To 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-MED–Infant Formula-Botulism Recall-Explainer Cases jump to 31 in the botulism outbreak tied to baby formula. Here’s what to know SUMMARY: Federal health officials say
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-MED–Infant Formula-Botulism Recall-Explainer Cases jump to 31 in the botulism outbreak tied to baby formula. Here’s what to know SUMMARY: Federal health officials say
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election clerks referred 46 instances of suspected fraud and voting irregularities to prosecutors related to the November 2024 presidential election, a report released this week showed, representing a tiny fraction of the more than 3.4 million ballots cast. In total, 127 cases of potential fraud
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63. His former Stone Roses bandmate, Ian Brown, confirmed the death of Mounfield, who was better known
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63. His former Stone Roses bandmate, Ian Brown, confirmed the death of Mounfield, who was better known
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and MINGSON LAU Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Florida retiree who had been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over social media posts critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has arrived back in the United States two days after President Donald Trump welcomed the kingdom’s de-facto leader to the White House in
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By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America In the summer of 2021, when the delta variant of COVID-19 was filling hospitals throughout the country, U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds that were meant to slow the spread of the pandemic, prosecutors allege. The Florida Democrat has been
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Thursday No. 1 UConn (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Michigan, Friday. No. 2 South Carolina (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Queens, Sunday. No. 3 UCLA (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Southern University, Sunday. No. 4 Texas (5-0) did not play. Next: at No. 3 UCLA, Wednesday. No. 5 LSU (5-0)
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By The Associated Press Russian lawmakers approved a new bill Thursday boosting taxes for those labeled foreign agents by the government. The bill, which passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament, outlines an income tax rate of 30% for individuals with the designation and takes away their right to government
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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two Roman Catholic priests who were imprisoned on what human rights officials said were politically related charges were released from prison Thursday following talks with the Vatican, officials said. The move, which was confirmed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus, comes amid speculation about
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s most wanted drug trafficker was arrested Thursday after years on the run, authorities said. Noah Zeiter was taken into custody during a raid near the eastern city of Baalbeck, according to a high-ranking military official. Zeiter eventually turned himself in to military intelligence after a standoff.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Nov. 21 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 11 p.m. FS2 — AFL Postseason: Melbourne at North Melbourne, First Preliminary Final 3:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL Postseason: Carlton at Brisbane, Second Preliminary Final AUTO RACING 7:25 p.m. ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Practice,
Continue Reading All 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 8 6 .571 1½ 4-6 L-1 5-3 3-3 7-6 Boston 8 7 .533 2 6-4 W-3 4-3
Continue Reading All 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 Reading All 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 Reading All 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 Reading All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 10 5 .667 — New York 9 5 .643 ½ Philadelphia 8 6 .571 1½ Boston 8 7 .533 2 Brooklyn 2 12 .143 7½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 9 6 .600 — Miami 9 6 .600 — Orlando 9
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By The Associated Press The Trump administration announced on Thursday new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, advancing a project that critics say could harm coastal communities and ecosystems, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production. The oil industry has been seeking access to
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks’ union is expanding its week-old strike against the company. Starbucks Workers United said baristas from 30 more stores in 25 U.S. cities planned to join the strike Thursday, including stores in Cleveland; Memphis, Tennessee; Springfield, Missouri, and Albany, New York. That brings the total number of stores with
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival. The court banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from his post for two years in a split vote of 5-2. The decision is a blow to
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Weeknd’s After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Live Nation. The lengthy tour, which launched in Philadelphia in July 2022 and runs through September 2026, has officially grossed $1.004 billion with approximately 7.55 million tickets sold across
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By ANTON L. DELGADO Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fans of K-pop have an intensity that’s turned the music into a global phenomenon. Some are determined to channel that energy into action on climate change. Their push has been on display at United Nations climate talks in the city of Belem on the edge
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By THOMAS ADAMSON and OLEG CETINIC Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Princess Diana returned to Paris in wax Thursday as one of Europe’s oldest wax museums unveiled a new figure of the British royal in the so-called “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The statue was ordered in Paris after the
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the technology is shaking up the music industry ’s business model. Warner Music Group, Universal
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg opened Thursday, nearly a year after it was the scene of a horrific car-ramming attack that left six people dead. Five women and a boy died, and many more people were injured in the Dec. 20 attack that lasted just over a minute.
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By DAVID CRARY and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press The U.S. feminist movement’s perpetual quest for gender equality has suffered notable setbacks during President Donald Trump’s second term — including the dismantling of various nondiscrimination programs and the ouster of several high-ranking women in the military. Yet strikingly, outspoken women from the Catholic Church and the
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By MIKE PESOLI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When former Vice President Dick Cheney ‘s funeral is held Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital, he will join a bipartisan but exclusive list of towering figures memorialized there, in a church that tells the story of America on hallowed ground. Presidents from
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A passenger bus in Cambodia crashed off a bridge into a river on Thursday, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said. The bus was traveling from Siem Reap, home to the country’s fabled Angkor Wat temple complex, to the capital Phnom Penh, when it crashed
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By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33, mostly women and children. The strikes have been some of the
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By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites. The development sets the stage for a likely further escalation between
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