New women’s baseball league names 97-year-old AAGPBL alum honorary chair on advisory board
AP Sports Writer Former baseball pitcher Maybelle Blair will be an honorary chair on the advisory board of the Women’s Professional Baseball…
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An Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire
Associated Press NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several drone and…
Continue ReadingSecret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen’s house in Washington DC
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury…
Continue ReadingGoodell speaks to Congress about the security issue of drones on NFL game days, AP source says
AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the meeting says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has met with congressional leaders to speak to them…
Continue ReadingIowa sues Biden administration for citizenship status of over 2,000 registered voters
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials are suing the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of…
Continue ReadingHealth officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over…
Continue ReadingTrump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese…
Continue ReadingSearch suspended for man believed to have gone overboard from cruise ship off California’s coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has suspended the search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise…
Continue ReadingClarification: Hunter Biden story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Dec. 3, 2024, The Associated Press reported that the gun case against Hunter Biden had been dismissed. The…
Continue ReadingSean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the…
Continue ReadingJay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z’s popular exhibit “The Book of Hov” in New York is about to live up to its name by becoming…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods has no firm answers on a deal with Saudis or his future as a player
AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law for public workers
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for…
Continue Reading‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024’s most notable quotations
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift tops a list of 2024’s most notable quotations compiled by Yale University,…
Continue ReadingIsraeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service
Associated Press SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Jewish community is mourning the death of a young Israeli American soldier who Israeli authorities…
Continue ReadingMartial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise decree sent shockwaves
By Yoonjung Seo, Peter Wilkinson, Rob Picheta, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
Continue ReadingMartial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise decree sent shockwaves
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Peter Wilkinson, Rob Picheta, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
Continue ReadingSmall business owners brace for Trump’s proposed tariffs
AP Business Writer Small businesses are bracing for stiff tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his first actions when he…
Continue Reading10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches
Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm is…
Continue ReadingCanadian minister says Trump was joking when he said Canada could become the 51st state
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian minister who attended a dinner between President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
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