By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to be sentenced Friday for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a century-old history. Although he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, Combs was convicted in July of flying people around the country, including his girlfriends and male sex workers,
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, was charged Thursday in federal court with possessing firearms while in the U.S. illegally, prosecutors said. Ian Roberts resigned this week as Des Moines’ superintendent of schools, just days after
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances. The potential supply of U.S.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, are suing her ex-boyfriend Ray J for saying they are under federal investigation and on the verge of being indicted. The defamation lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday by the reality TV stars and businesspeople
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker. Current and former OpenAI employees sold $6.6 billion in shares to a group of investors, pushing the
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Thursday morning, as thousands of federal employees stayed home and faced potential layoffs because of the government shutdown, President Donald Trump got right to work on social media. He started by sharing praise from supporters. Then he falsely claimed that “DEMOCRATS WANT TO GIVE YOUR HEALTHCARE
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By SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democratic civil rights attorney who has advocated for better treatment of prisoners and testified against Mississippi’s diversity, equity and inclusion ban said Thursday that he is running for Congress. Cliff Johnson, the director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of
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By The Associated Press Kansas City (2-2) at Jacksonville (3-1) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, ESPN BetMGM NFL odds: Chiefs by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Chiefs 2-2, Jaguars 3-1. Series record: Chiefs lead 10-6. Last meeting: Chiefs beat Jaguars 17-9 on Sept. 17, 2023, in Jacksonville. Last week: Chiefs beat Ravens 37-20; Jaguars beat 49ers
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Immigration-Des Moines-Schools Superintendent Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume SUMMARY: The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district,
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Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Immigration-Des Moines-Schools Superintendent Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume SUMMARY: The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district,
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By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. The move comes as President Donald Trump threatens deep cuts in his
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored Democrats to reopen the government. “We want to protect hardworking federal workers,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday morning, before criticizing his counterparts.
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By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But the one that started Wednesday looks riskier, not least because President Donald Trump is threatening to use the standoff to permanently eliminate thousands of government jobs and the state of the
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and AKRAM OUBACHIR Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Youth-led demonstrators in Morocco took to the streets on Thursday for a sixth straight night despite fears of more violence after police killed three people the night before. The protesters in at least a dozen cities, including Casablanca, demanded better schools and hospitals,
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The fashion industry is deep in musical chairs this Paris season, and Thursday’s spotlight swung to a Mugler debut. Miguel Castro Freitas — Portuguese, Dior-honed, and a little-known name with a precise hand — took over a house built on shock and silhouette, and chose not
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 1983, six thieves muscled their way into a warehouse near Heathrow Airport, expecting to find a large sum of foreign currency. They got much more than they bargained for — 26 million pounds worth of gold bars. What happened in the days and years
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong met with the city’s new U.S. Consul General this week to warn her against interfering in the territory’s internal affairs, his office said in a statement Thursday. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry, met
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe must take a more aggressive approach with Russia by shooting down drones that enter European airspace and boarding shadow fleet ships illicitly transporting oil to deprive Moscow of war revenue, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Speaking at a European summit in Copenhagen, Macron
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Oct. 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Melbourne 1 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Sydney at North Melbourne 3 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Brisbane at Gold Coast 5 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Western
Continue Reading All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 19 7 6 63 56 33 Cincinnati 18 9 5 59 48 40 New York City FC 17 10 5 56 49 41 Inter Miami CF 16 7 8 56 68 52 Charlotte FC 17 13 2 53 52 46 Nashville 16 11
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Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 1 0 1.000 — Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1 Boston 0 0 .000 ½ Brooklyn 0 0 .000 ½ Toronto 0 0 .000 ½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 0 0 .000 — Charlotte 0 0 .000 — Miami 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 133 90 New England 2 2 0 .500 102 81 Miami 1 3 0 .250 83 118 N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 90 120 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 123
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Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 133 90 3-0-0 1-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 2-0-0 New England 2 2 0 .500 102 81 1-2-0 1-0-0 1-2-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 Miami 1 3 0 .250 83 118 1-1-0 0-2-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats. Rather than simply furlough employees, as is usually done during any lapse of funds, White House
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By GHAYA BEN MBAREK Associated Press HAMMAM CHOTT, Tunisia (AP) — Jamel Bahrini remembers the smell of dust and blood that clung to the air when he arrived at the scene of the strike in Tunisia ‘s capital 40 years ago, among hundreds of other first responders. Israeli warplanes had just struck the Palestine Liberation
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country’s Atlantic coast and which President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s alleged refusal to cooperate, a French prosecutor said Thursday. Macron has alleged
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