Mexican president asks Bad Bunny to play free concert
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president made a public request Wednesday to Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny to play a free concert in Mexico…
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Biden administration proposes crackdown on scam Medicare ads
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed a ban on misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that…
Continue ReadingOhio man indicted for threatening Arizona election official
PHOENIX (AP) — An Ohio man has been charged in federal court for making a series of threats to an Arizona state election official. The U.S. Justice…
Continue ReadingMbappe, France advance to World Cup final, beat Morocco 2-0
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé vs. Lionel Messi. Soccer’s latest superstar against perhaps the…
Continue ReadingCouncil votes to study reparations for Black Bostonians
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council has voted to form a new commission to study how it can provide reparations…
Continue ReadingNevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada wildflower was declared endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles school district sued in student’s overdose death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died of a suspected fentanyl overdose in a high school restroom has filed a negligence and…
Continue ReadingRapper Gunna pleads guilty in racketeering case in Atlanta
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Gunna, who was arrested earlier this year along with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than…
Continue ReadingJesuits admit artist excommunicated before new abuse claims
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The head of Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday that a famous Jesuit priest…
Continue ReadingMusic student from China charged with stalking over flyer
BOSTON (AP) — A Berklee College of Music student and citizen of China has been arrested for allegedly threatening an individual who posted a flyer…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Roger Deakins on cinema’s past and future
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Roger Deakins’ eye has been one of the keenest in movies. It’s not easy to pinpoint…
Continue ReadingPolice: Man charged in Takeoff’s death tried to avoid arrest
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas say the man accused of fatally shooting rapper Takeoff last month tried to…
Continue ReadingEx-Boy Scout leader gets 12 to 20 years on sex abuse charges
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A former troop leader has been sentenced to 12 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of criminal…
Continue ReadingLawmaker calls for removal of NC hurricane recovery director
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers are sharply criticizing the state’s…
Continue ReadingAn 84-year-old filmmaker looks into a donkey’s soul in ‘EO’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It was the eyes that did it. Filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski had decided some years ago that his next film was going to be…
Continue ReadingUS charges 8 in social media ‘pump-and-dump’ stock scheme
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Wednesday charged eight men of earning more than $100 million in illicit stock…
Continue ReadingFor now, judge won’t stop NYC mayor’s homeless removal plans
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge will not immediately halt New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plans to force mentally ill people from the streets and…
Continue ReadingPush to repeal California anti-oil law inches closer to goal
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A California law that prohibits new oil and gas wells from being drilled near homes, schools and hospitals could…
Continue ReadingNevada battery recycler to build $3.5B plant in S. Carolina
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A battery recycler from Nevada says it will spend $3.5 billion and hire 1,500 workers on a new plant near the South…
Continue ReadingUS sues Arizona over shipping containers on Mexico border
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Wednesday over the placement of…
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