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Ed Sheeran, BigXthaPlug, Reneé Rapp, Jelly Roll and more to hit 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball stage

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — iHeartRadio has unveiled its star-studded 2025 Jingle Ball lineup, including performances by Ed Sheeran, Monsta X, Alex Warren, BigXthaPlug, Jelly Roll, Jessie Murph, Laufey, mgk (formerly Machine Gun Kelly), The Kid Laroi, Olivia Dean and more. The 10-city tour will hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area,

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Sports on TV for Sept. 27 – 28

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Sept. 27 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. 2:10 p.m. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. 4 p.m. CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Kansas Lottery 300,

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Moldova bars 2 pro-Russian parties from tense parliamentary election

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s electoral commission on Friday barred two pro-Russian parties from participating in this weekend’s tense parliamentary election, which is beleaguered by widespread claims of Russian interference. The outcome of Sunday’s high-stakes vote could determine whether Moldova, a Soviet republic until 1991 and a candidate for European

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The Latest: Supreme Court keeps Trump’s $5 billion foreign aid funding freeze in place

By The Associated Press The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump ’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court’s conservative majority granted the Republican administration’s emergency appeal

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Slovakia passes constitutional amendment to recognize only 2 sexes, sparking human rights concerns

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament on Friday passed an amendment to the constitution that recognizes only two sexes, along with other measures that critics say might breach the country’s international obligations and undermine the protection of human rights. The amendment, which was drafted by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government, required a three-fifths majority.

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Russia is helping China to prepare for a potential invasion of Taiwan, defense institute says

By EMMA BURROWS AP European Security Correspondent LONDON (AP) — Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a U.K.-based defense and security forum. The Royal United Services Institute’s analysis is based on around 800

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UN adds 68 companies to blacklist for alleged complicity in rights violations in Israeli settlements

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations has added nearly 70 more companies to a blacklist of firms from 11 countries that it says are complicit in violating Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The new list spotlights companies that do business

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Sep. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Sep. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Sep. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Sep. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Eurovision to decide whether Israel can take part in 2026 contest as calls mount for its exclusion

By JAMEY KEATEN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Friday that member broadcasters will vote in November on whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. According to spokesperson Dave

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Eurovision to decide whether Israel can take part in 2026 contest as calls mount for its exclusion

By JAMEY KEATEN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Friday that member broadcasters will vote in November on whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. According to spokesperson Dave

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 1 Final Chicago White Sox 10 Washington 9 Final L.A. Dodgers 3 Seattle 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 2 Final Boston 4 Detroit 3 Final Texas 7 Cleveland 3 Final N.Y. Yankees 8 Baltimore 4 Final L.A. Angels 4 Houston 3 Final

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European defense ministers agree to press on with ‘drone wall’ project as airspace violations mount

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European defense ministers agreed on Friday to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace. The decision comes after a spate of incidents in which Europe’s borders and airports have been tested by rogue

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Latest storm blows out of the Philippines, leaving 10 dead and prompting massive evacuations

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm blew out of the central Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 10 dead, knocking down trees and power and prompting the evacuation of more than 433,000 people from landslide- and flood-prone villages long battered by typhoons. Bualoi was the latest of back-to-back storms

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–T25-ARIZONA-IOWA STATE DESCRIPTION: AMES, Iowa — No. 14 Iowa State tries to get out to a 5-0

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