By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The rock band R.E.M. is putting out a special rerelease of its first single, “Radio Free Europe,” to benefit — wait for it — the actual Radio Free Europe. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is among the U.S. government-funded media services that deliver news in overseas markets. President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, May 3 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Collingwood 1:05 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Richmond at Hawthorn AUTO RACING 10 a.m. FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: Practice 2, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Ala. 11:05
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Florida 4, Tampa Bay 1 Tuesday, April 22: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 2 Thursday, April 24: Florida 2, Tampa Bay 0 Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 1 Monday, April 28: Florida 4, Tampa Bay 2 Wednesday, April 30: Florida 6, Tampa Bay 3
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Cincinnati 7 2 1 22 15 12 Columbus 6 1 3 21 14 8 Philadelphia 6 3 1 19 19 9 Charlotte FC 6 3 1 19 16 8 Inter Miami CF 5 1 3 18 16 10 Nashville 5 4 1 16 19
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 19 13 .594 — Boston 18 16 .529 2 Toronto 16 16 .500 3 Tampa Bay 14 18 .438 5 Baltimore 13 18 .419 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 21 12 .636 — Cleveland 18 14 .563 2½ Kansas City 17
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv03-04 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, May 5 COLLEGE GOLF 4 p.m. GOLF — The 2025 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship: First Round, Whistling Straits, Haven, Wis. MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at Atlanta (7:15
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By BRIAN MELLEY and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry said that he wants to reconcile with his family after losing a court battle Friday over his publicly funded security that he said led his father, King Charles III, to stop talking to him. “I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s
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By BRIAN MELLEY and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry said that he wants to reconcile with his family after losing a court battle Friday over his publicly funded security that he said led his father, King Charles III, to stop talking to him. “I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police officer who killed a man with a shot to the back of the head testified in his own defense Friday, telling jurors at his second-degree murder trial that he was “running on fumes” and fearing for his life after
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By The Associated Press The White House is unveiling President Donald Trump’s budget, a sweeping framework proposing steep reductions in non-defense domestic spending while increasing expenditures on national security. The budget plan released Friday shows a desire to crack down on diversity programs and initiatives to address climate change. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has asked
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the “remake fatigue” concerns. In Hollywood’s quest to get family audiences to movie theaters, the industry has often opted to re-package something familiar, lately in the form of a live-action, or hybrid remake. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles. The soft rustle of rainforest leaves punctuated by bird song
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British retailer Marks & Spencer said Friday that it’s “working day and night” to resolve a cyberattack nearly two weeks ago that has left it unable to process any online orders, a day after luxury London department store Harrods confirmed it had become the latest target. With
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cincinnati’s mayor faces a primary challenge Tuesday from two first-time candidates, including the half brother of Vice President JD Vance. Meanwhile, voters across the state will decide the fate of a 10-year, $2.5 billion infrastructure spending ballot measure. The notable contests top the list of races on
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump faces significant pushback from federal judges, a new poll shows U.S. adults are more likely to believe the president is the one overstepping his power rather than the courts — although Republicans largely think the opposite. According to a poll
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By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza on Friday in international waters off Malta, the group organizing the shipment said, in the latest confrontation over efforts to send assistance to the Palestinian territory devastated by nearly 19 months of war. A
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a brutal hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in February of murder, attempted murder and hate-crime charges in
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By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a “right-wing extremist” organization — making it subject to greater and broader surveillance of its activities. The Federal Office for
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By BRIAN MELLEY and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand got out of a sleek black Mercedes on Friday and took his first steps toward a court where he faces charges of rape and sexual assault in a scene far removed from a walk down a Hollywood red carpet. The actor-comedian, wearing
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis. Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the
Continue ReadingTODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Athletics 6 Miami 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Baltimore 3 Kansas City 0 Final N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 0 Final Boston 6 Minnesota 1 Final Toronto 5 Cleveland 3 Final Chicago White Sox 7 Houston 3 Final Seattle 13 Texas 1 Final Detroit 9 L.A. Angels 1 ___
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, May. 02. 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 ReadingBy GHAITH ALSAYED and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria. The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who
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By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Friday wraps a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Last year, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to
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