By The Associated Press President Donald Trump says he’s firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, amid mortgage fraud allegations, opening a new front in the fight over America’s central bank. The president’s announcement came Monday night, days after Cook said she wouldn’t leave her post despite Trump calling for
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the first day of shooting “Frankenstein,” Guillermo del Toro held up a drawing of the creature he had made when he was a teenager. “He said, ‘This is like Jesus to me,’” recalls Oscar Isaac. For the Mexican-born filmmaker, Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic novel
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By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting that a “Purge or Revolution” was taking place there and threatening to not do business with Seoul as he prepared to host the new leader at the White House later Monday.
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By Jeramie Bizzle, Victor Hacobo Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A 5-year-old boy is dead after he accessed an unsecured gun inside an apartment on Chicago’s South Side on Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened around 1:17 p.m. in the 4400 block of South Greenwood Avenue in the Kenwood neighborhood.
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By Patrick Damp Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s cheerleaders are on what the university is calling a “stayed removal of recognition” after a two-year investigation into allegations of hazing. A “Campus Hazing Transparency Report” was posted to the university’s website earlier this month, and it
Continue ReadingBy RENATA BRITO and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard fired upon a vessel belonging to a humanitarian group as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, the nonprofit said on Monday. The attack, which took place the day before, appeared to be one of the
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By Matt Schooley Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — More than 100 people gathered in Rehoboth Saturday night during a vigil for Kylee Monteiro, the pregnant teenager who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend and buried in a shallow grave. Monteiro, 18, was 11 weeks pregnant when prosecutors say her
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CNN By Devan Cole, Alison Main, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said Monday that she will order officials to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the United States while she weighs a new legal challenge from him over the Trump administration’s plans to quickly deport him to Uganda. US District Judge Paula Xinis
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda.
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE custody in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda.
Continue ReadingBALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has arrived outside a Baltimore immigration office where he is expected to taken into custody.
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By Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — If you ever saw Bob and Mike Bryan on the tennis court, you’ll remember that they were double trouble. “Opponents described us as like a two-headed monster,” said Mike in an interview with CNN Sports. Dominating men’s doubles for the best part of two decades, they were a dream
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — An American man who worked at a U.S. military facility in Germany and allegedly offered to supply sensitive information to China has been indicted on espionage charges, German prosecutors said Monday. The suspect, identified only as Martin D. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Frankfurt in early November. In
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility. Mariam Dagga,
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By ALYCE BROWN AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Over the course of the past week across the U.S. Open’s grounds, eight couples went on their first dates — on camera. They were all part of the tournament’s newest content creation venture, “Game, Set, Matchmaker,” the most recent play for Gen Z attention from
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip on Monday and then hit the facility again as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health
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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and closed schools and airports as it braces for Typhoon Kajiki, its strongest storm of the year so far. Forecasters said the typhoon had winds of up to 166 kilometers (103 miles) per hour at 10 a.m. Monday
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — On an unremarkable clay tennis court in the Spanish city of Alicante, watched on by only a handful of spectators, two teenagers swipe the ball to one another with surprising vigor, belying their scrawny, adolescent frames. The ages of each player – one 17, the other just 15 –
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By Jeanne Sahadi, and Luciana Lopez, CNN (CNN) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted interest rate cuts could be coming soon in a speech on Friday, a move that could affect everyone from global markets to individual Americans. Powell underscored that any upcoming rate cut would be dependent on the economic data. But Fed
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By Silvia Marchetti (CNN) — She was craving peace and quiet after working as a teacher for 20 years, and Amelia Butler from the US says that buying a bargain home in Italy has given her just that. The 57-year-old now spends half of the year in the rural village of Latronico, located in the
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final N.Y. Yankees 10 Washington 5 Final Seattle 9 San Diego 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Boston 4 Baltimore 3 Final Tampa Bay 9 Cleveland 0 Final Toronto 10 Minnesota 4 Final Chicago White Sox 7 Kansas City 0 Final L.A. Angels 4 Texas 0 Final Athletics 8 Detroit 3
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Monday, Aug. 25. 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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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israeli forces could begin withdrawing from territory they hold in southern Lebanon after the Lebanese Cabinet’s “momentous decision” earlier this month to work toward the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah by the end of 2025. Netanyahu said if Lebanon takes the necessary steps
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Monday, Aug. 25. 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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CNN, POOL, X By Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US National Guard members deployed to Washington, DC, started carrying their sidearms on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Joint Task Force carrying out the mission told CNN. This follows a directive by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week that authorized members of the National
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (67-64, second in the AL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (47-83, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (7-5, 2.53 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 83 strikeouts); White Sox: Shane Smith (3-7, 4.12 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 102 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 1, 4, 12, 14, 40 (one, four, twelve, fourteen, forty) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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