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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO and hand reins over to the iPhone maker’s hardware leader

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs.
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What to know about a Louisiana father fatally shooting 8 children, including his own

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, and shot and wounded his wife and another woman in the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in more than two years. The attack on Sunday morning unfolded in two homes in a Shreveport neighborhood. The gunman, identified as […]
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Man shot by ICE in California will remain in custody over concerns he’s a flight risk, lawyer says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge Monday ordered a man who was shot multiple times during an arrest by immigration officers in central California to remain in custody over concerns he could be a flight risk, a lawyer said. Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who has dual citizenship from El Salvador and Mexico, is charged with […]
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US Justice Department demands 2024 Detroit-area ballots in latest move for local election records

The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded that Michigan’s Wayne County turn over all its ballots from the 2024 election just weeks after it made similar requests in Georgia and Arizona. The earlier requests were for ballots and other records from 2020, the presidential election President Donald Trump lost, while the fresh request is for […]
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump’s Cabinet after abuse of power allegations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuses of her position’s power, including having an affair with a subordinate and drinking alcohol on the job. Chavez-DeRemer is the third Trump Cabinet member to leave her post after Trump fired […]
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Afghan charged in deadly bombing at Kabul airport gave false confession, his attorney tells jurors

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia. Mohammad Sharifullah is accused […]
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Another Democrat exits crowded campaign for California governor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Another Democrat is exiting the crowded contest for California governor. Betty Yee — a former state controller— announced Monday she was suspending her campaign, just over a week after fellow Democrat and former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell left the race following sexual assault allegations that he denies. Yee was vying to […]
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Former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi, the 1st US governor of Asian American descent, dies at 100

HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii Gov. George R. Ariyoshi — the nation’s first Asian American governor — has died at age 100. Ariyoshi, a Democrat who led the state from 1973 to 1986, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Sunday night, according to a statement Monday from current Gov. Josh Green. “Governor Ariyoshi devoted […]
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California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost prices on their websites to not undercut it

Amazon used its market leverage to get companies such as Walmart to increase prices on their websites so the e-commerce giant would not be undercut by its competitors, according to a filing unsealed Monday in an ongoing lawsuit by California’s attorney general. Attorney General Rob Bonta sued Amazon in San Francisco Superior Court in 2022 […]
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Small plane crashes in parking lot of Southern California auto store

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was injured Monday after crashing his aircraft in the parking lot of auto parts store in Southern California, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 11 a.m. by an O’Reilly Auto Parts in the neighborhood of Pacoima in north Los Angeles, according to the […]
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Two Southwest Airlines planes came dangerously close in Nashville and had to take evasive action

Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane. Last year, an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft. […]
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Mob boss John Gotti’s grandson sentenced to 15 months in prison for COVID-19 loan fraud

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Late mob boss John Gotti’s reality-TV-star grandson was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for pocketing $1.1 million in loans from a federal program meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Carmine Agnello, whose gel-spiked hair was a mainstay of the mid-2000s A&E series “Growing Up Gotti,” […]
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Pennsylvania court overturns limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions

A Pennsylvania court on Monday said that the state’s constitution guarantees a right to abortion while striking down a decades-long law banning the use of state Medicaid funds to cover abortion costs. The ruling by a divided seven-judge panel of the appellate-level Commonwealth Court is a major victory for Planned Parenthood and abortion clinic operators […]
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Amtrak cancels Florida auto train service as a wildfire disrupts routes

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amtrak train service in Florida was disrupted Monday because of a wildfire in the northeast part of the state, officials said. The auto train service between Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, and Lorton, Virginia, outside Washington, was canceled for Monday, Amtrak said in a statement. The train service allows passengers to take […]
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Third person dies after Atlanta-area shootings by Navy veteran, police say

ATLANTA (AP) — A third person has died following a series of shootings in the Atlanta area. Police in Brookhaven say Tony Mathews, a 49-year-old homeless man, died Sunday from injuries after he was shot in the early morning hours of April 13 outside a grocery store. Authorities say they’re seeking an additional murder charge […]
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Animal welfare protesters converge on Wisconsin governor’s office seeking release of beagles

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility where many of the protesters clashed with police two days earlier. An […]
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Mississippi law school is among first in nation to require AI education

Mississippi College School of Law is one of the first schools in the nation to tackle the growing influence of artificial intelligence in jurisprudence by making AI education mandatory for all students. For John Anderson, dean of the school, the goal is to train law students “to use the technology effectively, efficiently, and ethically and […]
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War, climate change and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum

Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas […]
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Retirees and Pre-retirees, it’s not too late to de-risk your portfolio

For investors hurtling toward retirement, sitting tight with stocks has been the path of least resistance in recent years. Stocks, especially U.S. names, have soundly outperformed bonds. However, recent events should serve as a wake-up call to take some risk off the table and give bonds a closer look. Stocks have recently encountered some volatility […]
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Mind if we drop in? Hot air balloon with 13 aboard makes emergency landing in California backyard

TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A balloon landed in a Southern California backyard — a balloon with 13 people. The enormous hot air balloon, with a pilot and passengers in the basket, descended perfectly Saturday on a narrow area of grass at a home in Temecula. Hunter Perrin said he had no idea that he had […]
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Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found decomposed in his car

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer D4vd has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in September in his apparently abandoned Tesla, prosecutors said Monday. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said […]
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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for article that alleged excessive drinking

FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic magazine for $250 million on Monday, claiming an article that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was false and a “malicious hit piece.” The Atlantic, in response, said it stood by its reporting and would vigorously defend against the “meritless lawsuit.” In the article, posted on the magazine’s […]
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Planned fight escalates to mass shooting at North Carolina park, authorities say

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police responded to a mass shooting that occurred after a planned fight involving young people escalated and led to multiple people shooting at each other at a North Carolina park on Monday morning, authorities said. The shooting happened around 10 a.m. at Leinbach Park, which is near Jefferson Middle School, Winston-Salem […]
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Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say Colorado violated their religious rights by excluding them from a state-funded program over their admission policies. The court agreed Monday to take up the appeal from St. Mary Catholic Parish, which is supported by the Republican Trump administration. The facilities argue it’s […]
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