By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Saunders’ path from obscurity to acclaim began some 30 years ago, not long after he finished a novel his wife could hardly stand. “I used to think the job of serious fiction was to be completely impossible to understand,” he explained during a telephone
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos. Earth’s shadow will obscure this weekend’s full moon as the home planet lines up perfectly between the moon and the sun. Totality
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By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Associated Press reporting into an Israeli attack on a Gaza Strip hospital that killed 22 people, including five journalists, raises serious questions about Israel’s rationale for the strikes and the way they were carried out. Among those killed was Mariam Dagga, who
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By MARIA SHERMAN and ELISE RYAN Associated Press New York (AP) — When songs top the charts, they become inescapable: Cross-genre hits are heard on the radio, on streaming, in lobbies and grocery stores. The artists who perform them become famous. But the people who wrote those earworms? Many do not. At least, that used
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By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation, and as summers grow deadlier, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford consistent air conditioning in dangerous temperatures. While about half of U.S. states offer protections from utility shutoffs during
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By TODD FEATHERS, SHARON LURYE and ANNIE MA Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: In the 2010s, schools invested in programs to address a longstanding gender gap in interest and performance between boys and girls in STEM classes. After introducing programs to support girls, schools had largely closed the gap by 2019. But in the wake of
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Sept. 6 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Gold Coast at Fremantle AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at North Melbourne AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 28 14 .667 — x-New York 25 17 .595 3 Indiana 22 20 .524 6 Washington 16 26 .381 12 Connecticut 10 31 .244 17½ Chicago 10 31 .244 17½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 32 9 .780 — x-Phoenix 27 14 .659
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 17 7 5 56 54 34 Minnesota United 14 6 9 51 48 32 Vancouver 14 6 7 49 47 31 Seattle 12 7 8 44 48 38 Los Angeles FC 11 7 8 41 45 33 Portland 10 9 9
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By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigned Friday after an independent inquiry found that she fell short of the standards expected of government ministers over a tax error on a recent house purchase. Rayner, who acknowledged on Wednesday that she didn’t pay enough tax
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 82 59 .582 — New York 78 63 .553 4 Boston 78 64 .549 4½ Tampa Bay 71 70 .504 11 Baltimore 65 76 .461 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 61 .570 — Kansas City 72 69 .511 8½ Cleveland 70
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 82 59 .582 — New York 78 63 .553 4 Boston 78 64 .549 4½ Tampa Bay 71 70 .504 11 Baltimore 65 76 .461 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 61 .570 — Kansas City 72 69 .511 8½ Cleveland 70
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 82 59 .582 — — 6-4 W-3 45-24 37-35 711 643 68 New York 78 63 .553 4 +5 7-3 L-1 41-29 37-34 742 605 137 Boston 78 64 .549 4½ +4½ 6-4 L-2 44-28
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By The Associated Press Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 82 59 .582 — New York 76 65 .539 6 Miami 65 76 .461 17 Atlanta 64 77 .454 18 Washington 56 84 .400 25½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 87 55 .613 — Chicago 81 60 .574 5½ Cincinnati 70 71 .496
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By The Associated Press Adv06-07 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Sept. 8 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia (6:45 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Cleveland (6:40 p.m.) 9:30 p.m. FS1 — Arizona at San Francisco NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ESPN — Minnesota at Chicago
Continue Reading By WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Friday after an evacuation warning, as the military stepped up operations aimed at seizing control of the famine-stricken city of some 1 million Palestinians. Strikes elsewhere in Gaza City killed
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own, which triggered heated national debates over immigration, has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric. On Aug. 12, Harjinder Singh, an India-born truck driver, made a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that authorities say
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GENEVA (AP) — Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed crimes including gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo over the last year, the U.N. human rights office said Friday. It said the governments of both countries bear responsibility. A new report by a fact-finding
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston voters will narrow the field of candidates for mayor on Tuesday in a municipal primary that pits incumbent Michelle Wu against a deep-pocketed challenger with one of the most famous last names in New England. Wu seeks a second term as President Donald Trump has threatened
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Voters in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington will choose a replacement Tuesday for the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, who died in May after battling cancer. Control of the U.S. House doesn’t hang in the balance in the special congressional election, but it could narrow
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Atlanta 4 Seattle 1 Final Baltimore 2 L.A. Dodgers 1 Final Arizona 10 Boston 5 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 5 Final Toronto 7 N.Y. Yankees 1 Final Kansas City 2 Minnesota 1 Final Cleveland 7 Tampa Bay 1 Final Texas 4 Houston 3 Final
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Sep. 05. 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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Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Sep. 05. 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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Continue Reading By The Associated Press Minnesota Twins (62-78, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (71-69, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Pablo Lopez (0-0); Royals: Michael Wacha (8-11, 3.52 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 112 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -136, Twins +115; over/under is 8
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By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered “legitimate targets” by Moscow’s forces. Putin’s comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force, a prospect that Moscow has repeatedly described as
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By JESSIE WARDARSKI and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis’ life titled “Digital Disciple.” They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian computer whiz might have had as his cellphone wallpaper. They discuss the miracles that allegedly
Continue Reading By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger bus veered off a road and plunged into a precipice in a mountainous region in Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, a police spokesman said Friday. The accident occurred near the town of Wellawaya, about 280 kilometers (174 miles) east
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