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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) defends against New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony...

Spurs-Knicks Game 3 of the NBA Finals is a hot ticket with the potential for a wild scene

NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks fever has set the stage for Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs to be a must-see event — inside Madison Square Garden and out on the streets and in bars across New York City. With the Knicks in the finals for the first time since […]
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D. Berryman walks her dog, Tiny Dancer, past a fire-damaged building more than a year after the Pal...

Los Angeles trial to begin for man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal arson trial begins Monday for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire as the area struggles to rebuild and the aftermath reverberates through the Los Angeles mayor’s race. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, has pleaded not guilty to starting what became one of the most destructive wildfires in […]
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Israeli security forces examine a fragment of an intercepted Iranian missile in northern Israel, ea...

The Latest: Israel and Iran exchange fire as hostilities escalate

Israel and Iran fired at each other on Monday while a missile reportedly targeted a part of Saudi Arabia housing a U.S military base. It’s the most serious escalation since a ceasefire began two months ago and now threatens to plunge the Middle East back into war. Israeli authorities said two waves of Iranian missiles […]
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Israel says it has struck Iran after taking missile fire

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire. Iranian state television reported the sound of explosions being heard in Isfahan, Tabriz and Tehran, without immediately elaborating. The attacks further strain efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire in the war between Iran and […]
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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman talks to reporters after a campaign event in Los Angeles...

Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt locked in tight race to make runoff for Los Angeles mayor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days after California’s primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Karen Bass. The race was still too early to call on Sunday as the vote tally showed Raman moving into second place behind Bass for the […]
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Psychiatrist Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed needs of children, dies

Harvard University professor Robert Coles, the psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed the cause of children grappling with poverty and segregation, has died at 97, his son said Sunday. The son, also named Robert Coles, told The Associated Press that his father died Thursday at a hospice center in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The elder Coles […]
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John Lithgow accepts the award for best performance by a leading actor in a play for "Giant" during...

Select list of winners at the 2026 Tony Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Here are select winners so far at the 2026 Tony Awards. Actor in a leading role in a play John Lithgow, “Giant” Actress in a featured role in a play Laurie Metcalf, “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” Direction of a musical Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” […]
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5 people stabbed at New York’s Penn Station, fire department says

NEW YORK (AP) — Five people were injured in a series of stabbings at New York’s Penn Station on Sunday evening and a suspect is in custody, authorities said. Paramedics responding around 7 p.m. found one victim with a serious injury, two with moderate injuries, and the rest with minor injuries, the city’s fire department […]
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Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who resigned after sexual harassment scandal, dies

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women’s rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual harassment, has died. He was 93. Packwood’s death on Saturday was announced in an obituary sent to media outlets by his […]
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Construction continues on the arena on the South Lawn of the White House for a future UFC mixed mar...

Lawsuit seeks to stop the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn for Trump’s birthday

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of […]
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President Donald Trump speaks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wis., Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Ph...

Trump dismisses idea that Iran betrays his ‘no new wars’ campaign message

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for the White House. Trump, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said he “didn’t guarantee” there […]
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At least 12 people shot at an Ohio street festival and suspects remain at large, police say

At least 12 people were wounded as gunfire erupted Saturday near a busy street festival in Ohio. Some people at the event in Toledo scrambled for cover while others rushed to help the victims. No suspects were in custody hours afterward, Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe Heffernan said. He said it appeared that at least […]
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FILE - Actor Elliott Gould, left, joins Donald Trump, center, and Marla Maples at courtside during ...

Donald Trump, Knicks fan, heads back to New York to root on his team

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time when Donald Trump was just another celebrity sitting courtside at New York Knicks games. He was famous, but not yet flanked by Secret Service agents or defined by the politics that have left him deeply unpopular in his hometown. Now, more than a decade after attending his […]
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Electronic repair coach Dan Casey and his mother Diane Casey work on a sound-mixing device at a Rep...

Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods and their owners to a worldwide movement that’s evangelizing new relationships between people […]
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Iowa democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand speaks to media after voting on primary Election D...

Rob Sand to rally in Iowa governor bid with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear as Democrats eye a flip

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Rob Sand will rally a crowd for the first time as the official Democratic nominee for Iowa governor on Sunday, kicking off a countdown to November with the support of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. The race for governor between Sand and Republican Zach Lahn stands to be one of the […]
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Multiple people have been shot near a festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Multiple people were shot Saturday afternoon near a community street festival in Toledo, Ohio, police said. Toledo police officers responded to a report of a person shot near the Old West End Festival at about 5:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims, the police department said in a […]
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A bust of President John F. Kennedy is displayed in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Per...

Judge tosses Kennedy Center suit against musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Attorneys for musician Chuck Redd say a D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit filed against Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Donald Trump’s influence over the venue. The dismissal on Friday was granted under Washington’s Anti-SLAPP laws, which are designed to […]
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Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House FIFA World Cup task force, speaks at a news briefing about...

The World Cup poses an unprecedented security challenge at a fraught moment. Is the US ready?

NEW YORK (AP) — The World Cup, a 48-team, 104-match behemoth kicking off next week across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico and Canada, presents an unprecedented security challenge, with more countries, games and a larger footprint than ever before. It also comes against the backdrop of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, […]
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his address during the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's ann...

Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list

WASHINGTON (AP) — After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders. The Navy had selected 31 sailors […]
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FILE — Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Buyer, left, trails his lawyer as he leaves Manhattan federal cou...

Trump issued pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office. Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison in 2023 for trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. […]
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Wrestler Llama Jack reads a Llama Llama book in the ring during a Lucha Libro pro wrestling event a...

Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries, in photos

BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The handwritten sign at a Northern California public library warned patrons to expect more noise than usual. That warning quickly proved to be an understatement as professional wrestlers, accompanied by booming music, thundered into the reading space and jumped into a ring flanked by row upon row of bookshelves. Dozens of […]
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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra speaks during an election night event Tuesday, Ju...

These candidates for governor worked for Joe Biden. Some don’t really talk about it though

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is not on the ballot this fall. But at least three prominent members of his administration will be, representing the Democratic Party in a trio of governor’s races that may test the resilience of the Biden brand two years after he left the White House under a cloud of disapproval. […]
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From left; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Related Companies CEO Brent Behrman, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Or...

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was perhaps a surprising private overture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Sen. Bernie Sanders. The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create […]
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FILE - A customer prepares to pump diesel fuel at this Madison, Miss., Sam's Club, Tuesday, May 24,...

From unfilled gas tanks to fewer frills, retailers see US consumers rethink their spending

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. consumers haven’t stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and where, according to company executives and retail analysts. The behavior changes observed so far are subtle, such as altered routines for buying gasoline and fewer visits to clothing […]
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