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By The Associated Press Bob Schul, the only American distance runner to win gold in the 5,000 meters at the Olympics, has died. He was 86. His death on Sunday was announced by Miami University in Ohio, where Schul shined on the track and was inducted into the school’s hall of fame in 1973. No

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is on pace  to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes focused on the biggest spending customers. The Bain consultancy released a new study in Milan on Tuesday forecasting flat worldwide

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South Carolina high school after she turned in

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true and wondered if it was a scam. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A university professor has been jailed in Estonia after being found guilty of spying for Russia. Viacheslav Morozov, a Russian citizen, taught at the Baltic country’s most prestigious university. He was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for collecting information about Estonia’s defense and security policy and

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Justin Timberlake has been arrested and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official said Timberlake was expected to be arraigned later Tuesday in Sag Harbor, on the eastern end of Long Island. The official could not

By RYAN DOAN-NGUYEN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis are debuting a new live performance album of historic jazz records created in time for Juneteenth to protest racial injustice. “Freedom, Justice and Hope” includes a new arrangement of

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer In the NBA, it’s already next season. The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour. The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and when the clock rolled over to Tuesday morning, teams — in many cases — could start talking to their own

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers barely increased spending in May from April as still high inflation and high interest rates curbed spending. Retail sales rose 0.1% in May, below the pace that economists projected, according to the Commerce Department. And April sales were revised downward _ a 0.2% decline

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Migos rapper Quavo’s quest to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic shooting into a force for change is hosting a movement-building summit aimed against gun violence on what would have been the late rapper’s 30th birthday. Quavo is hosting the inaugural Rocket Foundation Summit at

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes during the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony, they’ll be doing so in snappy blue blazers and blue jeans from Ralph Lauren. Just regular, everyday denim blue jeans. The brand called the pairing “unexpected” yet classic when it unveiled

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology.  Its operating subsidiary, Fisker Group Inc., said in its filing that its

By GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, as organizers focus on mobilizing young people to help address the world’s pressing problems. Global Citizen has long partnered with

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters have increased their containment of a large wildfire that is burning in steep, hard-to-reach areas and threatening critical infrastructure in mountains north of Los Angeles, officials said. But hot, dry, windy weather could challenge their efforts Tuesday. The Post Fire was 20% contained Monday night after wind caused explosive growth

PARIS (AP) — French actress Anouk Aimée, winner of a Golden Globe for her starring role in “A Man and a Woman” by legendary French director Claude Lelouch, has died. She was 92. Agent Sébastien Perrolat said in an text message to The Associated Press that Aimée died Tuesday morning “surrounded by her loved ones.”

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 9,000 troops from 20 NATO countries are participating in military exercises in the Baltic Sea region, which has become strategically sensitive following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden, which had joined the drills in the past, took part in the Baltops 2024 exercises for the first time this month as a

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region. Ukraine has in recent months stepped up aerial assaults on Russian soil, targeting refineries and oil

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament. Civil society groups say despite the arrests, demonstrations and a planned sit-down outside parliament buildings would continue.

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 1.2 million vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a software glitch that can disable the rearview cameras. The recall covers Jeep Compass, Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs from 2022 and 2023. Also included are Ram ProMaster vans from 2022 and 2023, as well as

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Paris Olympics involve about 10,500 athletes representing about 200 countries or regions. But the Olympics are more than just fun and games. They are a giant business that generated $7.6 billion in income for the International Olympic Committee over the latest four-year cycle. They’re also a proxy for

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Swedish European Union diplomat who was held in Iran for two years and freed in a prisoner swap over the weekend says his release was “the dream that I sometimes did not dare to believe in. Johan Floderus and a second Swedish citizen, Saeed Azizi, returned to Sweden on Saturday

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims are wrapping up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, in the city of Mecca. The three-day stoning ritual in

BERLIN (AP) — Eight people accused of involvement in a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government have gone on trial in Munich, in the last of three trials in the sprawling case. The eight Germans, six men and two women, are charged with “preparation of high treasonous undertaking.” They also face charges of

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S. — aiming to balance his own aggressive crackdown on the border earlier this month that enraged advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.

