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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is taking the biggest gamble of his political life by calling a general election for July 4. He could have waited until January next year. Sunak will be hoping that calmer economic conditions will be rewarded at the ballot box. Sunak became

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is setting aside $90 million in tax credits for local news outlets to hire and retain journalists. It is part of an effort to keep the shrinking local news industry afloat. The U.S. newspaper industry has been in a long decline, driven

The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans. Here’s a timeline of some of the dustups between artists, fans, and Ticketmaster over the years.

By CLAIRE RUSH and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron has said on a visit to riot-hit New Caledonia that he won’t force through a contested voting reform that has sparked deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory and wants to leave time for local leaders to come up with an alternate agreement

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving “corrective action” for failing to have his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle and was allegedly dragged to the ground. Louisville police said Thursday that they don’t have footage of

By STEPHEN GROVES and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are trying to push a proposal to clamp down the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has brought up the bill a second time to underscore Republican resistance to it. The proposal,

By HOLLY RAMER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire Democratic Party chair whose phone number was spoofed in artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary says today’s charges related to the case show the steep price for trying to interfere in

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts. The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration Day. Veterans decorated war

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The federal government agreed to a modest $15 million fine for Norfolk Southern over last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Residents were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday, two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s political party leaders crisscrossed the country on Thursday, kicking off a six-week election campaign in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is trying to overturn a widespread sense that it will be ousted from power. Voters will decide on July 4 whether to hand the

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s political party leaders are crisscrossing the country on the first day of a six-week election campaign. Voters will decide on July 4 whether to end the governing Conservatives’ 14 years in power and hand the opposition Labour Party the reins of government. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has interred late President Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest Shiite shrine in the nation, days after a fatal helicopter crash killed him, the country’s foreign minister and six others. Raisi was placed Thursday inside a tomb at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad,

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions for millions of Americans are facing pressure from all sides and floundering in statehouses nationwide. Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI’s penchant to

By HOLLY RAMER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has issued a $6 million fine against the political consultant who sent AI-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice to voters ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary. Steve Kramer also faces two dozen criminal charges in New Hampshire. Kramer