Suns, Mercury unveil local media deal with RSNs struggling
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury announced a new media rights deal on…
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Greener pastures? 2,500 hopeful sheep cross Idaho highway
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Why did 2,500 sheep cross the road? Because the grass was greener on the other side. In Idaho, it’s not unusual to see…
Continue Reading Heads of state, top diplomats visit Ukraine to show support
By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Two heads of state and seven foreign ministers from a group of Ukraine’s European…
Continue Reading Biden awards football trophy to Air Force Academy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden awarded the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Air Force Academy for winning football…
Continue Reading Gillum trial: Jurors begin deliberations, break for weekend
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors deliberated for several hours before breaking for the weekend in the corruption case against former Florida…
Continue Reading Greek police hold 2 over prominent crime reporter’s killing
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have arrested two men on suspicion of involvement in the killing of a prominent crime reporter two…
Continue Reading Key radar antenna stuck on Europe’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks ago,…
Continue Reading US agency raises ‘serious concerns’ about tech visa lottery
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The number of applications for visas used in the technology industry soared for a second…
Continue Reading N. Carolina justices hand GOP big wins with election rulings
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In massive victories for Republicans, North Carolina’s newly GOP-controlled state…
Continue Reading Marijuana job lands Oregon secretary of state in trouble
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for…
Continue Reading Khris Davis took the hits to become ‘Big George Foreman’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Khris Davis did not know who he was auditioning for when he first got the lines for an untitled project about a boxer.…
Continue Reading EPA allows gasoline with higher ethanol blend during summer
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15%…
Continue Reading Politicians tell Forest Service: Do more to fight wildfires
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Lawmakers from several western states want the U.S. Forest Service to do more to…
Continue Reading Biden huddles with top donors as 2024 effort kicks off
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris feted about 150 of the…
Continue Reading Palestinians: Israeli forces shoot, kill teen in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed a teenager in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian…
Continue Reading Brazil recognizes 6 Indigenous areas in boost for Amazon
By CARLA BRIDI and FABIANO MAISONNAVE BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday granted official recognition…
Continue Reading Tech-rooted groups seek to shake up San Francisco politics
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and…
Continue Reading Smokey Robinson turns seductive with new album ‘Gasms’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Smokey Robinson started dating his-now wife more than 20 years ago, she didn’t…
Continue Reading Judge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s…
Continue Reading Recent U.S. military helicopter crashes in training missions
By The Associated Press There have been three U.S. military helicopter crashes and a rollover recorded so far this year, in Alabama, Kentucky, and…
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