Month: June 2023

By STEVE REED and TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, a move that will end his 13-year run overseeing the organization, the team announced Friday. Jordan is selling to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is touting Russia’s prospects at the country’s main international economic forum despite heavy international sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine. Western officials and investors steered clear of this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that for decades has been Russia’s premier event for attracting foreign capital

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nusrat Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been confirmed by the Senate as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. She will assume her lifetime appointment in Brooklyn federal court in New York after a 50-49 vote on Thursday along party lines. The confirmation drew praise from the American Civil

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The United States men’s soccer team’s match against Mexico was cut short Thursday night by the referee after repeated homophobic chants could be heard from fans. Four players were ejected in the game, which the U.S. won 3-0 for a spot Sunday in the CONCACAF Nations League final against Canada. Christian

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Friday as investors look to extend the market’s longest winning streak in a year. The S&P 500 gained 0.1% and is headed for its sixth consecutive weekly gain. The benchmark index is trading at the

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle after the two young Black lawmakers were expelled earlier this year for their gun control protest on the House floor, then reinstated by local officials days afterward. Pearson appeared to handily defeat Democratic

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exhibition by a provocative Chinese artist that criticizes the country’s human rights record has opened at a Polish state-run contemporary art museum despite pressure from the Chinese Embassy to cancel it. The Center for Contemporary Art in the capital, Warsaw, says it’s shocked by the

By JIM SALTER and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The findings of a two-year investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, prompted by the killing of George Floyd, are expected to be announced Friday by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Department of Justice on Thursday announced a news conference “on a civil rights

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s nothing that can keep Christian Cooper from enjoying his “happy place,” the bird-friendly Ramble of Central Park — not even his tense, viral video encounter three years ago with a woman walking her dog off leash in his refuge. Cooper is a lifelong birder,

By LIZZIE KNIGHT Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Sheffield strippers of “The Full Monty” return 25 years on, in a new TV series that wears its politics on its sleeve. In the much-loved original movie, a group of unemployed men from the north of England decide to form a striptease act in a desperate