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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— MN–Legislature-Single Subject Bills Minnesota seeks court clarification on ‘single subject’ legislation after gun trigger law rejected SUMMARY: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state’s
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By AARON MORRISON and TERRY TANG Associated Press After a Ukrainian woman who fled war in her home country was stabbed to death on a commuter train in North Carolina, the alarming act of violence ignited bitter racial and political rhetoric about crime victims and perpetrators in America. The fatal attack last month, in which
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI, STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Friday rejected a last-ditch effort to delay reimposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a decision that the country’s president immediately called “unfair, unjust and illegal.” The decision on the “snapback sanctions” came a
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who went by Joanne Deborah Chesimard
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who went by Joanne Deborah Chesimard
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By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting a proposed deal that would put the
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert B. Barnett, a powerhouse Washington attorney who became a fixture in the political and publishing worlds as the literary representative for Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and dozens of other leaders, has died at age 79. One of Barnett’s partners at
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist. He called it “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” and urged world leaders to “get away from the green scam.” It was a pointed and extraordinary
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” isn’t part of the New York Film Festival’s lineup, but its agitated sense of inheritance and keeping a fighting spirit alive are all over this year’s cinematic convergence at Lincoln Center. The New York Film Festival kicks off
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-six years after he teamed up with Keanu Reeves to play a pair of well-intentioned dimwits on the big screen, Alex Winter finds himself beside the same guy on Broadway playing another set of sweet, low-bulbed guys. The two actors have had different trajectories in
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese student who became a vocal advocate for Tibet while living in Europe has been detained by Chinese authorities, according to two of her close friends, as Beijing is becoming more aggressive in its efforts to silence dissenting voices not only at home but also abroad.
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In his speeches to the United Nations when world leaders gather, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quite the history of turning to props and visual aids to hammer his points home. But even by the Israeli leader’s elevated standards of showmanship, this year’s address took things to
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Zara Larsson is no stranger to packing dance floors around the world, boasting a catalog with several songs that have earned more than a billion streams. But despite possessing all the individual pieces a superstar career requires, her jigsaw has yet to be fully completed
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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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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,
Continue Reading All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 17 8 6 57 56 38 Vancouver 16 6 8 56 57 32 Minnesota United 15 7 9 54 51 36 Los Angeles FC 14 7 8 50 57 37 Seattle 12 9 9 45 52 45 Austin FC 12 10
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB z-New York 92 68 .575 — z-Toronto 92 68 .575 — y-Boston 88 72 .550 4 Tampa Bay 77 83 .481 15 Baltimore 75 85 .469 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 86 74 .538 — Detroit 86 74 .538 — Kansas City 80
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB x-Philadelphia 95 65 .594 — New York 82 78 .513 13 Miami 78 82 .488 17 Atlanta 75 85 .469 20 Washington 65 95 .406 30 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Milwaukee 96 64 .600 — y-Chicago 90 70 .563 6 Cincinnati 82 78 .513
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv27-28 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Sept. 29 COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) 6 p.m. BTN — UCLA at Ohio St. 8 p.m. BTN — Washington at Northwestern NFL FOOTBALL 7:15 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Jets at Miami 8:15 p.m. ABC — Cincinnati at Denver NHL HOCKEY 7
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB z-New York 92 68 .575 — z-Toronto 92 68 .575 — y-Boston 88 72 .550 4 Tampa Bay 77 83 .481 15 Baltimore 75 85 .469 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 86 74 .538 — Detroit 86 74 .538 — Kansas City 80
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF z-New York 92 68 .575 — — 9-1 W-6 48-31 44-37 840 682 158 z-Toronto 92 68 .575 — +6 4-6 W-2 52-27 40-41 780 716 64 y-Boston 88 72 .550 4 +2 6-4 W-1 47-32
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 11 8 1-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 Toronto 3 2 0 1 5 13 8 0-0-1 2-0-0 2-0-1 Detroit 3 2 1 0 4 10 7 2-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 Buffalo 3 2 1
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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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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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By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer If Neko Case had just one word to describe her first solo album in seven years, she would settle on “formidable.” Fair enough. Writers have twisted themselves into knots trying to describe Case’s sound — “gothic Americana” is one iteration — yet it’s generally a thrill ride through shifting
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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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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
Continue ReadingBy 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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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A London court on Friday threw out a terror-related charge against a member of the controversial Irish rap group Kneecap, basing its decision on a technical error in the way the charge was brought forward. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who is also referred to by his anglicized
Continue ReadingAssociated 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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