By THOMAS ADAMSON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are getting into the groove for the historic opening ceremony on the River Seine. Dancers who’ll jazz up the July 26 show under the artistic direction of prize-winning French theater director Thomas Jolly are putting finishing touches on a high-octane

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. The bill passed its final reading on Tuesday with the approval of 130 of the 152 members of the Senate in

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire broke out at a hospital in Iran’s north, killing nine patients, state media reported. The blaze started at 2200GMT at Qaem Hospital in the city of Rasht, about 205 miles northwest of the capital Tehran, state TV said, leaving six women and three men dead. Chief of the city

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with gains for technology companies pushing the benchmarks higher. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices declined. This week has few top-tier economic reports apart from an update Tuesday on how

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence could be misused to spread misleading or false claims about the Holocaust. That’s the warning from a new UNESCO report. The international agency published its findings on Tuesday, arguing that powerful AI programs could allow hate groups to generate realistic photos and images that falsely

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has renewed a warning that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their supply boats damaged in one of the most serious confrontations between the Philippines and China in a disputed shoal in

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout as part of a protracted strike against government plans to boost medical school admissions, starting next year. Since February, more than 12,000 trainee doctors have remained on strike amid a deepening standoff

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder. Georgia Department of Corrections records show that Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday from Macon State

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is taking aim at European farmers instead of German automakers by launching an investigation into European Union pork imports. Just days ago, the EU said it plans to impose provisional tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. China’s Commerce Ministry didn’t mention the EV tariffs when it announced Monday that it

BEIJING (AP) — Southern China has been reeling from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for entire villages and burying crops. Meanwhile, northern parts of the country are battling drought, as the country faces two extremes of severe weather. Four people were killed and two others were missing

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Unanswered questions linger a year after the implosion of the Titan submersible during its deep-sea voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic. Tuesday marks one year since the North Atlantic disaster, but it will be at least two more months before the U.S.

By JACK DURA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press MENOKEN, N.D. (AP) — Farming and biofuels organizations are hopeful that ethanol could be used to power passenger jets, but making that dream a reality hasn’t been easy. That’s partly because even as many farmers would benefit from a huge new market for corn, turning ethanol into

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Residents of the southern New Mexico Village of Ruidoso have been ordered to flee their homes without taking time to grab any belongings due to a fast-moving wildfire. The village of 7,000 told its residents to evacuate immediately at about 7 p.m. Monday. The fire started earlier in the day on

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the U.S. have pledged to boost defense and technology cooperation and remove long-standing barriers to bilateral strategic trade, following a meeting between the national security advisers of both countries. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan was on a two-day visit on Tuesday to the Indian capital, New Delhi, the first

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat alerts continued for tens of millions of people in the United States on Tuesday as cities including Chicago broke records at the start of a week of sweltering weather. States in the Midwest started to bake Monday in what the National Weather Service called a

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Katherine Anderson trekked from Texas to Philadelphia last year for a college program she couldn’t find anywhere else, combining the music business, entrepreneurship and technology. Two weeks ago, she received the startling news the university would be shutting down within days. The closure of

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing’s CEO is getting his day in front of Congress, and lawmakers are expected to have many questions about safety at the troubled aircraft company. CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to testify Tuesday in front of a Senate investigations subcommittee. It’ll be his first appearance on Capitol Hill since

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers hoping to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri are narrowing their proposal for encouraging the Super Bowl champions to build a new stadium and linking the proposal to a plan for broad tax cuts. Those moves are designed to win over skeptical colleagues.

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. It’s one of three cases in Colorado that have pitted LGBTQ+ civil rights against First Amendment rights. Two of those cases have involved Jack Phillips,

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The person who killed five people and wounded over a dozen others during a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs is set to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to show during the hearing that Anderson Lee Aldrich was spreading anti-gay

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Parkland. Uvalde. Columbine. Sandy Hook. A supermarket in Buffalo. A church in South Carolina. A synagogue in Pittsburgh. When violence comes to a public place, as it does all too often in our era, a delicate question lingers afterward: What should be done with the buildings

By GASPARD MAHEBURWA Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi seems to be running short of everything but patience. A deadly nationwide political crackdown in the East African nation is now in the past. But the return to international favor, and benefits like development assistance that come with it, has been slow. As always, everyday

By CORA LEWIS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Majorities of Americans favor forgiving all or some of an individual’s medical debt if the person is facing hardships. That’s according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — One of America’s most conservative congressmen is facing a serious primary challenge in Virginia after his opponent was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Voters in two other districts are nominating candidates to fill two open seats in the state’s primary election

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A five-way Republican primary for Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District is among the top races being watched in Tuesday’s primary in Oklahoma. Among those challenging eleven-term U.S. Rep. Tom Cole is political newcomer Paul Bondar, who has loaned more than $5 million of his own money to

