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U.K. fires ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday fired the country’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Just days before the arrival of President Donald Trump to the U.K. on his second state visit, Starmer dismissed the veteran...
No discipline for Ravens’ Lamar Jackson after he shoved fan
BALTIMORE — The NFL is not planning any discipline for Lamar Jackson after the Baltimore Ravens star quarterback exchanged shoves with a fan last weekend in a loss at Buffalo. “The matter has been addressed by the club and there is no further action from the league,” NFL spokesman Brian...
Judge temporarily blocks U.S. effort to remove dozens of immigrant Guatemalan, Honduran children
TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge in Arizona temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children living in shelters or foster care after coming to the U.S. alone, according to a decision Thursday. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez in Tucson extended until at least Sept....
49ers’ Brock Purdy ‘week to week’ with injury; Mac Jones likely to start Sunday
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy is “week to week” with a toe injury, and Mac Jones is expected to start on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. General manager John Lynch told the team’s flagship radio station KNBR on Thursday that the team reached the...
Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threats
BATON ROUGE, La. — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities on Thursday across the country led to lockdown orders, canceled classes and heightened security. Authorities did not elaborate on the type of threats that were made and no injuries have been reported. The FBI told...
Brazilian Supreme Court panel sentences Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison for coup attempt
BRASILIA, Brazil — A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. Bolsonaro, who has always denied any wrongdoing, is currently under...
Bob Menendez’s wife says she was ex-senator’s ‘puppet’ as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was “not the man I thought he was” before she was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for selling the powerful New Jersey politician’s influence in exchange for bribes of cash, gold bars...
Judge issues nationwide block on Trump policy that cuts off Head Start for people in U.S. illegally
A federal judge has issued a nationwide block on a Trump administration directive that prevented children in the U.S. illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program. Head Start associations in several states filed suit against the policy change by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Trump administration requests emergency ruling to remove Lisa Cook from Fed board
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has asked an appeals court to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors by Monday, before the central bank’s next vote on interest rates. The request represents an extraordinary effort by the White House to shape the board before the Fed’s interest...
Utah, where Charlie Kirk was killed, has strong pro-gun laws
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in a state that has permissive gun laws and allows firearms to be concealed or openly carried without a permit in most instances, experts said. Investigators said a high-powered, bolt-action rifle that might have been used in the attack was found hidden in...
Analyst Matthew Dowd loses his MSNBC job following Kirk comments; reporter in Florida suspended
Political analyst Matthew Dowd is out of a job at MSNBC after his on-air comment following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing about “hateful words” leading to “hateful actions.” MSNBC said Thursday that Dowd, a paid political analyst, is “no longer with the network.” Both MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler and Dowd...
The nest is empty: Parents grapple with mixed emotions after children move out
It’s that time of year when many parents across the U.S. see their kids head off to college or leave home to start their working lives. For parents and guardians, experts say, the separation from their children can cause mixed feelings of loss, grief, loneliness, relief and freedom and can...
Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2
DENVER — A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified “extremist network” fired a revolver multiple times during an attack at a suburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities said Thursday. Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School in...
Charlie Kirk’s shooting death exposes security gaps at political events
The assassination of Charlie Kirk offers the latest example of how ordinary security measures can be defeated in an era of escalating political violence, when anyone associated with the political process is a potential target, including influencers. Kirk was in a familiar setting Wednesday before a large crowd at a...
Trial starts for a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Prosecutors, other attorneys and observers assembled in a federal courtroom Thursday for the start of opening statements in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a...
Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market puts the Fed and Americans in a difficult spot
WASHINGTON — Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries and airfares jumped while new data showed applications for unemployment aid soared, putting the Federal Reserve in an increasingly tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pressures. Consumer prices...
Americans still give awards shows consideration, a new AP-NORC poll finds
LOS ANGELES — Many Americans still want to thank the academy, at least a little. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve watched all or most of an awards show on TV or streaming in the past year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...
Belarus frees 52 prisoners, Lithuanian president says
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarus has freed 52 prisoners, and they have crossed into Lithuania, the Lithuanian president said Thursday. As the release became public, Belarusian state media posted a video of a U.S. envoy announcing that Washington had lifted sanctions on Belarus national air carrier, Belavia. Among those released were...
Qatar official says Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ of hostage release with its strike in Doha on Hamas
DOHA, Qatar — Qatar’s prime minister said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “killed any hope” of releasing hostages still held in the Gaza Strip after Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha. The comments from Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, ahead of appearing at the United Nations on Thursday, underscored...
Inflation likely rose last month as Trump’s sweeping tariffs boost goods prices
WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation likely ticked higher last month as the Trump administration’s import taxes have lifted the price of goods, potentially putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot when it meets next week. Economists forecast that consumer prices rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, according to...
Income inequality dipped and fewer people moved, according to largest survey of U.S. life
Income inequality dipped, more people had college degrees, fewer people moved to a different home and the share of Asian and Hispanic residents increased in the United States last year, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. These year-to-year changes, big and small, from 2023 to 2024...
A new Whitney Houston duet? How Calum Scott made ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ with the late star
NEW YORK — It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death. English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with...
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk’s killing on a Utah university campusVideo
AP-US-Charlie-Kirk-Shot, 40th Ld-Writethru OREM, Utah — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investigators appealed for the public’s help by releasing photos of the person they believe is...
Americans mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with emotional ceremoniesVideo
NEW YORK — Nearly a quarter century has passed since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but for many, the emotions of the day remain raw as ever. On Thursday, America marked the 24th anniversary of the deadly attacks with solemn ceremonies at commemorations in New York, at the Pentagon and...
How do the Ravens keep losing games they should win?Video
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In a sense, the Baltimore Ravens had one job this season: stay out of their own way. They’re 0 for 1 so far. Last weekend’s 41-40 loss at Buffalo was every bit the thriller neutral fans were looking for, but for the Ravens it was yet...
