By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer Drake is the leading nominee for next month’s BET Awards, followed closely by Nicki Minaj. The Canadian rapper received seven nominations Thursday, including an album of the year nod for his eighth studio album, “For All the Dogs.” One of the awards he’s up for is the music video
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership that has deepened as both countries face rising tensions with the West, and they criticized U.S. military alliances in Asia and the Pacific region. At their summit Thursday, Putin thanked
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are adding to their gains on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 40,000 points for the first time. The market had rallied a day earlier folllowing a report showing that inflation was cooling. The Dow was up 106 points, or 0.3%,
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from ingesting a high amount of a chili pepper extract, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. Harris Wolobah, a 10th grader from the city of Worcester, died on Sept. 1, 2023, after eating
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Michael Brockers, a 2012 first-round draft pick who played on the defensive line for three NFL teams over 11 seasons, is retiring from football. The 33-year-old Brockers, who didn’t play in 2023, made the announcement on Instagram Thursday. The Rams took Brockers out of LSU with the No. 14 overall pick
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden campaign says Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CBS News to debate former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick this summer. Trump is expected to pick a running mate shortly before the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee on July 15. Harris’
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche has grilled Michael Cohen at the former president’s hush money trial about Cohen’s 2018 guilty plea to federal charges. Cohen conceded during cross-examination on the witness stand Thursday that he lied to two congressional committees about his contacts with Russian officials. Blanche dug at Cohen’s
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele made four birdies over his first seven holes Thursday to kick off the PGA Championship, while Tiger Woods had trouble finding the fairway and was 1 over early in his round. Schauffele, in search of his first major championship, made putts of 13 and 16 feet on his way
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State Highway 62 was closed to traffic early Thursday morning after a multi-vehicle collision near Desert Hot Springs, but was reopened before 7:00 a.m. Police and firefighters were called to the intersection of State Highway 62 at N. Indian Canyon Drive at 2:27 a.m. where one person was declared dead at the scene. One car ended up in a
Continue ReadingBy HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — There’s no point asking Marisa Abela to sing Amy Winehouse songs at karaoke. Her friends have already tried and failed. But you can see her sing and become Winehouse in the new film “Back to Black,” which opens in the U.S. on Friday. Best known for the
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Defense attorney Todd Blanche has asked as he cross-examines Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen about TV interviews he did when news of the former president’s indictment in the hush money case emerged last year. One included a CNN hit in which he compared himself and Trump to the biblical David
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Joan Biskupic, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal watchdog created in response to the 2008 financial meltdown may continue to operate in its current form, brushing aside claims from the payday lending industry that could have severely jeopardized years of consumer-friendly banking regulations. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the majority
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the association representing athletic directors of Football Bowl Subdivision schools is stepping down this fall after more than eight years as president and CEO. Tom McMillen has led LEAD1 since 2015 and will remain in his position through June 30 and transition to a part-time role through Sept. 30.
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote
Continue ReadingBy WILL GRAVES AP National Writer SPRING, Texas (AP) — Simone Biles is not “cured.” Let’s start there. A cure implies finality. An ultimate and decisive victory. If the gymnastics superstar has learned anything in the three years since those strange, uncertain days in Tokyo when she put her mental health and personal safety ahead
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian encampments have been cleared from more US college campuses as school officials have called in law enforcement in recent weeks to quell mounting demonstrations over the institutions’ ties to Israel amid its military action in Gaza. Here are the latest developments: Arts and sciences faculty at Columbia University have passed
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday as momentum cools following their jumps to records the day before. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 36 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A pair of Republican-led House committees voted on Thursday to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland for his refusal to turn over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. The move is a major escalation in a
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks say they will argue Greece has no jurisdiction in the case. The lawyers also insisted on Thursday that their
Continue ReadingBy BELA SZANDELSZKY, PETR DAVID JOSEK and PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the suspect acted alone in a politically motivated attack that laid bare the extreme polarization that has gripped the small central European country.
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