INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Acclaimed opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform “God Bless America” during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500. Chacón-Cruz is the winner of the 2024 International Opera Awards’ Readers’ Award and has performed in more than 60 leading roles in 30 countries. He’s appeared in major opera houses such as New York’s Metropolitan
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By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When Georgia’s governor and a lightning-rod congresswoman decided last week to not run for the U.S. Senate, it seemed like the waiting game was over among Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents a district on
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar. Trump said this week
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The Associated Press CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) — Three people were killed and two others injured in a fiery wreck involving multiple vehicles and semi-trailers on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, authorities said. The crash closed all of the southbound lanes Tuesday morning. The crash happened on Interstate 75 near Calhoun, Georgia, the
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. officials unveiled an indictment Tuesday against two alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders on narco-terrorism charges. The indictment comes after the Trump administration in February designated the Sinaloa Cartel and seven other Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring was making an unwelcome visit this week to a large portion of the U.S. – from the Dakotas to Texas and other parts of the South – and putting millions of Americans
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A popular Turkish American online streamer who is critical of President Donald Trump was recently detained and questioned at O’Hare International Airport after his flight from Paris landed in Chicago. Hasan Piker, who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, recounted his experience online Monday saying he was
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s first female mayor has conceded the mayoral race to a man who will likely become the community’s first Black mayor. Voters in Omaha were making history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor. The race between
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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CARBON CAPTURE-PIPELINE Carbon dioxide pipeline regulations pass in testy Iowa Senate but still need governor’s signature SUMMARY: The
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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CARBON CAPTURE-PIPELINE Carbon dioxide pipeline regulations pass in testy Iowa Senate but still need governor’s signature SUMMARY: The
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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CARBON CAPTURE-PIPELINE Carbon dioxide pipeline regulations pass in testy Iowa Senate but still need governor’s signature SUMMARY: The
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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–CARBON CAPTURE-PIPELINE Carbon dioxide pipeline regulations pass in testy Iowa Senate but still need governor’s signature SUMMARY: The
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN said Tuesday that its new all-encompassing streaming service will take on a familiar name — ESPN — and launch in September at an initial price of $29.99 per month. The service will enable consumers to view all of ESPN’s various networks, including ones devoted
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER, BASSEM MROUE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalize relations with Syria and lift sanctions imposed on its new government to give the country “a chance at peace.” The development came shortly before Trump was set to meet Wednesday
Continue Reading By MELANIE LIDMAN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza — where airstrikes on two hospitals Tuesday killed at least eight and wounded dozens — even if a deal is reached to release more hostages.
Continue Reading By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court appeared inclined Tuesday to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than 360,000 Georgia voters. The lower court committed “legal error” in its ruling finding no violation
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence. Hardest hit was the tech giant’s home state of Washington, where Microsoft informed state officials it was
Continue Reading STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is continuing its rapid pace of executions this year, with one convicted killer set to die this week and another on June 10 who would be the sixth person put to death by the state in 2025. Glen Rogers, 62, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at Florida State
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs was sworn in to a new term on Tuesday after the Democrat won a monthslong fight against her Republican rival’s challenges to thousands of ballots. The State Board of Elections earlier Tuesday issued an election certificate to Riggs
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps and green energy strategies to fight climate change — faced sharp debate as House lawmakers slogged through marathon overnight hearings on Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” Tensions
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a few Capitol riot defendants remained jailed after President Donald Trump issued mass pardons to supporters who joined a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021. A trial for one of them — a military veteran charged with federal firearms offenses and a hoax bomb threat —
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a few Capitol riot defendants remained jailed after President Donald Trump issued mass pardons to supporters who joined a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021. A trial for one of them — a military veteran charged with federal firearms offenses and a hoax bomb threat —
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Senate advanced a bill that could further complicate a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwestern states after a long-winded and testy debate that exposed a clear rift among Republicans over property rights and the future of the state’s agricultural dominance. The
Continue Reading By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A popular Turkish American online streamer who is critical of President Donald Trump was recently detained and questioned at O’Hare International Airport after his flight from Paris landed in Chicago. Hasan Piker, who has 2.8 million followers on Twitch, recounted his experience online Monday saying he was
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press WAKEFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday in the child molestation trial of a former Rhode Island high school basketball coach who asked hundreds of male student-athletes to take off their underwear so he could check their body fat. Defense attorneys contend Aaron Thomas conducted the tests because he
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fist bump seems so long ago. Three years after Joe Biden’s cursory greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump luxuriated in an extravagant royal welcome as he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Concerns about human rights and fossil fuels in the oil-rich autocracy
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fist bump seems so long ago. Three years after Joe Biden’s cursory greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump luxuriated in an extravagant royal welcome as he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Concerns about human rights and fossil fuels in the oil-rich autocracy
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By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa with some subtle and not-so-subtle messages about what has changed since he ran in the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses. His speech Tuesday included mentions of his adopted twins, a boy and a girl, and how he explained to his
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa with some subtle and not-so-subtle messages about what has changed since he ran in the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses. His speech Tuesday included mentions of his adopted twins, a boy and a girl, and how he explained to his
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