By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics. The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over Democrats in last year’s elections almost perfectly aligns with the share of the vote
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from a fairy tale newly told to memoirs about a famous writer’s indomitable mother and life after marriage to a famous rock star. Some books were a decade or more in the
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the decade since she published her acclaimed debut novel, “The Turner House,” Angela Flournoy has confronted a few delays, welcome and otherwise, en route to completing her second book: her first child, a pandemic, speaking engagements, the occasional essay and, throughout, the challenges of
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By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After three decades in Hollywood, Daniel Dae Kim has done spy thrillers, sci-fi epics and medical dramas. But there’s one role that’s eluded the Korean American actor: romantic leading man. “I’m still waiting to play a romantic lead after all these years,” Kim says with
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate gave final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map early Saturday, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature. President Donald Trump has pushed for the map to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in
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By The Associated Press The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of records from the sex-trafficking case. The disclosure represents
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BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots. The two female cubs were born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 22 last year, and each was given both a Chinese and a German name. Meng Hao and Meng Tian
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KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — Five bodies were exhumed from shallow graves in coastal Kenya, at a site near where more than 400 bodies of followers of a doomsday cult were recovered two years ago. Government pathologist Dr. Richard Njoroge on Thursday said 10 human body parts were also recovered, scattered in nearby thickets at Kwa
Continue ReadingOULU, Finland (AP) — Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. This year’s Air Guitar World Championships reached the climax with a final Friday evening on a square in the western city of
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By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Michael Callahan, Shania Shelton, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI conducted a court-authorized search Friday at former national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office as part of a renewed investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Continue Reading CNN By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Michael Callahan, Shania Shelton, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The FBI conducted a court-authorized search Friday at former national security adviser John Bolton’s home and office as part of a renewed investigation into whether he disclosed classified information in his 2020 book, according to two people familiar with the
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By Ryan Bergeron, CNN Bronson, FL (CNN) — At 96 years old, Bill Brown has lived through everything from World War II to the Civil Rights movement to the rise of the internet. But of all the history he’s seen, Brown says it was the Great Depression that might have had the most profound impact
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CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Cracker Barrel’s modern makeover doesn’t stop with redoing its restaurants. It’s dropping the barrel and the man from its logo, too. On Tuesday, the Southern-inspired casual dining chain unveiled a new logo “rooted even more closely to the iconic barrel shape,” but without the barrel itself
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Beaches in the town of Guardamar del Segura, in southeastern Spain, closed earlier this week after the discovery of two venomous sea slugs in the water, local authorities announced. Due to the appearance “of the blue dragon (Glaucus atlanticus), and for motives of citizenry safety, we have banned all swimming on
Continue ReadingKEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Buckle Inc. (BKE) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $45 million. On a per-share basis, the Kearney, Nebraska-based company said it had net income of 89 cents. The teen clothing retailer posted revenue of $305.7 million in the period. Buckle shares have risen 8% since the
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By Harper Stephanopoulos, CNN New York (CNN) — Trendy restaurants have always existed in New York. Places like The Odeon and Raoul’s to Torrisi and 4 Charles Prime Rib have been eateries to see and be seen, their reputations grown over years through word-of-mouth, critics’ reviews and celebrity spottings. Now, the era of TikTok has
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Seventeen days ago, President Donald Trump made a dramatic claim in an interview on the business news channel CNBC. As part of his July trade agreement with the European Union, he said, the EU gave the United States a $600 billion present he could spend however he wanted. “They
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By SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it’s likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. The Integrated Food
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday over allegations that the senior opposition politician misused public funds during his presidency, police said. Wickremesinghe, who was president from 2022 to 2024, is accused of using the funds to attend his wife’s graduation
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By AAMER MADHANI and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump started the week declaring a diplomatic breakthrough in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Four days later, the Republican president’s
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, Eugenia Yosef, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Parts of Gaza are officially experiencing a “man-made” famine, according to a Friday report by a United Nations-backed initiative, which added that the situation is expected to worsen after months of relentless conflict. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reported that famine has been
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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Every superhero has an origin story and Scottie Scheffler’s narrative arc can be traced back to November 15, 2020 – a series of events that barely anybody noticed at the time. That was the day Scheffler and Tiger Woods played together in the Masters tournament: the first and only
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Toronto 5 Miami 2 Final Tampa Bay 10 St. Louis 6 Final Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Angels 2 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 0 Final Detroit 7 Kansas City 5 Final Houston 10 Baltimore 7 Final Texas 4 Cleveland 3 Final Minnesota 9 Chicago White Sox
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Aug. 22. 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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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Aug. 22. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Aug. 22. 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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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Friday its foreign minister spoke by phone with his French, German and British counterparts to avoid the reimposition of U.N. sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program, just days ahead of a European deadline. The call by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi came as the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (66-62, second in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (76-53, first in the AL Central) Detroit; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Ryan Bergert (1-1, 2.75 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 51 strikeouts); Tigers: Casey Mize (12-4, 3.63 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 103 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -159, Royals
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Thursday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 4 Evening” game were: 0, 2, 7, 8 (zero, two, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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