By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hosts of many popular true crime podcasts will headline a true crime-themed cruise next year that’s being billed as a first-of-its kind immersive mystery experience at sea. The cruise will feature “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh, Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala from “RedHanded,” Scaachi
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders have described President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor as a friend of organized labor. But as her confirmation hearing began Wednesday, advocates for workers’ rights question whether Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be able to uphold that reputation in an administration that
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By STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025 on Wednesday, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on the 32-nation alliance’s eastern border as worries grow over its most powerful member, the United States. The drills in Romania, which borders Ukraine,
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday, accusing him of violating U.S. free speech protections when he imposed a ban on a right-wing supporter of the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro. The lawsuit in Tampa federal court was filed just hours
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Thank y’all for saving my life,” A$AP Rocky shouted to jurors as they left his trial. It’s no ordinary life they sent him on to when they quickly returned not guilty verdicts Tuesday on two counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic handgun. The rapper
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Thank y’all for saving my life,” A$AP Rocky shouted to jurors as they left his trial. It’s no ordinary life they sent him on to when they quickly returned not guilty verdicts Tuesday on two counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic handgun. The rapper
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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Soprano Renée Fleming will make her directing debut in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” at the Aspen Festival with three performances from July 21-26. While Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte set their opera about fiancee-swapping in 18th century Naples, Italy, Fleming is shifting the work to a contemporary setting, the company
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Wednesday, Feb. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The idea for a new TV show came to Craig Sweeny as he was driving. The producer and screenwriter, thinking about how to put his own stamp on a medical series, had to pull over when a familiar figure popped into his mind: Sherlock Holmes.
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By The Associated Press After devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles, the 97th Academy Awards are going forward. Like the Grammys and other awards shows this year, the ceremony will be transformed by the fires and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has pledged to help its members and the broader film community
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By LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in air travel and the federal agencies tasked with maintaining air safety has slipped a little from last year, following a recent crash in Washington, according to a new poll, but most still believe air transportation is generally safe. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Steven Spielberg is gearing up to direct a new film starring Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt. The still untitled “event film” is set for a theatrical release on June 12, 2026, Universal Pictures said Tuesday. Details are scarce about the new project, which will be based on a story
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in Pakistan’s capital and a nearby city in an effort that the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad described on Wednesday as a push to force the expulsion of all Afghan refugees from the country. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry promptly dismissed the
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order meant to expand access to and reduce costs of in vitro fertilization and issued a presidential memorandum calling for “radical transparency requirements” from the government, which he suggested could reduce wasteful spending.
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Months into his first term as president, Donald Trump was furious with the snowballing Russia investigation and ordered White House counsel Don McGahn to make sure that special counsel Robert Mueller got fired. “Mueller has to go,” McGahn recalled Trump saying. “Call me back when you do
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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a major natural gas pipeline in Alaska — comments that have drawn fresh attention to a project that’s floundered for years despite support from state leaders. Trump mentioned the pipeline at a news conference with
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By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school students by proposing a statewide ban on cellphones in classrooms, an idea that is rapidly gaining traction nationally regardless of political persuasion. The Democrat’s top education aide, Martin Torres, said Pritzker
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys have approved a new raft of sanctions against Russia, with the measures set to enter into force next week on the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a top EU official and diplomats confirmed on Wednesday. The move comes with the Europeans
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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir raided bookstores and seized hundreds of books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where strict controls on the press have escalated in recent years. The raids began on Friday in Srinagar, the region’s main city. Police said in a post on the social
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A village in the densely populated Philippine capital region launched a battle against dengue Wednesday by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos — dead or alive. The unusual strategy adopted by the Addition Hills village in Mandaluyong City reflects growing concern after the nearby city of Quezon declared
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains 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 – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN IOWA-BELMONT DESCRIPTION: Northern Iowa plays Belmont at Curb Event Center Arena. UPCOMING: 150
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains 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 – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN IOWA-BELMONT DESCRIPTION: Northern Iowa plays Belmont at Curb Event Center Arena. UPCOMING: 150
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains 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 – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN IOWA-BELMONT DESCRIPTION: Northern Iowa plays Belmont at Curb Event Center Arena. UPCOMING: 150
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains 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 – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN IOWA-BELMONT DESCRIPTION: Northern Iowa plays Belmont at Curb Event Center Arena. UPCOMING: 150
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison, court officials said. Ryuji Kimura, 25, was found guilty of attempted murder in the
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By SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When Arizona was among the last states to finish tallying ballots cast in the 2024 general election, state Republicans dubbed it the laughingstock of the nation and reignited their push to get faster results. They fast-tracked legislation aimed at speeding up the counting of ballots by moving
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 3, 7 (one, two, three, seven) 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 Tuesday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 2, 2, 7 (two, two, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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