Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A court filing shows that the signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot if they’re the only ones counted. The Arkansas secretary of state’s office on Thursday said it determined 87,675 of the signatures
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan diamond dealer with a history of gemstone fraud has been indicted in what officials described as a scheme to swindle his fellow merchants out of nearly half a million dollars. Prosecutors say Manashe Sezanayev invited fellow diamond merchants to his shop in Manhattan’s diamond district, then covertly
Continue ReadingVILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Belgium will be without point guard Julie Allemand as the Cats try to get past the quarterfinals in the 2024 Paris Games. The Cats announced Thursday night on social media that Allemand will miss her second Olympics with what they called an “unlucky injury for our point god. ” Nastja Claessens
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Strong winds will increase as temperatures go past the 110 mark throughout the area.
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Hot and humid conditions will last through Friday. Tracking slightly cooler, breezier, and drier conditions for the weekend.
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Workers have linked the U.S. and Canadian sides of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning the Detroit River. The Detroit News reports the workers finished connecting southwest Detroit and northwest Windsor on Wednesday. The bridge will provide another link between one of the busiest commercial points on the U.S-Canadian border when
Continue Reading Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for a man convicted in the murder of a woman to stop her from testifying against him in a rape case. Justices said Douglas Lovell had ineffective attorneys at his 2015 sentencing hearing. They upheld his conviction and sent the
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Paris is poised for the women’s singles tennis event following the 2024 Olympic Games draw on Thursday.
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Continue Reading Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court has halted a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to climate change. The court on Wednesday suspended a key environmental permit after the Climate Observatory
Continue Reading Associated Press The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who was locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job. U.S. District Judge Kristi K. DuBose approved a settlement Tuesday to end the long-running dispute over who governs the town of Newbern. The sides agreed to Braxton serving as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw made his season debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, striking out six and allowing two runs and six hits in his return from offseason shoulder surgery. With his return to the lineup against the San Francisco Giants, Kershaw became the only pitcher to play for
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dabo Swinney has built a proven winner at Clemson, from two national championships and eight Atlantic Coast Conference titles to stringing together 13 straight seasons with at least nine wins. He looks at that as validation for an approach that has mostly resisted diving into the recent growth
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NBCOlympics.com talked to World Surf League Championship Tour and Olympic surfing commentator Joe Turpel about what to look for when surfing begins in Tahiti at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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The first day of women’s soccer has provided a new spring of hope for the one-time Olympic final fixture known as the United States women’s national team.
Continue Reading The first day of women’s soccer has provided a new spring of hope for the one-time Olympic final fixture known as the United States women’s national team.
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks since the nation’s highest court wrapped up its term earlier this
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it. In her first public remarks since the nation’s highest court wrapped up its term earlier this
Continue Reading Associated Press Sao Paulo (AP) — The Brazilian government has apologized to the Japanese community for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of immigrants in the years after World War II. The president of the government’s Amnesty Commission, Enea de Stutz e Almeida, apologized on behalf of the Brazilian state for “all the
Continue Reading Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A rising number of heat-related deaths in Texas among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl has pushed the number of storm fatalities to at least 36. Officials in suburban Fort Bend County on Thursday confirmed nine additional deaths following the Category 1 hurricane that made landfall on July 8.
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