMMARY: Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill
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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday asked the nation for forgiveness after a close confidant in his Socialist Party was put under investigation for his alleged participation in a kickback scheme. The damaging case is the latest legal scandal — none of which
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By JAYLEN GREEN and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mourners paid their respects to former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel as his body lay in state Thursday at New York City Hall, an honor bestowed to a short list of political figures, including U.S. presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The outspoken,
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As protests erupt across the country over aggressive immigration enforcement tactics, Louisiana lawmakers approved a package of legislation this week that’ll aid the ongoing federal crackdown on deportation. Amid growing national tensions, Louisiana is the latest red state that expanded its immigration enforcement role —
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE, SOPHIE AUSTIN and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The state quickly announced it was challenging the move in court, with California’s attorney general holding a news
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold or transferred to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reviving a longtime ambition of Western conservatives to cede lands to local control after a similar proposal failed
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Missouri congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish.
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By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines against the Trump administration for contempt, arguing that it flagrantly ignored court ordersfor several weeks to return him to the U.S. from El Salvador. Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said the administration claimed to be powerless to
Continue Reading By 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–TWINS-ASTROS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Houston at Daikin Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 06/13/2025 07:10
Continue Reading By 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–TWINS-ASTROS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Houston at Daikin Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 06/13/2025 07:10
Continue Reading By 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–TWINS-ASTROS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Houston at Daikin Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 06/13/2025 07:10
Continue Reading By 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–TWINS-ASTROS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Houston at Daikin Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 06/13/2025 07:10
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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 assassination on Thursday, detailing the spy agency’s work to investigate his killing as well as previously unknown contacts between him and the agency. Kennedy met with
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs measure blocking California ban on new sales of gas cars. The state is expected to challenge.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl could have been mistaken for a retirement party. But two years later at 92, he’s working as much as ever. Not that retirement would look much different. The life he loves is making music with his friends, even after outliving
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day. In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Khaby Lame, the world’s most-followed TikTok personality who left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents, went to Brazil where he’s been spending some time with friends, local authorities said Thursday. Lame is staying with AC Milan player Emerson Royal, and has been enjoying
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Khaby Lame, the world’s most-followed TikTok personality who left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents, went to Brazil where he’s been spending some time with friends, local authorities said Thursday. Lame is staying with AC Milan player Emerson Royal, and has been enjoying
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press When a 21-year-old former student opened fire inside his school in Austria’s second-biggest city earlier this week, killing 10 people, it didn’t take long for the Alpine country’s press council to call on journalists to show restraint when reporting about the victims and their families. The appeal
Continue Reading By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Dua Lipa has confirmed her engagement to the English actor Callum Turner, months after speculation began. She went on the record about the engagement in a cover story for British Vogue’s July issue, published Thursday, calling it “very exciting.” The 29-year-old said she was obsessed with the ring Turner
Continue Reading By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s sung every summer in baseball stadiums around the United States. But the impact of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” goes much further than simply getting fans out of their seats for the 7th-inning stretch. More than a century after Jack Norworth penned the
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital’s skyline during the 2024 Games is making a dramatic comeback to the Tuileries Gardens, reborn as the “Paris Cauldron.”
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