By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday. “For 30 years I have fought against injustice,” she told the crowd. “And I will continue to fight.” Thousands
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation. Now the Trump administration has abruptly revoked the visas of all South Sudanese, saying the country’s government has failed to accept the return of its citizens “in a timely manner.” The decision means South Sudanese could
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By SUSAN HAIGH and MARC LEVY Associated Press States increasingly struggling to cover the rising cost of popular GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound are searching for ways to get out from under the budgetary squeeze that took them by surprise. One solution some policymakers may try is restricting the number of people on
Continue ReadingHere are the scores from yesterday’s men’s college basketball tournaments: ___ NCAA No games scheduled. NIT No games scheduled. CBI No games scheduled. Today’s men’s college basketball tournament schedule: ___ NCAA No games scheduled. NIT No games scheduled. CBI No games scheduled.
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By SAM METZ and AKRAM OUBACHIR Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Tens of thousands of Moroccans on Sunday protested Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza, putting fury toward U.S. President Donald Trump near the center of their grievances. In the largest protest Morocco has seen in months, demonstrators denounced Israel, the United States and their
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By DEVI SHASTRI and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday, the same day a funeral was held for a second young child who was not vaccinated and died from a measles-related illness. Kennedy said in a social
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine will send a team to Washington next week to begin negotiations on a new draft of a deal that would give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s valuable mineral resources, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko told The Associated Press. “The new draft agreement from the U.S. shows
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, April 7 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 8:30 p.m. CBS — NCAA Tournament: Florida vs. Houston, Championship, San Antonio MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Detroit OR L.A. Dodgers at Washington 11:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 4 0 3 15 10 5 Inter Miami CF 4 0 2 14 12 6 Philadelphia 4 2 1 13 13 8 Charlotte FC 4 2 1 13 12 7 Cincinnati 4 2 1 13 9 9 Orlando City 3 2 2 11
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 7 2 .778 — New York 6 3 .667 1 Miami 5 4 .556 2 Washington 3 6 .333 4 Atlanta 1 8 .111 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 7 5 .583 — Milwaukee 5 5 .500 1 St. Louis 4 4
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 6 3 .667 — Boston 5 4 .556 1 Toronto 5 5 .500 1½ Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 2 Baltimore 4 6 .400 2½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 5 4 .556 — Kansas City 4 5 .444 1 Cleveland 3
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF New York 6 3 .667 — — 6-3 L-1 4-2 2-1 76 45 31 Boston 5 4 .556 1 +½ 5-4 W-4 2-0 3-4 45 38 7 Toronto 5 5 .500 1½ — 5-5 L-3 5-2
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 6 3 .667 — Boston 5 4 .556 1 Toronto 5 5 .500 1½ Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 2 Baltimore 4 6 .400 2½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 5 4 .556 — Kansas City 4 5 .444 1 Cleveland 3
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST FOUR Wednesday, March 19 At Purcell Pavilion South Bend, Ind. Iowa St. 68, Princeton 63 At Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles Southern U. 68, UC San Diego Tritons 56 Thursday, March 20 At Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, N.C. Columbia 63, Washington 60 At Moody Center Austin, Texas William & Mary 69, High
Continue ReadingDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump about the war. Israel last month ended its ceasefire
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Parts of the South and Midwest, still reeling from violent storms, tornadoes and flooding that have killed more than a dozen people, face new flooding and tornado warnings that forecasters said could last for days. Severe thunderstorms have swept through a swath of the country
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Parts of the South and Midwest, still reeling from violent storms, tornadoes and flooding that have killed more than a dozen people, face new flooding and tornado warnings that forecasters said could last for days. Severe thunderstorms have swept through a swath of the country
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court drew $100 million in campaign spending, attack ads and the attention of President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk. While its spending set a record for a U.S. judicial contest, the race that
Continue Reading By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court drew $100 million in campaign spending, attack ads and the attention of President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk. While its spending set a record for a U.S. judicial contest, the race that
Continue Reading By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court drew $100 million in campaign spending, attack ads and the attention of President Donald Trump and close ally Elon Musk. While its spending set a record for a U.S. judicial contest, the race that
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER and OBED LAMY Associated Press DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A storm system sweeping over large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths by early Sunday, with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather that forecasters say could cause rising waterways for
Continue ReadingBy JON CHERRY, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) — Rivers rose and flooding worsened Sunday across the sodden U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that killed at least 18 people. Even as the rain moved out of some of the
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By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Economy Candy’s shelves brim with sweets from around the world – gummies from Germany, lollipops from Spain, chocolates from Japan and a panoply of candies from across the U.S. Standing amid it all, columns of bright jellybeans to his left and exotic Kit Kats to
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise. The Kyiv victim was found close to the strike’s epicenter of the attack in the city’s Darnytskyi district,
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By SILVIA STELLACCI and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving t he hospital two weeks ago after a life-threatening bout
Continue ReadingTODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final N.Y. Mets 2 Toronto 1 Final Pittsburgh 5 N.Y. Yankees 4 Final Boston 5 St. Louis 4 Final Colorado 12 Athletics 5 Final San Francisco 5 Seattle 4 Final Boston 18 St. Louis 7 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Detroit 4 Chicago White Sox 3 Final Kansas City 4 Baltimore
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 06. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 06. 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 Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 06. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 06. 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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