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Favre ends lawsuit after sportscaster McAfee apologizes over ‘stealing from poor’ remark

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is ending his lawsuit against sportscaster Pat McAfee after McAfee publicly apologized for his previous on-air statements that Favre had been “stealing from poor people in Mississippi” in a welfare misspending case. Favre and McAfee both announced the settlement Thursday.

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Weekly US jobless claims highest since 2021, but companies avoid risk of being caught short-handed

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless claims last week rose to its highest level in a year-and-a-half, though the labor market remains healthy by historical standards. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending May 6 rose by 22,000 to 264,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s up

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Supreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to ‘Buffalo Billion’

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.” In two cases before the high court, both liberal and conservative justices

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Ukraine says its counteroffensive now delayed; Britain says it’s sent cruise missiles to Kyiv

By SUSIE BLANN and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv is delaying its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces because Ukraine lacks enough Western weapons to succeed without suffering too many casualties. His remarks, in an interview with European broadcasters, were aired shortly

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In major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to reduce planet-warming pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change. A rule unveiled Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants

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