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By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered all judges to address people in court by the pronouns they use or by “other respectful means.” Justice Elizabeth Welch says gender identity is an individual’s identity, “regardless of whether others agree.” For example, there are a growing number of people

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace. During the nearly five-month walkout, no issue resonated more than the use of AI in script

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A search for seven kidnapped youths in the north-central Mexico state of Zacatecas appears to have come to a tragic end. Searchers have found one survivor and six bodies in a remote area. State prosecutors say the surviving young man has serious injuries. They say the bodies of six young men

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lower-income new mothers will get a full year of Medicaid health care coverage in Nebraska under an order issued by Gov. Jim Pillen. The move Wednesday makes Nebraska the latest in a growing list of Republican-led states that had previously refused to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond the minimum 60 days

GERING, Neb. (AP) — A police standoff with a Nebraska man who is holding a woman hostage has lasted more than 24 hours. Local law enforcement agencies say the standoff started after the 37-year-old fled when a deputy tried to pull him over for a traffic violation Tuesday. Police in the western Nebraska city of

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Barbara Bush never got to any of the NBA championship celebrations held at the White House when her grandfather was president of the United States. Never got to one when her father occupied the Oval Office, either. She got to the one held for Golden State earlier this year

By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown. Events originally set for Sunday, Carter’s birthday, now will be held Saturday on the Atlanta campus of the library and the adjacent

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a murder suspect who was mistakenly released two weeks ago from jail in Indianapolis was captured Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service in Minnesota, where he faces charges in a 2021 killing. Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal says 28-year-old Kevin Mason was apprehended Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul. Officials have

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The University of Nevada’s basketball team could have a new off-campus home by 2026 under an ambitious 10-year expansion plan that Reno’s largest hotel-casino has in the works. Officials for the Grand Sierra Resort said Wednesday that the estimated $1 billion private capital investment would be

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With persistent gridlock in Washington, a government shutdown looks all but inevitable ahead of this weekend’s deadline. As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, spending measures are still struggling to pass the Republican-controlled House. If a shutdown

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French government is promising a series of measures to curb bullying in schools, reacting to nationwide concern over recent suicides of schoolchildren. The proposals announced Wednesday include blocking school bullies from social networks and giving all children weekly empathy classes. The government also

By COLLEEN LONG and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley. Biden wasn’t paying them much attention because he’s already zeroing in on Donald Trump, the GOP

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Lisa Lazarus has gotten countless calls and messages from trainers across horse racing since new medication and anti-doping rules went into effect this spring, many of which she found inspiring. “For the first time ever, they feel like they have a real chance that when they get up to

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay characters from classrooms and libraries. Charlotte County’s superintendent and board lawyer told librarians at a meeting over the summer that a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis requires the removal

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Loved ones are remembering a slain Baltimore tech entrepreneur for her compassion and dedication to helping others. They pledged to honor her legacy at a vigil Wednesday night. Baltimore police found 26-year-old Pava LaPere dead from blunt force trauma in her apartment complex after she was reported

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South. Elected commissioners in coastal McIntosh County voted two

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The number of spots reserved for conference champions when the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams next year remains up in the air. Administrators who manage the sport wrapped up a day-and-a-half of meetings outside of Chicago that mostly focused on hearing from potential television partners.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s National Crime Agency says officers have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the death of a woman thought to have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat. The 21-year-old Sudanese man was detained on suspicion of illegal entry and facilitating illegal immigration in the

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The winner of last month’s $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot — the third-largest in U.S. history — has come forward to claim the prize, officials said Wednesday. In all, Mega Millions has had five prizes of more than a billion dollars. Under a new Florida

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer MENLO PARK, California (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the tech giant’s Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence. The company, which renamed itself Meta two years ago, unveiled the next version of its virtual reality headset, the