By WILL WEISSERT and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s ready to order federal authorities to mobilize and combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from elected leaders and many residents in both cities. Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA SHIMKUS/Flatwater Free Press Flatwater Free Press NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Michael’s Cantina has been serving Tex-Mex food to the residents here for more than 30 years. Softball trophies crowd the top of a dresser in a dining room, old signs line the walls and regulars visit multiple times a week. Some of the
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AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .324; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .318; Bichette, Toronto, .310; Peña, Houston, .307; Springer, Toronto, .300; M.Garcia, Kansas City, .298; Witt, Kansas City, .296; Kirk, Toronto, .295; V.Guerrero, Toronto, .287; Y.Díaz, Tampa Bay, .286. RUNS_Judge, New York, 110; Raleigh, Seattle, 88; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 88; Witt, Kansas City, 88; Rooker, Athletics, 86; V.Guerrero, Toronto,
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Ohio St. (55) 1-0 1636 3 2. Penn
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google avoids breakup in search monopoly case, but judge orders other major changes in landmark ruling.
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 New
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor and book club impresario Reese Witherspoon is teaming up with her publisher, Hachette Book Group, on a literacy campaign. Starting this fall, new audio books from Nathan Harris, Patricia Cornwell and other Hachette fiction authors will include a message from Witherspoon urging parents to read to their children at
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By SARAH TETAUD and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar on Tuesday received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago. It’s the first use of a 2023 French law regulating the return of human remains to
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The co-creator of British TV sitcoms “Father Ted” and the “IT Crowd” said he was arrested over a series of posts about transgender people. Graham Linehan, 57, said he was arrested Monday at Heathrow Airport after arriving from Arizona. The Metropolitan Police didn’t name Linehan but said it had arrested a man
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge or explanation and with no access to legal counsel, their lawyers said Tuesday. They accused the Trump
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 0 0 0 .000 0
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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–School-Shooting-Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz to call special session on gun laws after Minneapolis school shooting SUMMARY: Governor Tim Walz plans to call a special
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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–School-Shooting-Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz to call special session on gun laws after Minneapolis school shooting SUMMARY: Governor Tim Walz plans to call a special
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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–School-Shooting-Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz to call special session on gun laws after Minneapolis school shooting SUMMARY: Governor Tim Walz plans to call a special
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago, where President Donald Trump has seized on crime to try to justify a greater federal role on the city’s streets. The toll highlights Chicago’s persistent struggle with gun violence and reveals a
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that she will retire after months of speculation about her plans. The Republican senator’s announcement opens up a Senate seat in the state
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 600 military lawyers will be authorized by Pentagon to serve as temporary immigration judges, doubling their ranks.
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances with Wolves,” has died. He was 73. Greene died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a long
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 09/03/2025
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 09/03/2025
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 09/03/2025
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS DESCRIPTION: Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By 09/03/2025
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By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration was handed a win by a federal appeals court on Tuesday in its effort to freeze billions of dollars and terminate contracts for nonprofits to run a “green bank” aimed at financing climate-friendly projects. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency
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By EMMA BURROWS European Security Correspondent LONDON (AP) — Bulgaria will not investigate suspected Russian electronic interference with a top European official’s plane, officials said Monday — because this kind of GPS jamming is now so common. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was flying to Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Sunday when her plane was
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be honored with one of the television’s top prizes even as it winds down its nearly 60-year work after the U.S. government withdrew funding. The organization, which has helped pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and TV stations as well as programs
Continue ReadingBy FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian authorities on Tuesday said they are investigating the shooting death of an Indonesian diplomat as a contract killing amid a surge in violent crime in the South American country. Zetro Leonardo Purba, 40, who worked at the Indonesian Embassy in Peru’s capital, Lima, was shot
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A high court in Congo on Tuesday sentenced a former justice minister to three years of forced labor in after convicting him of embezzling $19 million in public funds intended to finance a prison project in the country. Constant Mutamba, who resigned over the case in
Continue ReadingBy DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine prosecutors on Tuesday announced that the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer who stole an 18th-century Italian painting from a Jewish collector during World War II was placed under house arrest along with her husband. The new measures followed a series
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Federal appeals court says the EPA should not have been blocked from terminating billions in “green bank” grants.
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