Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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Hours earlier, a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his extradition to the United States to face tax-related criminal charges.
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Jeff Gordon will formally begin the executive management role at Hendrick Motorsports at the start of 2022.
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Matteo Villardita, 28, dons the comic-book and movie superhero outfit to cheer up hospitalized children, like those at the Vatican’s pediatric hospital.
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Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, planned to conclude its program Wednesday — still unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold.
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Three low-income women sued to try to force the state to enact the program.
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Anna Morgan Lloyd apologized to the court, the American people and her family.
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The van was caught in a chain-reaction wreck on a rain-slick interstate that involved 17 vehicles, seven of which caught fire — some reduced to twisted, burned-out hulks.
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Drake Bell, the former star of the popular Nickelodeon show “Drake & Josh,” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges relating to a girl who met him online and attended one of his concerts in Cleveland in 2017, when she was 15.
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Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus.
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Harris is leading U.S. efforts to identify and address the root causes of immigration.
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Embedded in Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s scathing rebuke of the NCAA and its rules were a few suggestions on how college sports can be reformed to avoid being sued into oblivion.
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Smith’s wife says he died on June 16 of complications from Parkinson’s disease and COVID-19.
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Lauderhill police Lt. Michael Santiago says it’s “a very complicated case with a lot of moving parts.”
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Harrison Ford is taking a hiatus from filming “Indiana Jones 5” after sustaining a shoulder injury on set.
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The 34-year-old Swede had his 12th season in North America cut short by a knee injury in February.
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The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against Bakker and Morningside Church Productions in March of 2020 for marketing “silver solution” as a potential cure for the coronavirus.
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R&B singer R. Kelly has been jailed in New York City in anticipation of his sex-trafficking trial later this summer.
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“Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour” began in 2018 and finally wrap up in 2023.
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The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that Benjamin Rivera has been charged by Houston police with tampering with evidence, a human corpse.
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More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been fired or resigned after a judge dismissed an employee lawsuit over the vaccine requirement.
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Iran says that several state-linked news websites have been seized by the U.S. government under unclear circumstances.
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Kansas City erased an eighth-inning deficit by taking a 6-3 lead against Jonathan Loaisga (7-3) as O’Hearn, Jarrod Dyson, Hunter Dozier and Michael A. Taylor drove in runs.
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Johan Oviedo (0-3) took the loss, allowing six runs, two earned, on six hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.
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Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the pilot and owners of the helicopter that crashed last year, killing the NBA star, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
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The U.S. Homeland Security Department says thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to wait in Mexico for their court hearings will be allowed to return for another chance at humanitarian protection.
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President Joe Biden is expected to announce a partnership between federal law enforcement and local police to help combat a rising tide of violent crime.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement at a private leadership meeting Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private remarks.
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The Department of Health said it was the biggest one-day increase since the state reported 570 new cases on March 5.
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In a statement, obtained by The Associated Press, Lloyd Austin said he supports taking sexual assault and related crimes away from the chain of command, and let independent military lawyers handle them.
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Consumer prices jumped 5% in May compared with a year earlier, the largest increase in 13 years.
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The grandmother of an 11-year-old boy from Tennessee who was injured on a roller coaster in Branson says doctors are concerned they might not be able to save his legs.
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Existing home sales dropped 0.9% last month from April to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.8 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.
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McCloskey on Saturday posted a photo of himself on Twitter posing with an AR-15 at a gun store.
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St. Louis lawyer and U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey may have been forced to give up his old semi-automatic rifle, but now, he has a new one.
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Disney had 250 alligators removed from its properties in Florida over the last five years since a boy was killed.
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When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of personal data created by Big Tech companies via the devices and online services that have hooked billions of people around the world.
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Moderna is now testing its vaccine in younger people as well as potential boosters that may be needed in the future.
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The weather service planned to continue surveying that area Tuesday to determine the precise path, width and length of the storm's trail of destruction.
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The baby squid were sent into space earlier this month on a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. Understanding what happens to the squid in space could help solve health problems for astronauts.
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The verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ends Sun Yang’s hopes of defending his Olympic title in the 200 meters freestyle in Tokyo next month.
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Authorities say a shooting in St. Louis has left three people dead and four others wounded.
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The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety.
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The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the agency on vaccine use, plans to review and discuss the inflammation data as part of a three-day meeting that starts Wednesday.
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The European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services.
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The arrival of hot weather and the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic means bigger crowds at Missouri waterways, but too often this year the trend has taken a deadly turn.
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Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.
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All four parks at the Lake Buena Vista, Florida, resort will take part in “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning Oct. 1, Disney announced Tuesday.
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Sheriff’s officials say a deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon.
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LAPD spokesman Tony Im says Clark was pulled over for a vehicle violation south of downtown Sunday night and officers noticed an Uzi sticking out of a bag.