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota shareholders have voted in support of all of the company’s proposals at their annual meeting, including keeping Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as chairman of the board. Details on the vote tallies weren’t immediately available. The annual meeting, held at company

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A twin-engine airplane has crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado, starting a fire that burned two mobile homes. Officials don’t know how many people were aboard the up to seven-seat aircraft when it crashed Monday afternoon, but Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue says there were no survivors. Police say

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics again stand alone among NBA champions. Jayson Tatum had 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Celtics topped the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 on Monday night to win the franchise’s 18th championship, breaking a tie with the Los Angeles Lakers for the

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States government has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan due to security concerns. A U.S. government spokesperson says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has paused inspections in Michoacan until the security conditions

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted on a charge of defaming Thailand’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have unsteadied Thai politics. His lawyer told reporters Tuesday that Thaksin was ready to enter the judicial process and that he has prepared a

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says soldiers have fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals’ land border in the second crossing this month. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers, while engaging in unspecified construction work on the northern

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang is ending his Australian tour in the west coast city of Perth where he will focus on China’s investment in critical minerals and clean energy. Li last week became the first Chinese premier to visit New Zealand then Australia in seven years.

By MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes. Sheinbaum said Monday that the public opinion surveys were

RIO VERDE, Ecuador (AP) — Rescue teams and some inhabitants are searching the mud for more victims of a landslide in central Ecuador that killed at least eight people. Heavy rains over the weekend drenched several provinces of Ecuador, but the community of Baños was one of the most affected when a hill partially collapsed

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SAMOENG, Thailand (AP) — Thailand has tried for years to deal with its pollution problem. One big reason is the burning of corn stubble to clear fields for the next planting, a time of year from February to April that’s known as “haze season.” And it gives Chiang Mai, a

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has ruled that a man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 must pay just over $350,000 to her family for costs they incurred after her death. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Jennifer O’Keefe ordered Paul Flores to make the payments Monday after

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Toronto police say a man and woman are dead and the suspected shooter is also deceased after a mid-day shooting in a north Toronto office space. The shooting took place near a daycare center and an all-boy Catholic elementary school, which were both locked down. Detective Sgt.

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt died

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions as he headed to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Putin’s comments appeared in

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say activities of armed groups in the volatile Central African Republic have increased, complicating a security landscape that has seen a spillover of the conflict in neighboring Sudan. The panel of experts cite confirmed reports of air raids by the Sudanese military around

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint during President Joe Biden’s fundraising visit to Los Angeles. Officials say the agent was returning from work Saturday night when he was robbed in a residential community in Tustin. The agent was not injured. Police

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AND CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other accommodations

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have cleared an entrenched pro-Palestinian encampment at California State University, Los Angeles, just days after demonstrators occupied and trashed a building. Officers issued a dispersal order on Monday and about seven remaining protesters left voluntarily, a campus spokesperson said. There were no arrests. Officials say it will likely take several

LONDON (AP) — Actor Ian McKellen was hospitalized Monday after toppling off a London stage during a fight scene in a play. The 85-year-old known for playing Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” films and many stage roles over a six decade career cried out in pain after the fall, according to a BBC

By JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit it filed against a local journalist and a technology watchdog group last year for posting the photos and information of hundreds of undercover police officers online. The journalist’s attorney says the settlement will cover

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has met with an Israeli lawyer who has publicly described being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza. Harris said Monday that the story left her fearing more such accounts “will only increase as more hostages are released.” The vice presient hosted an

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse at a southern Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in intravenous drips. Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 of them died, but authorities said they did not pursue

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law that allows law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against people with outstanding deportation orders or who previously had been denied entry to the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher issued a

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A federal appellate panel says a Michigan state judge will have to decide whether to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a lawsuit in state court in 2019 seeking to void a 1953 easement that

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s electrifying reunion with Alicia Keys on what appeared to be a live duet of “Empire State of Mind” at the Tony Awards was actually pre-taped, a show official who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly told The Associated Press. The appearance of the rapper in

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New leaders of The Washington Post are being haunted by their pasts, with ethical questions raised about their actions as journalists in London that illustrate very different press traditions in the United States and England. An extraordinary trio of stories over the weekend by The

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials say Maine’s shortage of public defenders allowed a man with a violent criminal history to be released on bail days before he went to his former girlfriend’s home where a man was killed, two houses burned to the ground and a standoff with police ensued.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto locking in a school funding increase for the next 400 years. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Litigation Center filed a lawsuit in April arguing the governor exceeded his authority. The plaintiffs asked the high court to

