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Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted Sunday that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016…

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Security video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California now has some of the strictest laws on election deepfakes. The state could be among the first…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some Brazilian users have regained access to X despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country’s…

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Around the country, communities are being battered by a wave of school shooting…

Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed when a gas station exploded and started a fire in a remote Idaho…

HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) — The family of a Black man found dead in North Carolina with a rope around his neck is demanding answers from authorities,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers are demanding $6 million in bitcoin from the operator of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for documents they…

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — As the U.S. Postal Service faces delivery slowdowns, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A longtime donor who has given more than $160 million to Tulane University is the new namesake of the university’s expanding…

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols sent his ex-girlfriend a photo…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. district judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit against New York Knicks owner James Dolan alleging…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The families of four Americans detained in China say their loved ones are suffering both physically and…

The Associated Press DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have moved about about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf…

SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines is closing its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines. The airlines announced Wednesday that they have completed…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council long sought by the…

For The Associated Press ALLISON PARK, Pa. (AP) — Tupperware became woven into America’s cultural fabric after World War II by forgoing…

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles area is seeing more cases of people with dengue fever without traveling outside the United…

Associated Press A Philadelphia teenager who authorities say wanted to travel overseas and make bombs for terrorist organizations will be tried as an…

Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese…

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is expected to change his plea on Friday in connection with a…

Associated Press Marvel’s latest television series “Agatha All Along” promises to deliver magic, classic Marvel twists and an all-star…

Associated Press A Connecticut aquarium where three beluga whales have died from illnesses since 2021 has agreed to settle a federal investigation…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before. Tensions rose sharply…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances says it will step in to help speed up…

Associated Press BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting the projects with lawsuits, seeking to cancel them…

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have a new teammate in their bid to build a new $1.3 billion arena downtown. Mayor…

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years…

AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets opened training camp still weighed down by the grief of losing star forward Johnny…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is demanding that former secretary of public security Genaro García Luna, who…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to clarify how homeowners and businesses can receive lucrative tax credits…

Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command says it is weeks from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman suffered burns on her leg after hiking off trail in Yellowstone National Park and…

Associated Press DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A pipeline fire that forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the Houston suburbs is burning for a…

The Norman City Council has approved a plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for Oklahoma basketball and…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors in Southern California have charged 10 people with failing to disperse during a pro-Palestinian protest at the…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life. No…

AP Film Writer Ten years after “Whiplash” took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle’s breakthrough film is returning to theaters nationwide…

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The global vaccine alliance Gavi says it will buy 500,000 doses of vaccine against mpox to fight outbreaks…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A high-ranking official with Haiti’s National Office of Migration has been killed in the north coastal city of…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A respected human rights organization in Belarus says dozens of teachers have been detained or interrogated by authorities…

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — #MeToo activist Tarana Burke says that while the details of the Sean “Diddy” Combs allegations are horrific,…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria has warned of possible flooding in 11 states following the release of water from a dam in…

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners…

AP Sports Writer ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is retiring from broadcasting to return to his alma mater, St. Bonaventure, to take over the…

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside…

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing a series of Senate resolutions that would stop more than $20…

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant galaxy. The jets…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea over the past year and what Ukraine has done to hold…

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand say eight former security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim…

AP National Writer Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track’s ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into…

AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers dipped into neutrals and muted tones for next summer on the second day of Milan Fashion Week. The…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The National Toy Hall of Fame is floating the idea of inducting balloons. They are among the 12 finalists being considered…

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris’ transition…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lin-Manuel Miranda argues most New Yorkers have an answer to the following question: When did you first see “The…

Donna Kelce is the latest family member to make her mark on the world of entertainment, cameoing in two upcoming Hallmark Christmas movies that,…

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed frustration Wednesday at surprise escalations that threaten to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused…

AP Basketball Writer The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026.…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and residents in southwestern Poland are laying sandbags near swollen rivers around the city of Wroclaw to protect…

Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say they have arrested the key suspect in the gang rape of a woman polio worker who was…