By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will finally get to see what their offense looks like when Rashee Rice joins fellow wide receivers Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown on the field for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Rice returned to practice Wednesday after his
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To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Florida-Execution Florida carries out record 14th execution this year on man convicted of killing 2 women SUMMARY: A man convicted of killing two women
Continue Reading To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Florida-Execution Florida carries out record 14th execution this year on man convicted of killing 2 women SUMMARY: A man convicted of killing two women
Continue Reading To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MISSOURI ————-——————— US–Florida-Execution Florida carries out record 14th execution this year on man convicted of killing 2 women SUMMARY: A man convicted of killing two women
Continue Reading By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at courthouses. Cook County includes Chicago, which has seen a federal immigration crackdown in recent months. Detaining residents outside court has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside county
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002’s “Gangs of New York.” Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious Scorsese on the precipice of the film’s enormous fight scene, shot on
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–GERRYMANDER OR DUMMYMANDER? DESCRIPTION: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An unprecedented number of states across the country redrawn
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–GERRYMANDER OR DUMMYMANDER? DESCRIPTION: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An unprecedented number of states across the country redrawn
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–GERRYMANDER OR DUMMYMANDER? DESCRIPTION: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An unprecedented number of states across the country redrawn
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–GERRYMANDER OR DUMMYMANDER? DESCRIPTION: OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An unprecedented number of states across the country redrawn
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer Forward Trinity Rodman has returned to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for her first matches since April after being sidelined because of a back issue. U.S. coach Emma Hayes on Wednesday announced her 26-player roster for a trio of upcoming games this month against Portugal and New
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Texas Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa entered the race for governor Wednesday, criticizing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott as beholden to big donors in an uphill bid to become the first Democrat to hold the office since 1995. Hinojosa, who represents Austin, joins a race that has been without big-name challengers
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LAKE CITY, Florida (AP) — A Florida judge has granted a protective order against Republican U.S. Rep. Cory Mills at the request of a former girlfriend who claimed that he threatened to release nude images of her and physically harm her future boyfriends after she broke up with him. Under the order issued Tuesday by
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By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 New York 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct.
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donnie Wahlberg is finally getting his dream of shooting a TV series in his beloved hometown of Boston. There’s just one catch: He’s playing a New Yorker. The die-hard Red Sox fan is transplanting his Danny Reagan character from the Big Apple-based procedural “Blue Bloods”
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Richard Linklater likes to joke that if he and Ethan Hawke didn’t know each other so well, Hawke probably would have punched him during the making of “Blue Moon.” The two Texans have been friends and collaborators for over 30 years. They had made eight films together when they
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday disqualified the court’s chief prosecutor from the case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is charged with involvement in dozens of killings as part of his so-called “war on drugs” when in office. The written decision
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reese Witherspoon’s first novel for adults began with the kind of inspiration veteran fiction writers know well — a character who wouldn’t leave her alone. A military doctor who ends up performing plastic surgery for mysterious clients. “I had never had an idea for a
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers. Actors’ Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers — and American Federation of Musicians Local 802
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By MICHELLE GUMEDE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Many supposedly invincible leaders have been forced to flee their countries to avoid incarceration, execution, or political retaliation by successor governments due to revolutions, military coups or mass protests. The most recent international leader to join the list is Andry Rajoelina, the president of
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Oct. 16 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4 a.m. (Friday) FS2 AFL: Hawthorn at Port Adelaide 6 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Geelong at West Coast COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Tulsa at East Carolina COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 7 p.m. ACCN
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 20 7 6 66 57 33 Cincinnati 19 9 5 62 49 40 Inter Miami CF 18 7 8 62 76 53 Charlotte FC 18 13 2 56 53 46 New York City FC 17 11 5 56 49 42 Nashville 16 11
Continue Reading By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House later this week. A delegation led by the head of the
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Detroit 4 3 1 0 6 14 11 2-1-0 1-0-0 3-1-0 Boston 4 3 1 0 6 13 9 2-1-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 15 12 1-0-0 2-1-0 1-1-0 Florida 5 3 2 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 3 1 .750 — Boston 3 1 .750 — Brooklyn 2 1 .667 ½ Toronto 3 2 .600 ½ Philadelphia 0 3 .000 2½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 3 0 1.000 — Atlanta 2 1 .667 1 Washington 1
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Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 4 3 1 0 6 14 11 Boston 4 3 1 0 6 13 9 Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 15 12 Florida 5 3 2 0 6 14 14 Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 17 15 Tampa
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 4 2 0 .667 167 137 New England 4 2 0 .667 150 120 Miami 1 5 0 .167 134 174 N.Y. Jets 0 6 0 .000 123 170 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 1 0 .833 194
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