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NEW YORK (AP) — Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels announced Friday that the chicks had hatched. The agency set up a nesting box atop a 693-foot-tall tower on the bridge that connects

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country. Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored. “Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $1.1 million to an Idaho drag performer who accused a far-right blogger of defaming him when she falsely claimed that he exposed himself to a crowd, including children, in 2022. The Kootenai County District Court jury unanimously found that Summer Bushnell defamed Post Falls

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hundreds of clowns have gathered in the streets of Peru’s capital to mark Clown Day, a holiday for which they have sought for years to gain official recognition. Saturday’s colorful parade in Lima included awards for the best costumes, makeup, routine and improvisation. Marcos Chininín performs as the clown “Chalupa.” He

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say police officers in Baltimore have fatally shot a man who pulled a gun while they questioned him in a different shooting. Police say a detective was shot in the chest, and his protective vest likely saved his life. Police were on the city’s south side on Friday investigating a different

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — A teenager was taken into custody after a crowd of young people swarmed a deputy’s patrol car earlier this month, kicking and punching the vehicle before the deputy could drive away, a California sheriff’s office said this week. The 15-year-old male allegedly opened the driver’s door of the San Bernardino Sheriff’s

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India say that at least 27 people including children have been killed in a major fire at an amusement park. The blaze broke out Saturday at the park in the western city of Rajkot in Gujarat state. A police officer said that the bodies were difficult to identify. Another

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj said Saturday that police in the Netherlands discovered marijuana in her bags as she was preparing to leave the country for her next concert. Minaj tweeted that she was stopped at the Amsterdam airport as she was about to board a plane for a concert in Manchester, England. Police

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial. There were no immediate details on the circumstances of his death, only shock and grief from the PGA Tour and his management team. “I

MIAMI (AP) — Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature. They claim they were racially gerrymandered for Hispanics who are too diverse to be considered a protected minority. The groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, claiming the districts

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or. The win Saturday for “Anora” marked a coronation for Baker, the 53-year-old indie filmmaker of “The Florida

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump plans to use an address at the Libertarians’ national convention to court a segment of mostly conservative voters that has often been skeptical of the former president. He’s also trying to ensure that party activists aren’t drawn to the campaign of independent Robert F. Kennedy

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say a massive fire broke out in an amusement park in western India, leaving at least 22 people, including children, dead. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state on Saturday. Police officer Vinayak Patel said the bodies were completely charred and it was

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry says a World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane has crashed near an air force base in eastern England. The pilot was killed. The ministry confirmed the death Saturday of a Royal Air Force pilot “in a tragic accident” near RAF Coningsby, an airbase. There was no immediate word on

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won’t step down when his term ends this month. Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month. He sent an email to Universities of

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American adventurer who went on to run an Oxford University museum, has died. He was 94. Jones grew up around Wichita, Kansas. He worked in Paris and Africa as a photographer before studying anthropology at Edinburgh University. After graduation, he did field

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The 77th Cannes Film Festival is drawing to a close Saturday with the presentation of its top award, the Palme d’Or, along with an honorary tribute for George Lucas. Any of the 22 films that premiered in competition at Cannes are eligible for the Palme d’Or and other prizes,

WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer’s can of pepper spray during a chaotic clash with officers guarding the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Authorities on Friday said Troy Weeks was among a group that tried to overwhelm officers

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say a massive fire broke out in an amusement park in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state on Saturday. Police Commissioner Raju Bhargava told reporters that the fire was under control the rescue operation