By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is being thrust into a national battle over redistricting because of a court order to redraw its congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, while President Donald Trump is pushing other Republican-led states to add winnable U.S. House seats for the GOP. The new
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump called for Harvard University to pay a sweeping $500 million settlement to restore its federal funding, saying the elite university has been “very bad.” “We want nothing less than $500 million from Harvard. Don’t negotiate, Linda,” Trump said to Education Secretary Linda McMahon during a Cabinet
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Department of Government Efficiency employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud computing server, the agency’s chief data officer said in a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday. The copy of
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By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed one person and injured six others at a south Minneapolis intersection in broad daylight Tuesday. Minneapolis police say the shooting happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. at Clinton Avenue and East 29th
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and later brought back to the US to face federal criminal charges, has renewed his bid for asylum in the United States as the Trump administration’s effort to deport him to Uganda intensifies. The request Monday
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN, BRIAN SLODYSKO and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bill Pulte was nominated as the country’s top housing regulator, he told senators that his “number one mission will be to strengthen and safeguard the housing finance system.” But since he started the job, he’s distinguished himself by targeting President Donald
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By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The prospects for additional consolidation in the rail industry derailed this week when both of CSX’s potential partners said they weren’t interested in a deal. Investors widely speculated that CSX would be an acquisition target once rumors of merger talks between Union Pacific and Norfolk
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By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The prospects for additional consolidation in the rail industry derailed this week when both of CSX’s potential partners said they weren’t interested in a deal. Investors widely speculated that CSX would be an acquisition target once rumors of merger talks between Union Pacific and Norfolk
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By Alina Hauter Click here for updates on this story HOLLAND, Michigan (WXMI) — Holland resident, Daniel Fisher, has successfully juggled his passions as an engineer and a music composer for years. Now retired, he has fully dedicated himself to his music, and has even recently earned recognition for his work in Hollywood, California. Fisher’s
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By The Associated Press The new diamond on Taylor Swift’s wedding ring finger reflects her vintage-loving heart in a brilliant cut dating to 18th-century candlelight. A close-up of the sparkler Tuesday was among five photos that accompanied Swift’s engagement announcement with beau Travis Kelce on Instagram. The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck, a representative
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By The Associated Press The new diamond on Taylor Swift’s wedding ring finger reflects her vintage-loving heart in a brilliant cut dating to 18th-century candlelight. A close-up of the sparkler Tuesday was among five photos that accompanied Swift’s engagement announcement with beau Travis Kelce on Instagram. The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck, a representative
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By The Associated Press The new diamond on Taylor Swift’s wedding ring finger reflects her vintage-loving heart in a brilliant cut dating to 18th-century candlelight. A close-up of the sparkler Tuesday was among five photos that accompanied Swift’s engagement announcement with beau Travis Kelce on Instagram. The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck, a representative
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By JOCELYN NOVECK and MARIA SHERMAN AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a friendship bracelet. It ended with an engagement ring. Taylor Swift, the pop superstar, and Travis Kelce, the football champion, are engaged. The fiances, both 35, announced the news in a joint post on Instagram on Tuesday. It is
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lil Nas X said Tuesday that his arrest and jail time were “terrifying” in his first public comments since he was charged with attacking Los Angeles police officers. The 26-year-old rapper and singer whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill pleaded not guilty to four
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By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tim Armstead, a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who also served as Republican speaker of the House of Delegates during a 20-year legislative career, died Tuesday, the court announced. He was 60. Armstead died following a brief hospitalization, the court said in a statement without elaborating.
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By Keith BieryGolick Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCPO) — Irene Doran is walking through her home — a home she’s moving out of in a few days. “As you can see, this is a mess,” Doran said. She’s lived here with her husband since they came to the Tri-State
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By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A police officer died early Tuesday after a fleeing driver hit tire-deflating devices and veered into him, authorities said. His police chief said the death was “an intentional act of homicide.” Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, was the second law enforcement officer in Kansas City, Kansas, to die within a month.
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By Jennifer Ketchmark Click here for updates on this story MASON, Ohio (WCPO) — Birdwatching: It’s a hobby often reserved for the retirement age group. But there’s a renewed focus on watching our feathered friends and the payoff is improved mental health and connection with others. Landon and Megan Miller started a slew of social
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By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if it were up to him, he would jail “every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag,” But the Constitution, the conservative hero noted in 2015, protects flag-burning as a form of free speech. And importantly: “I am not king”
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Moments before the news raced across social media that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift had become engaged, Chiefs coach Andy Reid had stepped to a podium to talk about the coming season, which begins for them next weekend in Brazil. Good-natured defensive end Mike
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Moments before the news raced across social media that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift had become engaged, Chiefs coach Andy Reid had stepped to a podium to talk about the coming season, which begins for them next weekend in Brazil. Good-natured defensive end Mike
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Moments before the news raced across social media that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift had become engaged, Chiefs coach Andy Reid had stepped to a podium to talk about the coming season, which begins for them next weekend in Brazil. Good-natured defensive end Mike
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By Metia Carroll Click here for updates on this story PONCHATOULA, Louisiana (WDSU) — A Tickfaw man has been arrested after shooting at a car during a road rage incident, critically injuring a pregnant teen girl. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Barry West, 54, of Tickfaw on four counts of attempted second-degree murder, one
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By Alli Rosenbloom, Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is going from “so high school” to officially getting married. The couple announced Tuesday that they are engaged via concurrent posts on Instagram, with a caption reading, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The post included five
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — Ohio State denied Tuesday that it banned Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy from Ohio Stadium as a part of Fox Sports’ “Big Noon Kickoff” show on Saturday, as the prominent University of Michigan alumnus called the Buckeyes out for focusing more on him than the Texas Longhorns. The Buckeyes
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By ANDREW DeMILLO and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Miceala Morano scrambled for cover behind a green screen in the University of Arkansas broadcast room after she received a campuswide alert about an active shooter. As officers outside donned bullet proof vests and searched for an intruder, the 21-year-old journalism student called her grandmother, telling her,
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Simon & Schuster, Jonathan Karp, is stepping down from his position, but will remain with the company as the head of a new imprint. “My north star has always been our authors and their books, and I have decided it’s time for
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By The Associated Press Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement following a two-year romance was swiftly praised by stars from the entertainment and sports worlds, British royalty and even the U.S. president. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple announced in an Instagram post Tuesday. The couple took the spotlight
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By The Associated Press Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement following a two-year romance was swiftly praised by stars from the entertainment and sports worlds, British royalty and even the U.S. president. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple announced in an Instagram post Tuesday. The couple took the spotlight
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