INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Venus Williams played a match on tour for the first time in about six months on Thursday, and the 43-year-old owner of seven Grand Slam titles gave away the lead and the last 10 games in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 loss to qualifier Nao Hibino at the BNP Paribas Open.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer A federal judge has ruled that Norfolk Southern alone will be responsible for paying for the cleanup after last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio. The decision that was issued Wednesday threw out the railroad’s claim that the companies that made the chemicals that spilled during the derailment
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Right guard Kevin Dotson agreed to terms on a three-year contract to stay with the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday. The deal is expected to be worth $48 million for Dotson, who became one of the NFL’s top-rated guards and a pillar of the
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, CNN Lisbon, Portugal (CNN) — Afonso Mestre proudly displays the Portugal-shaped pin badge for the Chega party on his green knit sweater, as he greets people on a sunny and crisp morning in Cartaxo, an hour’s drive from the capital, Lisbon. The 20-year-old took time off his bachelor’s degree to be here, campaigning for the man who he believes will change Portugal. “I
Continue ReadingBy TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has passed a measure that would increase wages for drivers of ride-hailing services to an equivalent of more than $15 an hour. Opponents say this might increase costs to customers. Mayor Jacob Frey says he will veto the measure due to
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate has voted to expand insurance coverage for people seeking treatment for stuttering. The bill’s sponsor credits a former basketball star with the assist. The Senate action Thursday came days after Michael Kidd-Gilchrist endorsed the measure at a committee hearing. Kidd-Gilchrist played on a
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed on Thursday pledged even more improvements under a pair of controversial public safety proposals voters approved this week that expand police powers and force some welfare recipients into drug treatment, marking a shift from the city’s staunchly progressive policies. She also made the
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mayor London Breed on Thursday pledged even more improvements under a pair of controversial public safety proposals voters approved this week that expand police powers and force some welfare recipients into drug treatment, marking a shift from the city’s staunchly progressive policies. She also made the
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — An Alabama woman seeking in vitro fertilization, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain are among those headed to the US Capitol Thursday evening as President Joe Biden is set to deliver a high-stakes State of the Union address.
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are drawing sharp distinctions in the classified documents investigations involving Donald Trump and President Joe Biden as they urged a federal judge to reject the former president’s claims that he was the victim of a vindictive prosecution. Trump’s lawyers told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ AND HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner bound for Japan made a safe landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after losing a tire while taking off from San Francisco. Video shows the plane losing one of the six tires on its left-side main landing gear
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A United Airlines plane that lost a tire while taking off in San Francisco made a safe emergency landing today at Los Angeles International Airport, and no injuries were reported. Video posted online showed United Flight 35 taking off in San Francisco, and the wheel can be seen falling away from the Boeing 777-200. Media
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday. He was 88. Lawrence, whose hits included “Go Away Little Girl,” died from
Continue ReadingBy BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — So long as they don’t eat them, stuff them or turn them into hats for the British royal guard, Florida residents will be allowed to kill black bears threatening them on their property with no consequences under a bill sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is aiming to use his State of the Union address Thursday evening to urge voters to reject “an American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution” as he makes his case for a second term to a dispirited electorate and warns
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns will host the 2027 NBA All-Star game, the league announced Thursday, giving owner Mat Ishbia a marquee event for the city roughly one year after he purchased the franchise. This will be the fourth time Phoenix has hosted the All-Star game and first
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives have approved a bill that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person” — over Democrats’ concerns about how it might impact in vitro fertilization. The legislation passed by the House on Thursday and awaiting Senate action would outline
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers have advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by Memphis officials in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January. Republicans voted Thursday as Democrats accused Republican Rep. John Gillespie
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Several New York City employees have been arrested for their alleged role in a scheme to steal the identities of homeless shelter residents and defraud a pandemic-era relief program. Manhattan prosecutors brought charges against 18 people, including five employees of the city’s homeless services agency. Prosecutors
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge who oversaw a New York defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s refused Thursday to relieve the ex-president from the verdict’s financial pinch. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan
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