By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Chaos erupted again Thursday as tens of thousands of desperate Palestinians in the Gaza Strip tried to collect food from distribution sites run by a new U.S.- and Israeli-backed foundation. Multiple witnesses reported a free-for-all of people grabbing
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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s presidential election has come down to a stark ideological choice: a liberal pro-European mayor versus a staunch nationalist conservative. They are polling so close that the outcome is impossible to predict in the run-off round on Sunday. It’s not just a domestic affair. President Donald
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By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand court on Thursday discharged the husband of an Australian diplomat without convicting him, months after the man pleaded guilty to assault for drunkenly spitting on a teenager during a street altercation on the night of a rugby match in Wellington. The man
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By TERRY TANG Associated Press It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “ Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American “Kid.” And that gives him a lot of optimism. “At first I didn’t even think about that,” Wang told The Associated Press. “That feels like a very
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By MELANIE LIDMAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to liberate an Israeli hostage held in Iraq by a different Iranian-backed militant group. Elizabeth Tsurkov, a 38-year-old graduate student at
Continue Reading By The Associated Press MLB Friday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at BALTIMORE -235 Chicago White Sox +194 at TORONTO -164 Athletics +138 at CLEVELAND -136 LA Angels +116 at HOUSTON -162 Tampa Bay +136 Detroit -112 at KANSAS CITY -104 at SEATTLE -152 Minnesota +128 National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at CHICAGO
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .359; W.Smith, Los Angeles, .338; Donovan, St. Louis, .335; Machado, San Diego, .313; T.Turner, Philadelphia, .302; Friedl, Cincinnati, .301; Naylor, Arizona, .295; Frelick, Milwaukee, .294; Ohtani, Los Angeles, .292; Perdomo, Arizona, .292. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 59; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 43; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 43; Betts, Los Angeles, 42; Carroll, Arizona, 42; E.De
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .391; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .353; Goldschmidt, New York, .347; O’Hearn, Baltimore, .338; Ramírez, Cleveland, .318; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .315; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .312; Kwan, Cleveland, .311; Bregman, Boston, .299; Peña, Houston, .297. RUNS_Judge, New York, 51; Goldschmidt, New York, 37; Devers, Boston, 36; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 36; Raleigh, Seattle, 35; Ramírez, Cleveland,
Continue Reading By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II. More than 80 years later, the municipality could once again be a target for sabotage and is preparing for war. The
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 0, 3, 3 (zero, three, three) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By PAUL WISEMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump
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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Louisiana rap artist NBA YoungBoy, who was sentenced to just under two years in prison on gun-related charges, was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The rapper is among a number of high-profile people Trump pardoned this week, including a former New York congressman, a labor union leader and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 1, 15, 19, 22, 35 (one, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-two, thirty-five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 1, 2, 2, 5 (one, two, two, five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing of the “Missouri Lotto” game were: 2, 12, 20, 23, 33, 37 (two, twelve, twenty, twenty-three, thirty-three, thirty-seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 1, 3, 4 (one, three, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Noah Cameron pitched into the seventh, scattering six singles as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 to salvage the final game of the series on Wednesday night. Cameron (2-1) allowed a run on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s presidential race has devolved into personal attacks and petty disputes, drowning out meaningful policy debate after former conservative leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s ouster over his martial law fiasco. The bitter mudslinging between liberal frontrunner Lee Jae-myung and conservative opponent Kim
Continue Reading By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Competition for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico is heating up as former four-term Las Cruces mayor Ken Miyagishima launched a campaign with a centrist focus on public safety, affordable housing and efforts to shore up the state’s health care workforce. Miyagishima hopes
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By MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner Signal Peak Energy sits atop a billion-ton reserve of coal in the Bull Mountains, not far from
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By The Associated Press Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts with the Department of Government Efficiency to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. This is a photo gallery curated
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. The billionaire entrepreneur posted Wednesday about his decision on X, his social media website. “As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end,
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were in prison after being convicted on federal charges of bank fraud and tax evasion, were pardoned by President Donald Trump and walked free Wednesday. The couple is best known for the long-running TV series “Chrisley Knows Best,” which followed their family and luxurious
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. Video on social media and
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a series of pardons on Wednesday, awarding them to a former New York congressman, a Connecticut governor, a rapper known as “NBA YoungBoy,” a labor union leader and a onetime Army officer who flouted safety measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump’s actions mixed
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk leaves Trump administration after turbulent effort to slash government, AP source says.
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