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‘Abbott Elementary’ star Chris Perfetti feels at home with ‘King James’
NEW YORK — Chances are you won’t find Chris Perfetti fiercely debating on social media if LeBron James is indeed the GOAT, nor will you find him waiting hours outside of hotels, hoping to get an autograph or selfie from the basketball legend — but you wouldn’t know it from...
Biden hosts Live Nation, SeatGeek and Airbnb execs to showcase push to end hidden ‘junk fees’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden highlighted progress in chipping away at so-called junk fees as a “win for consumers” Thursday, as he met at the White House with executives from Live Nation, Airbnb and other companies that have taken steps to embrace more transparent pricing. Biden prioritized the effort to...
Suspect in mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub expected to take plea deal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told...
Report: Boris Johnson deliberately misled U.K. Parliament over ‘partygate’
LONDON — A committee of U.K. lawmakers harshly rebuked former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate those investigating his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Commons Privileges Committee found Johnson’s actions...
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. The court left in place the 1978...
Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows
NEW YORK — Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of both science and medicine that emerged during the covid-19 pandemic. Overall, 39% of U.S. adults said they had “a great deal of confidence” in...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announces GOP presidential bid days after Trump’s indictment
MIAMI — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, jumping into the crowded race just days after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez’s city. The 45-year-old mayor, the only Hispanic candidate in the race, declared his candidacy...
2-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who mixed acting with politics, dies at 87Video
LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short...
Retail sales rose 0.3% in May despite pressure from higher inflation, interest rates
NEW YORK — Americans increased their spending at retailers last month despite pressure from still-high inflation and rising borrowing costs. Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that retail sales rose 0.3% from April to May, boosted by stronger sales of auto and parts dealers. Economists had been expecting a...
North Korea launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea in protest of U.S.-South Korea military drills
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Thursday, the South Korean military said, in a resumption of its weapons testing activities to protest just-ended South Korean-U.S. live-fire drills, which it views as an invasion rehearsal. The North Korean launch is its...
Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in pandemic, study says
NEW YORK — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the covid-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, government researchers said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control...
Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults
LAS VEGAS — Nine more women are accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a lawsuit that alleges he used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Nevada alleges that the women were individually drugged and assaulted between approximately 1979...
‘Stand with Trump’ becomes rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on U.S. justice system
WASHINGTON — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct an investigation about it, the Republicans in Congress had his back. Speaker Kevin McCarthy dashed off a fundraising email decrying the “witch hunt” against the former president and...
Panthers’ injury issues from Stanley Cup Final will carry into next seasonVideo
SUNRISE, Fla. — Reminders of this run to the Stanley Cup Final will be everywhere when next season starts for the Florida Panthers. There will be a new banner to celebrate the Eastern Conference championship. There will inevitably be a highlight video recapping the best moments of this postseason. There...
House rejects effort to censure and fine Democrat Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigationsVideo
WASHINGTON — The House has rejected an effort to censure California Rep. Adam Schiff, turning aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. Schiff, the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the...
U.S. Open Tee Times
LOS ANGELES — Tee times for the first round of the U.S. Open on Thursday at The Los Angeles Country Club 9:45 a.m. — Deon Germishuys, Berry Henson, Hank Lebioda, Omar Morales, Ryutaro Nagano, Jacob Solomon 9:56 a.m. — Michael Brennan, Wenyi Ding, Ryan Gerard, Yuto Katsuragawa, Michael Kim, Jordan...
Scottie Scheffler arrives at US Open looking to solve putting problemsVideo
LOS ANGELES — Scottie Scheffler took one long, smooth stroke, then looked down the line and watched the ball roll toward the hole on the practice green. He was using his wedge. That was a drill. The state of his game on the greens, more of an emergency. The player...
Punishing wind, possible tornadoes inflict damage as storms cross the SouthVideo
ALBANY, Ga. — Damaging winds and possible tornadoes toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway Wednesday as powerful storms crossed the South from Texas to Georgia. The National Weather Service issued numerous tornado warnings, mainly in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia, and cautioned that gusts of hurricane-force...
Golden Knights’ Stanley Cup title lifts Las Vegas to another level in sports worldVideo
LAS VEGAS — Massive cheers rather than the usual boos rained down on Gary Bettman on Tuesday night because nothing could keep Vegas Golden Knights fans from enjoying what the NHL commissioner was about to do. He first presented the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP to Jonathan Marchessault and...
Chaos rules day as U.S. Open comes to glitz of L.A.Video
LOS ANGELES — Brooks Koepka says he enjoys the chaos, and there’s no shortage of that in this U.S. Open, even for those who manage to avoid the traffic. Players are still trying to digest the blockbuster announcement of the PGA Tour ending a legal and moral battle with LIV...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez enters crowded GOP presidential race days after Trump’s indictment
MIAMI — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez filed paperwork Wednesday to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, jumping into the crowded race just a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump appeared in court on federal charges in Suarez’s city. The 45-year-old mayor, the only Hispanic candidate in the race,...
Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of New York City subway rider Jordan Neely
NEW YORK — A man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold has been indicted by a grand jury, an expected procedural step that will allow the criminal case to continue. Daniel Penny was charged by Manhattan prosecutors last month in...
Detroit-area city bans LGBTQ+ Pride flags on public property
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — A Detroit-area community has banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned poles after a tense hourslong meeting that raised questions about discrimination, religion and the city’s reputation for welcoming newcomers. In protest, a woman speaking during the public comment portion of the Hamtramck City Council meeting kissed a...
Stefon Diggs back on field for Bills’ mandatory practice after skipping 1st dayVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Bills receiver Stefon Diggs was back on the field practicing Wednesday, a day after Buffalo’s top receiver created a stir and confusion by skipping the team’s first of three scheduled mandatory sessions. Dressed in his No. 14 white practice jersey and shorts, Diggs was first spotted...
Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastorsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors. Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting here also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church,...
