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By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After several close calls, Gerrit Cole finally won his first American League Cy Young Award on the strength of consistent excellence all season. Blake Snell joined a short list of pitching royalty by turning around a terrible start. Cole was a unanimous AL winner Wednesday

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (AP) — A fire that broke out on the Atlantic City Boardwalk has damaged an entrance to Resorts casino, but the facility remained open. Authorities say no one was injured. Fire Chief Scott Evans says blaze started underneath the Boardwalk shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday and quickly

By STEVE LeBLANC and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Advocates scrambling to find shelter for homeless migrant families newly arrived in Massachusetts say families are relying on a patchwork of airport lounges, Uber rides, hospital waiting rooms and walk-in church shelters after the state capped the number of family shelter spots and created

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman from Hawaii has been ordered to pay nearly $39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year, according to authorities. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 29-year-old Cayla Farris was sentenced to more than three months of time served in connection with her actions

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor pursuing a case against former President Donald Trump and others has asked a judge to revoke the bond of defendant Harrison Floyd. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said in a motion Wednesday that Floyd has been intimidating witnesses and codefendants in the case.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say a Navy warship shot down a drone that was heading toward the ship as it sailed in the southern Red Sea. The USS Thomas Hudner, a naval destroyer, was sailing toward the Bab-el-Mandeb strait when the crew saw the drone, which originated in

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New protests have broken out in Athens and Thessaloniki over the fatal police shooting of a Roma youth following a car chase. A main highway in the Greek capital was briefly closed to traffic after Roma youths lit fires and threw stones at police. Similar violence broke out in a Roma-majority

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is suing the city of Tulsa for continuing to ticket Native American drivers for traffic offenses within the tribe’s reservation boundaries. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Tulsa against the city, Mayor G.T. Bynum, police Chief Wendell Franklin and

Associated Press FELCSUT, Hungary (AP) — A European Championship qualifying game between Switzerland and Israel ended with a 1-1 draw on Wednesday. It was a match that brought the Israeli team to Hungary after all scheduled games in Tel Aviv were postponed due to the Israel-Hamas war. The match was one of two “home games”

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX is aiming for another test flight of its mega rocket on Friday after getting the final OK from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA issued its license Wednesday, noting that SpaceX has met safety, environmental and other requirements. SpaceX’s first attempt to launch

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — The FBI has added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation. In conjunction with the announcement, the

By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The state of California operates a little-known program to lease land under freeways that is now under scrutiny after an arson fire under Interstate 10 in Los Angeles. The land under the freeway was leased by the state of California to businesses that

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for the founder of truckmaker Nikola Corp. say he should not face incarceration because his criminal conviction is nothing like what landed Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in prison. The lawyers told a Manhattan federal court judge Tuesday that Trevor Milton never acted in a “greedy

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer for a former elections director charged alongside former President Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election says he released videos of prosecutors’ interviews with some of their codefendants because he thought they helped his client and the public had the right

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has given up on his monthslong fight to move his New York hush-money criminal case to federal court. The former president’s lawyers said in court papers Wednesday they’re dropping an appeal that sought to have a Manhattan federal court take control of the case.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission says it issued warnings to two food and beverage industry groups, as well as to a dozen online influencers and dieticians for failing to adequately disclose paid social media posts that promoted a sweetener and sugary products. The letters point to Instagram and TikTok posts made by

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says the big contract buyouts paid to fired coaches will continue to grow until the college sports business model changes. Texas A&M will pay more than $75 million to fired football coach Jimbo Fisher. Other top coaches have buyouts that run into the tens

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years. A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his role in killing Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old teacher

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies say an investigation into a drug trafficking group based in Grants Pass in southern Oregon has resulted in two dozen arrests and seizures of fentanyl, meth and weapons. The Drug Enforcement Administration, Oregon State Police and the Grants Pass Police Department were among the agencies involved. The

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a