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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury wants to enhance the power of a little-known, secretive government committee to review deals made between U.S. firms and foreign investors. A new proposed rulemaking would strengthen powers for the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States — known as CFIUS — which
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter. Since his takeover, Musk has upended many of Twitter’s policies,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials have approved a plan to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium approved Thursday is expected to open in 2027. It will anchor a redevelopment project in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will increase what have been among the lowest benefits in the U.S. for workers who are injured or killed on the job. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed bipartisan workers’ compensation into law Thursday. It takes effect in July. The new law includes the first
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A ban on nearly all abortions in Arizona doesn’t sit well with the Republican former governor whose expansion of the state Supreme Court allowed him to appoint the four conservative justices whose ruling cleared the way for it. Doug Ducey is among Republicans in several states who are wrestling with
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Debate over a bill that would protect health care workers who provide abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state lawsuits is off to a fiery start in the Maine Legislature. There were emotional recriminations Wednesday evening including one lawmaker asserting that a mass shooting and recent storms
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Russian state-backed hackers have stolen email correspondence between US government agencies and Microsoft via a breach of the software giant’s systems, US officials confirmed on Thursday. Microsoft has notified “several” US federal agencies that the hackers may have stolen emails that Microsoft sent to those agencies that included login information such
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — High-rising Peyton Watson takes the elevation of his role in stride this season. The second-year bundle of energy who comes off the bench for the Denver Nuggets has been a shot-swatting, rebound-grabbing catalyst for a team that’s chasing a second straight NBA title. More recognizable these
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Headline-grabbing billionaire Elon Musk is clashing with a Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X, the social media platform Musk bought when it was Twitter. Since his takeover, Musk has upended many of Twitter’s policies,
Continue ReadingNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the bill after the Senate previously approved it without any opposition. But a particularly vocal opponent, Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, took up
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A law enforcement officer suffered an injury after a fire that spread to a fence and power pole in Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported at around 2:30 p.m. on the 13000 block of Cactus Drive, near Ironwood Drive. A CAL FIRE spokesperson told News Channel 3 that it was an outside
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the “Trial of the Century” captivated the country, O.J. Simpson was making his mark on the football field. The Juice was the best running back of his era during an 11-year NFL career mostly played with the
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before the Bronco chase gripped a national television audience and the “Trial of the Century” captivated the country, O.J. Simpson was making his mark on the football field. The Juice was the best running back of his era during an 11-year NFL career mostly played with the
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a story published April 10, 2024, about women’s reentry programs, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of a halfway house that helps women reestablish their lives after they are released from prison. The name of the organization is Alvis.
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER and LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — For a long time, O.J. Simpson was the man who had it all. He lived the American dream as a sports legend, movie actor, commercial pitchman and millionaire. With his wildly successful career, startling good looks and a gorgeous wife, he became an
Continue ReadingBy KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the football star and Hollywood actor acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend in a trial that mesmerized the public and exposed divisions on race and policing in America, has died. He was 76. The family announced on Simpson’s official
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine history has acknowledged to an independent commission that he didn’t get deeply involved in the reservist’s medical care after his discharge from a psychiatric hospital. Capt. Jeremy Reamer insisted Thursday that he
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is actively lobbying state lawmakers to overturn a 160-year-old law she once supported that bans abortion in almost all cases, a source with knowledge of her efforts told CNN. Lake is pushing for GOP lawmakers in her home state to
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — JP Sears carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Seth Brown homered to supply the game’s only run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Thursday. Sears (1-1) allowed leadoff walks in the first, second and fifth innings before Adolis
Continue ReadingBy ED WHITE Associated Press A judge has turned down a request to release a Wisconsin woman from a psychiatric hospital, a decade after she nearly killed a girl at age 12. Morgan Geyser is now 21 and no longer takes antipsychotic medicine. She and another girl confessed quickly after the stabbing in 2014, saying
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