By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — While it remains unclear what prompted the fatal shooting of Jonathan Joss, a Native American voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” police say they are looking into whether his sexual orientation played a role in his
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge sentenced disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi to seven years and three months in prison on Tuesday for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients, including several with severe physical injuries and families of people killed in accidents. U.S. District Judge
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung was a child laborer with an arm deformity. He attempted suicide. He later made his way through university and became a highly divisive politician who survived a stabbing attack and struggles with numerous criminal charges. His turbulent life climaxed, as
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the Midwest, where conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” Tuesday. The fires have forced more than 27,000 Canadians in three provinces to flee their homes,
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press An Iowa amusement park’s former operator has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an 11-year-old boy who drowned on a water ride in 2021. A company that previously owned Adventureland park in the Des Moines suburb of Altoona, along with its
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The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–ADVENTURELAND-FATAL ACCIDENT-SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION: The former owner of an Iowa amusement park has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–ADVENTURELAND-FATAL ACCIDENT-SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION: The former owner of an Iowa amusement park has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–ADVENTURELAND-FATAL ACCIDENT-SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION: The former owner of an Iowa amusement park has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–ADVENTURELAND-FATAL ACCIDENT-SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION: The former owner of an Iowa amusement park has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money
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By The Associated Press Russia took weeks to present Ukraine with a “memorandum” setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the more than 3-year-old war. To practically no one’s surprise, it’s a list of the Kremlin’s longstanding, maximalist demands that Kyiv and its Western
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later. Trump met
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They’re all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important thing on the planet,” she says. “I don’t have a favorite. It’s like
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney had pursued the case out of political spite. Baraka, who leads New Jersey’s biggest city, is a
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By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Harrison Ford will receive an award for his philanthropy Tuesday night from the global surgery and training nonprofit Operation Smile. But the star of the “Indiana Jones” and “Star Wars” film franchises, as well as this year’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” says all the attention should go to
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Near the end of “This House,” a heart-wrenching opera given its world premiere last weekend, the matriarch Ida poignantly intones messages to her family on stage and to the audience. “History’s the only thing to survive,” soprano Adrienne Danrich sings before adding: “You may have left
Continue Reading NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor after being arrested at immigration detention facility.
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, June 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at Western COLLEGE SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series – Finals: Texas Tech vs. Texas, Game 1, Oklahoma City ESPNU — Women’s College World Series
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 7 0 1.000 — Atlanta 5 2 .714 2 Indiana 3 4 .429 4 Washington 3 5 .375 4½ Chicago 2 4 .333 4½ Connecticut 1 6 .143 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 0 1.000 — Las Vegas 4 2
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 10 3 4 34 32 18 Cincinnati 9 5 3 30 25 24 Inter Miami CF 8 3 5 29 36 27 Nashville 8 4 5 29 30 21 Columbus 7 3 7 28 27 24 New York 8 6 3 27 28
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The magic created by the vocal blend of Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, collectively known as Lucius, has opened many doors for them in the music industry. Sometimes quite literally — like when they arrived at the home of Joni Mitchell, invited by Brandi Carlile
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 37 22 .627 — Tampa Bay 31 29 .517 6½ Toronto 31 29 .517 6½ Boston 29 34 .460 10 Baltimore 23 36 .390 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 40 22 .645 — Minnesota 33 27 .550 6 Cleveland 32 27
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With a mic in hand, Bono belts out “Vertigo,” close enough to reach out and touch, as if you’re sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York. As he performs, the front row seat experience becomes deeply personal, with the
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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
Continue Reading By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for
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