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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls’ teams. State Attorney General Letitia James said Friday that U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury dismissed Nassau County’s lawsuit, which sought
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An evacuation notice was lifted Friday for the southern Utah town just downstream from a fissured dam after public safety officials said they were able to release enough water to prevent a total breach. Nearly 1,800 residents of Panguitch, a gateway town to the crimson-colored
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump urged Arizona lawmakers on Friday to swiftly “remedy” the state Supreme Court ruling allowing prosecutors to enforce a near—total abortion ban that he declared anew “went too far.” Trump has repeatedly expressed pride in his role in overturning the national constitutional
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A howling gust — the kind that created havoc at Augusta National all day long — struck the 18th green just as Tiger Woods was lining up yet another testy putt. Fine particles of sand stirred from the pearl-white bunkers, whipping across the slick green
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The total solar eclipse that delighted spectators across Mexico, the United States and Canada on Monday was a celestial experience not to be missed. Millions were in the path of totality to watch as the moon moved between Earth and the sun. Readers shared their images of the eerie
Continue ReadingSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life for the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back of his mother’s car on the freeway, prosecutors said. Marcus Eriz, now 27, was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana for killing
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson raised concerns Friday about the integrity of US elections in a joint appearance at Mar-a-Lago that featured false claims about voting, immigration and other topics. Trump’s team billed the event as being about “election integrity”– a phrase he often uses to
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case. It’s the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump has gotten from various
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a New York City man has been charged with stabbing to death and dismembering a man after a drug dispute and keeping the remains in his Brooklyn apartment refrigerator for two years. The district attorney’s office says Nicholas McGee was arraigned Friday on charges including murder, robbery, concealment of
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump said Johnson was doing a “very good job” and the Republican presumptive presidential nominee called the efforts to oust the
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Authorities say a Toronto police officer has been stabbed and a suspect has been shot in the city’s west end. Toronto police say in a post on social media outlet X that both the officer and the suspect are in stable condition in a hospital. They said it happened around 1:30 p.m.
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant, glamorous style and textile innovations, has died at age 83, his company announced Friday. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always,” Fausto Puglisi, creative director at Roberto Cavalli
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published April 11, 2024, about Nebraska voting rights for felons, The Associated Press erroneously reported the workplace of TJ King. He is a Nebraska-based outreach specialist with the advocacy group Black and Pink, not the Nebraska AIDS Project.
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan, have announced a mass evacuation from there after water levels in the Ural River rose further, threatening the area with more flooding. The Orenburg mayor, Sergei Salmin, called on the residents in a statement on the messaging app Telegram on
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case stemming from allegations he stole $16 million from the Japanese baseball player’s bank account to pay off debts. Ippei
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to undergo gambling addiction treatment in a sports betting case stemming from allegations he stole $16 million from the Japanese baseball player’s bank account to pay off debts. Ippei
Continue ReadingBy GISELA SALOMON and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba. Manuel Rocha was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of a
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers unveiled a sculpture of Allen Iverson at their practice facility on Friday. Few played better in the games for the Sixers than Iverson, who won four scoring titles, an NBA MVP award, and led the franchise to their last trip to the
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods claimed more history at August National on Friday, making the cut for a record 24th consecutive time. Of course, his sights were fixated on a far greater goal — a record-tying sixth green jacket. Woods broke the cut record he shared with three-time
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