By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that he aimed at Watira. “He looked at me and picked that piece of paper of
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKL–FEVER MOMENTUM DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever spent this past offseason trying to construct a title
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKL–FEVER MOMENTUM DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever spent this past offseason trying to construct a title
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKL–FEVER MOMENTUM DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever spent this past offseason trying to construct a title
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions on its energy exports has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive. The dogged Ukrainian resistance, however, makes it unlikely that the Russian military will make any quick
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NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .323; Donovan, St. Louis, .297; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .297; Frelick, Milwaukee, .294; Naylor, Arizona, .294; Burleson, St. Louis, .293; Stowers, Miami, .293; Machado, San Diego, .292; Busch, Chicago, .290; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .289. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 91; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 72; Soto, New York, 70; Tucker, Chicago, 68; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago,
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders. The U.S. Senate is set to
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders. The U.S. Senate is set to
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders. The U.S. Senate is set to
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .355; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .332; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .324; Peña, Houston, .322; Meyers, Houston, .308; Kirk, Toronto, .303; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .297; Ramírez, Cleveland, .295; Witt, Kansas City, .294; Crawford, Seattle, .290. RUNS_Judge, New York, 85; Raleigh, Seattle, 65; Buxton, Minnesota, 64; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 63; Neto, Los Angeles, 61; Rooker, Athletics,
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has finally found a way to achieve his goal of removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing him of mismanaging the U.S. central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation project. It’s unclear if Trump will follow through, but he has been
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two milestones revealed this week illustrate the diminishing power of broadcast television in the media world — one fueled by the habits of young people and the other by their elders. During June, viewers spent more time watching streaming services than they did for broadcast
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By MARC LEVY and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WEST PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday made the Trump administration’s first big pitch to sell the public on President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package in the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania. The vice president, whose tiebreaking vote got the bill
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Butierez wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District special primary election.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Adelita Grijalva wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District special primary election.
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one tariff for all of them,” Trump said, adding that it could be “a little over 10% tariff” on
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By JULIE WATSON, DAVID KLEPPER and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Roughly 4,000 National
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A trio of cryptocurrency bills that had been expected to pass the House this week stalled Tuesday after a bloc of Republicans unexpectedly joined with Democrats to prevent the legislation from coming up for debate and votes. The procedural snafu brought the House’s so-called “crypto week” to
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban minister who sparked criticism after saying that there are no beggars in Cuba, only people disguised as such, resigned Tuesday. Cuba’s Presidency said in a post on X that Minister of Labor and Social Security Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera “acknowledged her errors and submitted her
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Trayon White, expelled from the DC Council amid bribery charges, wins a special election to reclaim his old seat.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An “American Idol” music supervisor and her husband were both found dead in their Los Angeles home Monday afternoon. Officers were conducting a welfare check at a home in the Encino neighborhood when they found the bodies of a man and woman with gunshot wounds. An “American Idol” spokesperson confirmed the
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, demanding records be released and trolling Republicans on social media, news shows and in the U.S. House as they revel in a rare fissure between President Donald Trump and his fiercely loyal base. Conspiracy theories over Epstein’s
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s chief prosecutor has called for a guilty verdict in the case of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial accused of leading an alleged coup plot to overturn the 2022 election in which he was defeated by a left-wing rival. Hours before the prosecutor’s
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ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested Tuesday that she has no plans to step down as she dodged questions about Jeffrey Epstein and her clash with a top FBI official, seeking to press ahead with a business-as-usual approach in the face of right-wing outrage that has plunged
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry visited the African nation of Angola on Tuesday with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, met with Angolan President João Lourenço on Tuesday at the start of his trip,
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By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s crop of Emmy nominees were announced Tuesday. “Severance” led with 27 Emmy nominations, while “The Studio” led comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will air on CBS from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive. Trump offered a more cautious tone on what
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine. Now President Donald Trump is betting that his go-to economic weapon — tariffs — can succeed where Ukrainian drones and rockets haven’t, and
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