By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Last week, Oakland’s new mayor found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who was shot on campus. The day after her visit, Barbara Lee sat with The Associated Press for an hour at her downtown Oakland office. A veteran
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Eddie Murphy is being celebrated with a life achievement award from the American Film Institute, AFI’s board of trustees said Friday. The award will be handed out at a gala tribute in Los Angeles, at the Dolby Theatre, on April 18. “Eddie Murphy is an American icon,” said Kathleen
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV opened a virtual meeting with American Catholic young people Friday by revealing a closely held pontifical secret: He uses a different Wordle start word each day. Leo divulged his strategy for the popular New York Times online game before fielding questions via videoconference about
Continue ReadingFriday, Nov. 21 SOUTH William & Mary 104, Regent 57 FAR WEST Arizona State 83, Hawai’i 76 ___
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill resigned from her seat in the U.S. House and the current governor on Friday set special election dates to fill her position for next year. Sherrill will be inaugurated as governor on Jan. 20. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy set the primary for Feb. 5 and
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Texas-bred hip-hop duo UGK glared confidently into the camera atop stallions in the music video for their fan-favorite song “Wood Wheel.” The visuals reflected the expertise of the legendary Houston-area music act: blending tales of big city hustling with charming Texas cowboy culture. “This is
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The sounds of college football have changed over the years, with pop culture songs becoming part of the show at stadiums across the country. Fight songs, though, have withstood the test of time and still ring true. From “Rocky Top” at Tennessee to “Fight
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated Friday the victory of Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025, applauding her as an example for women. Bosch’s win the previous night in Thailand was a vindication after the 25-year-old was scolded by the Thai national director earlier in the competition. Bosch walked
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By JONATHAN MATTISE, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For weeks, a Tennessee special election was flying under the radar in a heavily Republican congressional district. But now funding from President Donald Trump’s allies and an appearance by former Vice President Kamala Harris have turned the Dec. 2 contest into
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new play exploring the complex relationship between playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime top U.S. infectious disease expert, will make its premiere early next year in New York under the direction of Tony Award-winner Daniel Fish. “Kramer/Fauci” will
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By MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the 15 lives lost daily to gender-based violence in South Africa. South Africa, while putting forward a
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan said Friday that he has decided not to run for Ohio governor next year, eliminating the most significant hurdle to the nomination for former state health director Dr. Amy Acton. Ryan, 52, had been considering a bid after
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Nov. 22 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 3:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Postseason: Carlton at Brisbane, Second Preliminary Final AUTO RACING 10:55 p.m. ESPN — Formula 1: The Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 21 12 8 1 25 62 67 Tampa Bay 20 11 7 2 24 61 57 Ottawa 20 10 6 4 24 67 67 Boston 22 12 10 0 24 72 73 Florida 20 11 8 1 23 59 59
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Detroit 13 2 .867 — 10-0 W-11 7-1 5-1 9-2 Toronto 10 5 .667 3 9-1 W-5 3-2 7-3 9-2 New York 9 5 .643 3½ 7-3 W-1 8-1 1-4 6-5 Cleveland 10 6 .625 3½ 7-3 L-1 6-3 4-3 9-5
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 10 5 .667 — New York 9 5 .643 ½ Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1 Boston 8 7 .533 2 Brooklyn 2 12 .143 7½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 9 6 .600 — Atlanta 9 7 .563 ½ Orlando 9
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Toronto 10 5 .667 — 9-1 W-5 3-2 7-3 9-2 New York 9 5 .643 ½ 7-3 W-1 8-1 1-4 6-5 Philadelphia 9 6 .600 1 5-5 W-1 5-3 4-3 8-6 Boston 8 7 .533 2 6-4 W-3 4-3
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Detroit 21 12 8 1 25 62 67 7-4-1 5-4-0 4-2-1 Tampa Bay 20 11 7 2 24 61 57 6-5-0 5-2-2 2-1-1 Ottawa 20 10 6 4 24 67 67 6-3-2 4-3-2 3-2-2 Boston 22 12 10
Continue ReadingAll Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Carolina 20 13 5 2 28 73 58 6-2-1 7-3-1 4-1-0 New Jersey 20 13 6 1 27 62 58 7-0-1 6-6-0 3-1-1 N.Y. Islanders 21 12 7 2 26 69 64 4-3-1 8-4-1 4-3-1 Detroit 21 12 8 1
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian coffee exporters celebrated Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the removal of additional import tariffs on the product that had been set at 40% in July. Cecafé, Brazil’s coffee exporters council, called the tariff hike “a complete loss of competitiveness.” “The tariff reversal comes after months of intense work
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says. “To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk ‘s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk’s company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a
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By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highly contagious disease was declared eliminated in the country in 2014. But eight years later, an outbreak
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, MELINA WALLING and ANTON L. DELGADO The Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Several nations and environmental groups on Friday slammed proposals in the final stages of this year’s U.N. climate talks for failing to explicitly mention the cause of global warming — the burning of fuels such as oil, gas and
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By MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks have a beef. They want more to be done to transform
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump has called New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and a “total nut job.” Mamdani has called Trump’s administration “authoritarian” and described himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.” So their first-ever meeting, scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. EST at the White House, could be
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By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted schoolchildren and staff on Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country just days after 25 schoolgirls were abducted in a neighboring state. The
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Han Kang’s first book of nonfiction to come out in English will be released next spring. The Korean author’s “Light and Thread” is scheduled to be published March 24 by Penguin Random House imprints in the U.S., the United Kingdom and other English-speaking
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — An officer at St. Louis’ busiest airport fatally shot a man who wielded a knife early Friday morning outside the doors of a terminal, police said. No one else was injured. The shooting at St. Louis Lambert International Airport happened around 1 a.m., St. Louis County Police spokesperson Vera Clay said.
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By The Associated Press Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who served as a House manager in President Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial, has launched his bid for California governor. Swalwell highlighted his desire to help Californians prosper as he announced his candidacy on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Thursday night. “Our state, this great state,
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