North Dakota voters will decide whether to abolish property taxes
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will decide in November whether to eliminate property taxes. The change would be a first…
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An assassin, a Putin foe’s death, secret talks: How a sweeping US-Russia prisoner swap came together
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was December 2022 and the U.S. government’s chief hostage negotiator had just delivered Brittney Griner…
Continue ReadingJudge suspends Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license in New York over DWI arrest
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has suspended Justin Timberlake’s driver’s license over his DWI arrest in June. Timberlake pleaded not…
Continue ReadingAnother Stephen Curry highlight: He missed a trio of 3s that went in anyway
AP Basketball Writer VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Stephen Curry missed three shots and made them all. Really, that’s what happened. Allow…
Continue ReadingNebraska, Ohio State, Alabama raise NIL funds at football practice through fan admission, autographs
AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tradition-rich college football programs Nebraska, Ohio State and Alabama are capitalizing on the…
Continue ReadingSon of Kentucky dentist charged in year-old killing; dentist charged with hiding evidence
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (AP) — The son of a Kentucky dentist has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a woman whose body was found in the…
Continue ReadingThe Olympics are giving breaking a global stage in Paris. Not everyone is celebrating
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In the basement of a sports complex in Paris, dozens of breakers, or break dancers, gathered almost every weeknight…
Continue Reading‘Taking it off the speculative market’: These nonprofits help tenants afford to stay put
CalMatters Nine years ago, tenants of the Pigeon Palace at 2840-2848 Folsom Street in San Francisco faced a dilemma. Their aging landlord, who had…
Continue ReadingFor college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for man charged with killing Georgia nursing student ask judge to move trial
Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia…
Continue Reading North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba describes his dramatic, swift defection
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s former No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, has resettled in South Korea. He says he fled…
Continue ReadingUS warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are warning that a newly confirmed famine in Sudan’s Darfur region is on pace to become the world’s…
Continue ReadingFlorida flooding emergency declared as tropical threat draws near
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A storm system brewing over Cuba on Friday could bring torrential rain and flooding to…
Continue ReadingPolice find the bodies of 4 men, including a policeman, shot to death near resort outside Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police on Mexico’s Caribbean coast say they have found the bodies of four men, including a policeman, shot to death near a…
Continue Reading What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, ‘Dance Moms’ jazz it up and J Balvin parties
This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the Boston-set caper “The Instigators” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, Netflix…
Continue ReadingDodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and wife Chelsea say son Maximus has Guillain-Barre syndrome
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and his wife Chelsea said their 3-year-old son Maximus is suffering from…
Continue ReadingDodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and wife Chelsea say son Maximus has Guillain-Barre syndrome
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and his wife Chelsea said their 3-year-old son Maximus is suffering from…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles says she loves her ‘black job,’ an apparent clapback at Donald Trump
Associated Press Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has entered the fray of the U.S. presidential race with a social media post that appears to…
Continue ReadingWho is Imane Khelif? Algerian boxer facing gender outcry had modest success before Olympics
AP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her…
Continue ReadingSecond statue of Kobe Bryant being unveiled in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A statue of late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gigi Bryant, was scheduled to be unveiled during a…
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