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Georgia bill that would let people sue over local gun control dies before Senate approval

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that would have allowed residents to sue local governments for enacting local gun safety measures died Friday evening before the state Senate could approve it. The bill, which supporters said would have ensured localities don’t violate people’s gun rights, was passed by

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Ex-assistant says filmmaker Paul Schrader sexually assaulted her and backed out of settlement deal

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations

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Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A revived attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen codefendants for attorneys’ fees after they were indicted for

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Georgia bill would compensate the wrongfully convicted and let Trump recover costs of election case

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A revived attempt to fix Georgia’s inefficient system for compensating people wrongfully convicted of crimes almost died. Then it got tacked onto a bill that could compensate former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen codefendants for attorneys’ fees after they were indicted for

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Maya Angelou memoir, Holocaust book are among those pulled from Naval Academy library in DEI purge

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library this week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s

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Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation announced Friday that cites dangers from wildfires. Whether the move will boost lumber supplies as Trump envisioned in an executive

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Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before sharing student records with Congress’ antisemitism probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university

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Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before sharing student records with Congress’ antisemitism probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days’ notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses, a federal judge in New York ruled Friday. But U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian stopped short of outright blocking the Manhattan university

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and James Lankford, R-Okla. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins;

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Retirees keep their eyes on the economy as Trump’s tariffs roil financial markets

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity

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Retirees keep their eyes on the economy as Trump’s tariffs roil financial markets

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity

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FACT FOCUS: Warren Buffett did not praise Trump’s recent economic policies

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press As the stock market reeled Friday from President Donald Trump’s move to institute widespread global tariffs, Trump shared a video on Truth Social that erroneously claimed legendary investor Warren Buffett praised his recent economic policies. Here’s a closer look at the facts. CLAIM: Warren Buffett said President Donald Trump is

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American League Leaders

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_W.Abreu, Boston, .500; Springer, Toronto, .440; R.Urías, Baltimore, .429; Campbell, Boston, .423; Judge, New York, .379; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .379; Westburg, Baltimore, .375; O’Neill, Baltimore, .364; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .353; Rice, New York, .350. RUNS_Judge, New York, 12; W.Abreu, Boston, 9; Campbell, Boston, 9; Giménez, Toronto, 8; Volpe, New York, 8; Rice, New York,

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