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Paris Hilton launches recovery fund for women business owners after disasters

The pop culture star, advocate and entrepreneur Paris Hilton launched an initiative Monday to support female small-business owners impacted by disasters, a nationwide expansion of her philanthropic support for women entrepreneurs after the 2025 Los Angeles fires. Hilton is donating $350,000 to kick-start the Back in Business Recovery Fund, with a goal to raise at […]
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Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case, AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and it’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, on Monday in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in America. The settlement was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who could not publicly discuss details […]
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Pennsylvania state police trooper shot and killed in a traffic stop, authorities say

PAOLI, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a suspect whom he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said. Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state’s acting police commissioner, Lt. Col. George […]
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi’s state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi voters will choose nominees for Congress in a state primary Tuesday. The state’s junior Republican U.S. senator and the entire U.S. House delegation are up for reelection, and all but one have drawn multiple challengers from one or both major political parties hoping to replace them. Republicans hold slim majorities on […]
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia’s special congressional election

WASHINGTON (AP) — All political roads lead to Rome. Rome, Georgia, that is. Or at least they will on Tuesday, when voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January following a public rift with President Donald Trump. Republicans hold a slender […]
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These lawmakers were shaped by combat after 9/11. Now they’re grappling with a new Mideast war

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress responds to President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, lawmakers who served on the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan are making their voices heard in a war debate that has taken on intensely personal meaning. Many admit mixed feelings, taking satisfaction in seeing vengeance taken on the leadership of an […]
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Once a beacon of cheap homes, Nevada has become a symbol of America’s struggle with high costs

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When his parents were about his age, they bought their first home. But for 27-year-old Brian Torres Suazo, that milestone feels like a distant dream, despite a secure job with union wages and down payment assistance. Torres Suazo expects to continue sharing an apartment with roommates for the foreseeable future, kept […]
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Investigation further suggests it was the US that struck an Iranian school, killing 165

JERUSALEM (AP) — The investigative group Bellingcat says newly released video “appears to contradict” U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school that killed over 165 people at the start of the war raging in the Mideast. It comes as mounting evidence points to U.S. culpability for […]
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Glasgow building fire closes Scotland’s busiest train station and disrupts rail services

LONDON (AP) — A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building near Scotland’s busiest railway station. Glasgow Central Station was closed and all travel to, from and through the station was expected to be disrupted, National Rail said. […]
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Iran names former supreme leader’s son to succeed him as war sends oil prices soaring

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, was named Monday as the Islamic Republic’s next ruler, putting a hard-line cleric in charge as the war spreading across the Mideast sent oil prices skyrocketing with Iran launching new attacks on regional energy infrastructure. With Iran’s theocracy under assault […]
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The Latest: Oil prices soar after Iran names new supreme leader and launches more attacks

Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the country’s late supreme leader and long considered a contender, had been named his successor. Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader and the younger Khamenei will have a central say in […]
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Urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón to be remembered at New York funeral

NEW YORK (AP) — Family, friends and fans will gather Monday morning in New York to pay tribute to Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music and social activist who died last month at 75. A public funeral Mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan, following a weekend of […]
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Jury selection to begin in South Florida for 5 charged in 2021 assassination of Haitian president

MIAMI (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the U.S. federal trial of five men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, Christian Sanon and James Solages are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti’s former leader, plus […]
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Where things stand after another weekend of war

Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader as his successor. U.S. President Donald Trump already had expressed disdain for Mojtaba Khamenei, calling him “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic’s war strategy now has a new commander, and the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has pledged allegiance. Oil prices shot above $100 a barrel. Both sides […]
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index falls more than 6% as oil soars over $100 a barrel

BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 6% early Monday after oil prices soared to over $100 a barrel due to supply disruptions from the war in the Middle East. The Nikkei was down 6.2% at 52,166.92 shortly after trading began early Monday. South Korea’s Kospi sank 6.3% and shares in […]
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Travelers encounter long waits at some airports as DHS shutdown affects security checkpoints

Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston early […]
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Fox News apologizes for showing old video of a hatless Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony

Fox News apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump during coverage Sunday of his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East war, insisting it was an honest mistake. In a polarized time, some online critics suggested without evidence that it wasn’t an error — […]
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Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping

CHICAGO (AP) — Oil prices have eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was at $101.19 shortly after trading resumed on the Chicago […]
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‘Country’ Joe McDonald, ’60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

NEW YORK (AP) — “Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday. He was 84. McDonald, who performed with his band, Country Joe and the Fish, […]
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NTSB member says he was fired without explanation by the Trump administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board member who was a public face of the investigation into last year’s deadly collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital said Sunday that he had been fired by the Trump administration without explanation. Todd Inman said in a statement that he received […]
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Counterprotester threw improvised explosive at anti-Islam event in NYC, police say

NEW YORK (AP) — A device thrown by a counterprotester at an anti-Islam demonstration in New York City on Saturday was confirmed to be an improvised explosive, according to a preliminary police analysis. As the investigation continued on Sunday, police said they were looking into a second suspicious device found in the same area of […]
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Kansas City airport evacuated as authorities, including the FBI, investigate a potential threat

KANSAS CITY (AP) — Portions of Kansas City International Airport were being evacuated Sunday afternoon as authorities looked into a potential threat, the Kansas City Aviation Department said. Airport spokesperson Jackson Overstreet said in an email that the threat was first reported at 11:15 a.m. local time and the entire terminal was evacuated. He said […]
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International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know

Women across the world will call for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs and celebrate progress toward female empowerment during events and demonstrations marking International Women’s Day on Sunday. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around […]
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Photos show women marking International Women’s Day

Women around the globe on Sunday marked International Women’s Day taking part in marches and demonstrations that underscored efforts to combat discrimination and accelerate the drive for gender parity. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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