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Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson has contributed $1 million to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s political action committee. Adelson’s money is being used to fuel Kemp’s Hardworking Americans PAC, which is aimed at helping former President Donald Trump tap into a state where the Republican finds himself in a close battle

Associated Press Florida’s government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters. The group promoting the ballot measure says the state is attempting to “silence voters.” The state contends that the ad is false and dangerous and that the

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Monday with a new wave of lawsuits accusing him of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy. At least six lawsuits were filed against Combs in federal court in Manhattan, adding to a growing list of legal claims against the indicted

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s postseason is averaging 3.33 million viewers going into the League Championship Series, an 18% increase over last year’s average of 2.82 million. The Division Series averaged 3.56 million viewers for 18 games, a 14% increase from last year. The increases in the division round ratings can be attributed

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86. Ledbetter’s discovery that she was earning less than her male counterparts for doing the same job

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Thursday’s scheduled execution of Robert Roberson for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, is renewing debate over the diagnosis. On one

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show. They are targeting everyone from luxury clients to students yet to receive their driving licenses. Chinese manufacturers are attending in force. That’s despite European Union threats to punitively tax

AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA had a record year in terms of growth in viewership and attendance, and with that the players now want a bigger piece of the financial pie. The players union and league have until Nov. 1 to potentially opt out of their current collective bargaining agreement. It

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. The interview will be taped on Wednesday afternoon in Pennsylvania and air that evening at 6 p.m. ET. It will be Harris’ first sit down with the network and her first interview with a news

Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle with packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods. The 3-wick candle was called “Snowed In” and briefly appeared on the company’s website for purchase. It was quickly pulled off of the website once the issue was brought to Bath & Body

CENTERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Ethel Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after her husband was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy, died on Thursday at age 96. Monday’s

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around the

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A single drone, which evaded Israel’s vaunted aerial defense system, slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside Israel, killing four soldiers and wounding dozens of others. It was the latest achievement for Hezbollah’s drone fleet and has shined a light on Israel’s struggle

AP Sports Writer Kansas was picked first in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll Monday, getting the No. 1 nod on half of the 60 ballots from a national media panel to start the season ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn. Kansas scooped up 30 first-place votes from the AP