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Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is wading into the state Supreme Court races with a multimillion-dollar commitment to advertising. The liberal-championing group announced it would spend $2 million on seven weeks of radio ads ahead of the November election. The ads would largely focus on the candidates’

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” his explicit and surprisingly resilient memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, is a nominee for the National Book Awards. Canada’s Anne Carson, one of the world’s most revered poets, was cited for “Wrong Norma.” The National Book Foundation on

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she has been diagnosed with skin cancer and is scheduled to undergo a removal procedure this week. The governor told reporters on Thursday that her doctor discovered basal cell carcinoma on her nose during a routine checkup a few weeks ago. She described it as

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has filed a proposed order to permanently ban Navient from directly servicing federal student loans, which the agency says will end years of abusive lending practices. Under terms of the order, which Navient agreed to without admitting any wrongdoing, the Virginia-based financial

A strike by the 33,000 factory workers who assemble some of Boeing’s best-selling planes would come as another blow to a company whose bottom line and reputation have taken plenty of hits this year. Once a symbol of American engineering and technological prowess, Boeing has seen its public image battered since a 737 Max 9

Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say two people were badly burned and two others are believed to be dead after an explosion and fire destroyed a gas station in a small north-central Idaho town Wednesday afternoon. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s office says the explosion at the Atkinson Distributing station in Cardiff was reported

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s leader says the country has met all the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund to qualify for a new $7 billion loan to help prop up its economy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a Cabinet meeting Thursday praised his finance team and other advisers for complying with the requirements. The

DETROIT (AP) — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said family informed the team Schmidt died Wednesday. A cause of death was not provided. One of pro football’s first great

Associated Press There’s a high-tech search going on in Michigan’s Lake Superior. But so far it hasn’t turned up a plane that crashed in 1968, killing three people who were on a scientific research trip. An autonomous vessel was launched Monday in a section of Lake Superior where the plane is believed to have crashed

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday bringing back tough criminal penalties targeting large-scale stealing schemes and smash-and-grab robberies that have fueled voter frustration across the state. The new law requires prosecutors to start imposing harsher sentences again for those who damage or destroy property valued at more

Associated Press DIDIM, Turkey (AP) — The father of the Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank has welcomed Turkey’s decision to initiate an independent investigation into her death and called on the United States to do the same. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who held Turkey and American citizenship, was killed last

Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The principal of Atlantic City High School has been indicted on charges including official misconduct and child endangerment. Authorities say she allegedly failed to notify New Jersey child welfare authorities that the teenage daughter of Atlantic City’s mayor claimed she was being beaten at home by her parents.

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to adopt two resolutions next week to hold Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre in contempt — one for civil enforcement and another for certification to the United States Attorney for criminal contempt — after

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other organizations, the top U.N. aid official says. Acting U.N. humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that the United Nations has

Associated Press A man sentenced to life for killing a 13-year-old girl while being a suspect in the deaths of about a half-dozen others has died in a Michigan prison. The state Corrections Department says Thursday that 75-year-old Arthur Ream died Aug. 15 of cancer at a prison hospital. Cindy Zarzycki last was seen in