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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired four-star admiral who was once the Navy’s second highest ranking officer has been charged with helping a company secure a government contract in exchange for a lucrative job with the firm. Robert Burke was arrested Friday in Florida on charges including

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers voted on Friday to place top U.S. Senate candidates on the August primary ballot after some had faced challenges saying they hadn’t turned in enough valid signatures to qualify. One Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Nasser Beydoun, was disqualified Friday after it

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have made new arrests in connection with a shootout that injured 11 people in a downtown square in Savannah, Georgia. The three arrests announced Friday mean that four total suspects have been charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault in the May 18

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74. The Correctional Service of Canada said in statement

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities have started proceedings in a trial in absentia of 20 prominent political analysts who work with the world’s biggest universities and think tanks, the latest step in the years-long crackdown on dissent in the country. The scientists, all of whom have left Belarus and

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has canceled her 2024 North American tour, representatives for Live Nation confirmed to The Associated Press. “Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” they said in a statement. The tour was to be her first in

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump’s live remarks Friday about halfway through to offer fact checks, and never returned. Two networks popular with Trump supporters — Fox News and Newsmax — carried all of the former president talking about his

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Pato O’Ward had tears triggered following the Indianapolis 500 after pushing the No. 5 Honda to the limits only to come up just short, getting passed two corners from the finish by Josef Newgarden. The 25-year-old Mexican says he had no regrets about his race strategy

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s attorney general is blaming a Jersey Shore town for not having enough police officers patrolling its boardwalk over the Memorial Day weekend, when the force was overwhelmed and the city temporarily closed the walkway. Matthew Platkin says Wildwood did not have enough police

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The Romance Writers of America has filed for bankruptcy protection following several years of infighting and allegations of racism. The turmoil that fractured the Texas-based trade association has led many of its members to flee. In bankruptcy court documents filed on Wednesday,  the association says its membership is down by

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver says an “incendiary device” was thrown at the front doors of a synagogue in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a “disgusting act of antisemitism.” Vancouver police said the case was being investigated as an act of arson and possible hate crime. The

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and NHL’s Dallas Stars are deeper in the playoffs together than they’ve ever been. That’s since the Stars moved south from Minnesota 31 years ago. The Mavs have reached the NBA Finals, and the Stars are in the Western Conference Final against

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students. Attorney Kimberly Wald represents the family of D’Sean Perry who was killed. She said Friday that UVA will pay $2 million each to the families

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah family whose son has been implicated in a thwarted coup in Congo says they’re unsure if he’s still alive. U.S. officials have yet to make contact with Tyler Thompson and two other Americans two weeks after their arrest. The 21-year-old had traveled to

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Will Donald Trump go to prison? Could he pardon himself? What about the election? The first criminal conviction of a former American president raises a host of legal and political questions. Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury Thursday of 34

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America’s tallest mountain following a summit push was rescued Friday, but his partner was dead, officials said. A third member of their team had been rescued this week after descending lower

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published May 31, 2024, about voting rights for those convicted of felonies, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 2019 legislation in Florida required people convicted of murder and sex crimes to petition before their rights could be restored. In fact, that provision was part of a 2018 ballot initiative

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bodies of a U.S. missionary couple killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital have been returned to their family in Missouri. Natalie Lloyd’s parents announced on Facebook that the remains of their daughter and son-in-law arrived Friday in Kansas City. Natalie and Davy Lloyd’s

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert says the charter flight program still has a few expected kinks but is running smoothly. Engelbert said while it usually takes months of work to put together a charter schedule for a professional league because of plane availability and pilot staffing,

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot has cleared the Ohio Senate as the Republican-controlled Legislature concluded a rare special session. Friday’s vote came one day after the House approved the measure, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns.