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Stocks drift higher as earnings season kicks into gear
NEW YORK — Wall Street drifted higher Monday to kick off the first full week of earnings reporting season. The S&P 500 rose 13.68, or 0.3%, to 4,151.32 in its first trading after squeezing out its fourth winning week in the last five. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 100.71,...
Court tosses Gov. Wolf suit against voter ID, abortion amendments
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania court on Monday dismissed a challenge to how lawmakers have bundled together five potential state constitutional amendments, including one regarding abortion, on grounds the legal dispute was not ripe for the judges’ review. The five-judge Commonwealth Court panel said judges were not passing judgment on the...
TV and film writers authorize strike over pay, other issues
LOS ANGELES — Unionized film and television writers have voted overwhelmingly to give their leaders the authority to call a strike if a new contract agreement is not reached with producers. In an email to members Monday, the negotiating committee of the Writers Guild of America said nearly 98% of...
Fox News-Dominion libel case set to begin after brief delayVideo
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News delayed the opening of the trial Monday, raising the prospect that the two sides might attempt to settle before the eagerly watched case goes before a jury. Superior Court Judge Eric Davis...
Oklahoma officials accused of talk of killing journalists
Oklahoma’s governor is seeking the resignation of four county officials after a newspaper’s audio recording apparently captured some of them complaining about two of the paper’s journalists and knowing hit men and where two holes are dug. A portion of the recording was released by the paper, and it also...
Trump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turfVideo
NEW YORK — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime. The House Judiciary Committee, led by...
Ohio officers won’t be charged in shooting of Jayland Walker
AKRON, Ohio — Eight police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a car and foot chase will not face criminal charges in his death because a grand jury declined to indict them, Ohio’s attorney general announced Monday. Walker’s death last June sparked...
Kansas City man charged in shooting of Black teen at his front doorVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 85-year-old white man who shot a Black teen at his front door in Kansas City, Missouri, last week has been charged with armed assault, the Clay County prosecutor said Monday. Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said at a news conference that Andrew Lester shot 16-year-old Ralph...
Review: ‘Beau Is Afraid’ is stuck in a 1-note nightmareVideo
Beau may be afraid but Ari Aster certainly isn’t. Of the many words used to describe the writer-director’s previous two films — “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” — timidity was never of them. This is a filmmaker who has sent Toni Collette skittering across the ceiling and intricately arranged mutilated bodies the...
Review: ‘Koresh’ drills down on dark chapter in U.S. history
“Koresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,” by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books) Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day siege by federal agents, the Branch Davidian complex in Waco erupted in flames, leading to the deaths of 76 people. The murky circumstances...
Alabama police searching for clues in shooting that killed 4
DADEVILLE, Ala. — Students at a small-town Alabama school, its flag flying at half-mast Monday, returned to class as investigators worked to piece together what happened at a Saturday night shooting that killed four people, including two Dadeville High School students. The 485-student school is a center of civic life...
Secret Chinese police station in New York leads to arrests
NEW YORK — Two men were arrested Monday on charges that they helped establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, and about three dozen officers with China’s national police force were charged with using social media to harass dissidents inside the United...
Supreme Court to deliver answer in religious mailman’s case
LANCASTER — Gerald Groff liked his work as a postal employee in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country. For years, he delivered mail and all manner of packages: a car bumper, a mini refrigerator, a 70-pound box of horseshoes for a blacksmith. But when an Amazon.com contract with the Postal Service required carriers...
Italian police scoop up 2 tons of cocaine bobbing in sea
ROME — Italian police scooped up two tons of cocaine, wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily, authorities said Monday. The financial police squad estimated that the recent “catch” would have fetched about $450 million in street sales. The packages of cocaine were strung together...
U.S., allies stage drills as North Korea warns of security crisis
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted a joint missile defense exercise on Monday aimed at countering North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal, as a top North Korean army official warned the U.S. that it risks “a clearer security crisis and insurmountable threats.” Last week, North...
Sudan battles intensify on 3rd day; civilian deaths reach 97
KHARTOUM, Sudan — As explosions and gunfire thundered outside, Sudanese in the capital Khartoum and other cities huddled in their homes for a third day Monday, while the army and a powerful rival force battled in the streets for control of the country. At least 97 civilians have been killed...
AP source: Jalen Hurts, Eagles agree to $255 million extension
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts is set to sign one of the richest deals in NFL history, agreeing to a five-year, $255 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles, including $179.3 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The Eagles announced on Monday “QB1 is here...
New U.S. tax credit rules narrow the list of eligible EVs
DETROIT — Ten electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles will be eligible for a $7,500 U.S. tax credit, while another seven could get $3,750 under new federal rules that go into effect on Tuesday. But under the Treasury Department rules and other provisions of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, most of...
NHL playoffs: Vegas’ Jack Eichel, New Jersey’s Jack Hughes among top players to watch
The NHL playoffs are going on without Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the first time since their rookie year in 2006, but that doesn’t mean the chase for the Stanley Cup isn’t packed with star power. Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche are trying to go back to back....
SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of giant new rocket
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — SpaceX called off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket on Monday. Elon Musk and his company had planned to launch the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX postponed the launch because of a problem...
Boston Marathon sweep for Kenya, but not favorite Kipchoge
BOSTON — Defending champion Evans Chebet won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and win in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds. Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000...
Hilary Knight scores 3 in USA hockey gold-medal 6-3 win over CanadaVideo
BRAMPTON, Ontario — Hilary Knight scored three times, including the go-ahead goal with 3 minutes, 10 seconds left in regulation, and the Americans won their 10th women’s world hockey championships gold medal and first in four years with a 6-3 win over cross-border rival Canada on Sunday night. Caroline Harvey...
Netflix keeps ‘Love Is Blind’ fans waiting for live reunion
LOS ANGELES — Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind — at least if you ask the fans of Netflix’s “Love Is Blind.” Viewers had to wait more than an hour to watch the Season 4 reunion special set to stream live Sunday — Netflix’s second-ever live event on its own...
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo exits game with lower back bruise
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo drove to the basket and took a hard fall. And just like that, the championship aspirations of the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks got quite a bit more precarious. Antetokounmpo landed hard on his backside after getting fouled in the first quarter and left the Bucks’ Eastern Conference...
Matt Fitzpatrick wins RBC Heritage on 3rd extra holeVideo
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick defeated defending champion Jordan Spieth on the third playoff hole at the RBC Heritage on Sunday, stuffing his approach in close on the par-4 18th at Harbour Town to secure his first victory since the U.S. Open last June. Fitzpatrick hit a 9-iron...