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A flashy Brooklyn preacher who played up connections to New York City’s mayor has been sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead was sentenced Monday in Manhattan federal court. Judge Lorna G. Schofield said she didn’t see remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for the Associated Press who covered key events in the American South, has died. He was 93. Harwell died June 12 at his home following an illness and his funeral was held Monday. Harwell worked at the AP for 42 years, including stints in Atlanta

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — Dozens of bottles of centuries-old, impeccably preserved cherries and berries from the cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia have been discovered during an archaeological dig. Officials from Mount Vernon say the discovery of so much perfectly preserved food from more than

LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (AP) — Authorities say a small plane with one pilot aboard has crashed into a Massachusetts river. It wasn’t immediately clear if the pilot survived the crash or was injured. The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine Van’s Aircraft crashed into the Merrimack River in Lawrence on Monday afternoon. Televised video footage showed

MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities say at least 139 people in Russia have sought medical assistance with symptoms of botulism over the past few days, an outbreak that could be linked to ready-to-ear salads. Foodborne botulism is rare. It’s caused by a toxin produced by a type of bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. Eating foods contaminated with

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league’s “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league’s broadcast model. Goodell was called as a witness by the NFL as the

GLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A prison official says the inmate who shot and killed a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself had a personal relationship with the woman. Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lori Benoit said in an email statement Monday the shooting a day earlier at Smith State Prison was

By COLLEEN BARRY AP FASHION WRITER MILAN (AP) — It’s been creative director musical chairs at some of Italy’s top fashion houses, and the pressure is showing, at least on social media. Gucci’s Sabato De Sarno presented his third collection in Milan on Monday, still the most highly anticipated runway show of the week as

By COREY WILLIAMS and JIM SALTER Associated Press FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat wave of the year makes its way eastward across the United States. More than 70 million people were under extreme heat alerts Monday. What’s more, the

By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens. It’s an aggressive election-year action on immigration that had been sought by many Democrats. Biden

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered BNSF Railway to pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across its reservation.

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press Communities across the country are grappling with a rash of violence in the final days of spring that included at least four mass shootings in one weekend. A lone gunman opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit. Seven people were shot at a “pop-up” party organized via social

HAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, has left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The drills have been seen by some as a show of strength by Moscow against the backdrop of tensions as U.S. and other Western nations

By JULIA FRANKEL and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war cabinet Monday, a move that consolidates his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishes the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon. Netanyahu announced the step days after his chief political rival,

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge says a historic ocean liner that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago must leave its berth in Philadelphia by Sept. 12. The decision issued Friday culminated a years-old rent dispute between the conservancy that oversees the 1,000-foot SS United States and its

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus-U.S. relations have reached their highest level yet after the two countries embarked on a strategic dialogue on key issues including defense, security, energy, crisis management and the fight against terrorism, officials say. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the development as a “powerful evidence

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The National Finals Rodeo extended its agreement to remain in Las Vegas through 2035 and will pay more than $264 million to the competitors and stock contractors. Las Vegas Events will contribute an additional $1.3 million this year and in 2025 as a signing bonus. The prize money for this year’s

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota elections official says more than 100 absentee ballots cast in the state’s June 4 primary in one of South Dakota’s least conservative counties should not have been rejected after being challenged by the leader of a group that has raised doubts about the state’s voting system. Rachel

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to their state argue that helping the Super Bowl champions build a new stadium could bring Kansas millions in income taxes from players and coaches that are currently going to Missouri. A debate over the merits of

COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed near Albany, New York, killing the pilot. The Federal Aviation Authority says the twin-engine Piper PA-31 crashed near the end of the runway at Albany International Airport on Monday morning. Police in the Albany suburb of Colonie tell the Times Union that the pilot

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After months of conjecture about the fate of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic, “Megalopolis” has finally found a home. Lionsgate will distribute “Megalopolis” in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the studio announced Monday, ending one of the biggest acquisition dramas of the year. Coppola’s $120-million Roman

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general has charged influential Democratic power broker George Norcross with racketeering and other charges in connection with government issued tax credits. An indictment was unsealed Monday and Attorney General Matt Platkin was set to announce the charges at a news conference in Trenton. Norcross, a former Democratic National

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Five people have died in separate events that authorities in El Salvador attributed to heavy rains that have persisted since the weekend. In Tacuba, near the country’s border with Guatemala, three people died early Monday after they were buried in a landslide provoked by heavy rains. Juan Carlos Bidegaín,