By OHAD ZWIGENBERG and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) — Israel’s far-right finance minister said Thursday that a contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is going ahead — a project that Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a Palestinian state by effectively cutting the territory
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By PAN PYLAS and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.S.–Russia summit Friday in Alaska. Following a meeting Thursday
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 100 nonprofit groups warned Thursday that Israel’s rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations with those that serve Israel’s political and military agenda — charges
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Toronto 2 Chicago Cubs 1 Final Cleveland 9 Miami 4 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Baltimore 5 Seattle 3 Final Detroit 4 Minnesota 3 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Final Washington 3 Philadelphia 2 Final Atlanta 4 N.Y. Mets 3 Final Arizona 8 Colorado 2 ___
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Aug. 14. 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 Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Supreme Court rejected a 30 million won ($21,600) damage claim Thursday by an American composer who accused a South Korean kids content company of plagiarizing his version of “Baby Shark,” ending a six-year legal battle over the globally popular tune known for its
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By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a solemn ceremony on Aug. 15, the day then-Emperor Hirohito announced in a crackly
Continue Reading By 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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–PATRIOTS-VIKINGS PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: EAGAN, Minn. — The New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings hold a joint practice
Continue Reading By 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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–PATRIOTS-VIKINGS PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: EAGAN, Minn. — The New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings hold a joint practice
Continue Reading By 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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–PATRIOTS-VIKINGS PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: EAGAN, Minn. — The New England Patriots and Minnesota Vikings hold a joint practice
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press MLB Friday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Texas -118 at TORONTO +100 at KANSAS CITY -188 Chicago White Sox +158 at MINNESOTA OFF Detroit OFF at HOUSTON -235 Baltimore +194 LA Angels -112 at ATHLETICS -104 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at CHICAGO CUBS -196 Pittsburgh +164 at CINCINNATI
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .333; Peña, Houston, .318; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .316; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .312; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .302; V.Guerrero, Toronto, .300; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, .298; Bichette, Toronto, .294; Kirk, Toronto, .293; Springer, Toronto, .291. RUNS_Judge, New York, 94; V.Guerrero, Toronto, 81; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 80; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 79; Raleigh, Seattle, 78; Rooker, Athletics, 76; Witt,
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Edwards, Miami, .307; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .300; Frelick, Milwaukee, .296; Machado, San Diego, .296; K.Marte, Arizona, .296; Hoerner, Chicago, .293; Naylor, Seattle, .292; Arraez, San Diego, .289; Perdomo, Arizona, .288; Stowers, Miami, .285; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .285. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 115; J.Soto, New York, 86; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 84; Tatis, San Diego, 84;
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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 Reading By 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 Reading By 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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