By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. They’ve been largely banned for a second year, one of many concerns for the faithful in a country that human rights advocates, exiled priests and the U.S. government say is
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NEW YORK (AP) — One month shy of his 88th birthday, Thomas Pynchon is set to publish his first book in 12 years. “Shadow Ticket” is scheduled for Oct. 7, Penguin Press announced Wednesday. You could call the book, set in Milwaukee in 1932, Pynchon-esque. “Hicks McTaggart, a one-time strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he’s
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LONDON (AP) — Universal has chosen the homeland of Harry Potter to build its first theme park and resort in Europe, the entertainment company and U.K. officials announced Wednesday. The studio and theme park operator that has drawn millions to its Potter-themed wizarding worlds and other attractions said it would begin construction next year just
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he has “ authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%.” Trump also raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that the pause was not a result
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By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A judge has dismissed conspiracy and kidnapping charges against five Massachusetts college students who were accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on social media. The Assumption University students, all teenagers,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, April 10 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:35 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Adelaide 5:35 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Sydney at Collingwood BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE Noon NBATV — Al Ittihad vs. Stade Malien, Rabat, Morocco 3 p.m. NBATV — FUS
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America Four people were charged Wednesday in connection with a shooting that killed three people and wounded three others in Virginia, authorities said. The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that all four suspects — two 16-year-olds, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old — were charged with malicious wounding
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Continue Reading By LORNE COOK and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member states voted Wednesday to approve retaliatory tariffs on $23 billion in goods in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, as the largest U.S. trading partner described them as “unjustified and damaging.” The tariffs will
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 8 5 .615 — New York 7 5 .583 ½ Boston 6 7 .462 2 Tampa Bay 5 6 .455 2 Baltimore 5 8 .385 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 7 5 .583 — Kansas City 6 6 .500 1 Cleveland 5
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 7 3 .700 — New York 8 4 .667 — Miami 6 6 .500 2 Washington 5 7 .417 3 Atlanta 2 8 .200 5 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 9 6 .600 — Milwaukee 6 5 .545 1 St. Louis 5 7
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Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 7 5 .583 — Toronto 7 5 .583 — Boston 6 6 .500 1 Baltimore 5 7 .417 2 Tampa Bay 4 6 .400 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 7 5 .583 — Kansas City 6 5 .545 ½ Cleveland 4
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv12-13 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 14 COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7 p.m. SECN — Oklahoma at Alabama NBA G LEAGUE BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — NBA G League Finals: Stockton at Osceola, Game 3 (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m. NHLN — Dallas at Detroit 10
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NEW YORK (AP) — As springtime sunshine finally hits New York City, the Met Gala beckons — one of the most anticipated and visible parties in the world. This year, the theme — “Tailored For You” — is focused on classic tailoring. As always, the dress code is inspired by the spring exhibit at the
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BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — The company behind a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants across five Midwest states and store it underground in North Dakota filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — The company behind a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants across five Midwest states and store it underground in North Dakota filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — The company behind a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants across five Midwest states and store it underground in North Dakota filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — The company behind a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants across five Midwest states and store it underground in North Dakota filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners in recent years, an analysis by Lee Enterprises and The Associated Press
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BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit. “I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit. “I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit. “I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt
Continue Reading BY ERIC FERKENHOFF/LEE ENTERPRISES and JOSH KELETY/AP MANSFIELD, S.D. (AP) — Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit. “I’m like, ‘Well, I doubt
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Your Friends & Neighbors” begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else’s luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood. How he ended up there consumes the first season of this compelling Apple TV+ series,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he has “ authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%.” Trump also raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters that the pause was not a result
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian enclave showed no signs of slowing. The Al-Ahly hospital said at least 23
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is legally required to keep some protocols secret as it prepares to put a man to death by firing squad for the murder of a public safety officer, but the only previous execution by bullets the state carried out last month reveals a few
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By SAMY MAGDY, RIAZAT BUTT and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has reversed new cutoffs in emergency food aid to several nations but maintained them in Afghanistan and Yemen, two of the world’s poorest and most war-ravaged countries, according to the State Department and officials who spoke to
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By TERRY TANG and KARENA PHAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Loyal customers of Asian supermarkets and other grocery stores that specialize in selling imported food heaved a collective sigh of dismay when President Donald Trump announced extra-high U.S. tariffs on goods from dozens of countries. What would happen to prices at 99 Ranch
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even after publishing a handful of memoirs, including the classic “Just Kids,” Patti Smith has a lot more to say about her life. The poet-writer-musician’s “Bread of Angels” will be published Nov. 4, Random House announced Wednesday. In “Just Kids,” winner of the National Book
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