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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials have approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Residents and local leaders have long blamed the high number

WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — An AR-15-style rifle manufacturer in Maine that was launched by the founder of Bushmaster Firearms is going out of business. Windham Weaponry was created by Richard Dyke in 2011 after he sold Bushmaster and the new owners decided to move manufacturing out of Maine. His new company employed former workers and

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have made a habit of celebrating big clinching victories and postseason wins with the dance smash “Dancing On My Own.” The song was their postseason anthem in 2022. The Phillies tried to turn the page and retire the anthem this season. But with

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones will receive the inaugural Peace Through Music Award at a launch event for the U.S. Department of State’s new Global Music Diplomacy Initiative. Jones will be given the award in Washington on Wednesday at the launch spearheaded by U.S. Secretary of State Antony

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud for years as he built his real-estate empire tarnishes the former president’s image as a real estate titan turned political powerhouse, and could strip him of his authority to make major decisions about the future of

By DAVID KOENIG and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit’s three automakers. The union says President Shawn Fain will make the announcement at 10 a.m. Eastern time in a video appearance addressing union

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and Arizona State University professor and researcher Michelene Chi, who has developed a framework to improve how students learn, are the 2023 winners of The Yidan Prize, the biggest award in education.

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer A mysterious woman, down on her luck and working a miserable job makes contact with the extremely wealthy father she’s never met — and his suspicious heirs — in the French thriller “The Origin of Evil.” Though the title may conjure up associations with jump scares, hauntings and demonic

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament has approved the provision of additional military aid to Ukraine to help in its war with Russia. Lawmakers on Wednesday voted 141 to 40, with three abstentions, in favor of supplying Ukraine with defective surface-to-air missiles for the Russian-made S-300 air defense system. They also approved small-caliber automatic weapon

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts man who sped away during a traffic stop led police on a chase that ended with him crashing into a home and then stabbing five officers, including the local police chief, before he was arrested. The Taunton police officers were injured while trying to take 35-year-old Douglas

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On Tuesday night, the elusive pop producer Jai Paul opened his tour leg at the Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater. He’d only performed a handful of times before, and never before this year. Paul’s been celebrated for being the rare mysterious musician, a trait that rarely

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say three people died when a sports car chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle shortly after officers called off their pursuit. An Indiana state trooper began the pursuit Tuesday night when the driver of a Dodge Challenger fled attempts to pull it over for reckless driving. The pursuit

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Supreme Court justices have questioned the state’s lawyer about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Before Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers even finished the first sentence of his

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say DNA from Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect Rex Heuermann’s cheek swab matches the DNA that authorities had previously collected from a pizza crust and used to link Heuermann to one of the victims. The 60-year-old Heurmann has been charged with murder in the killings of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Michigan State fired Mel Tucker on Wednesday, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he should not be fired for cause after having what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor. The school said it terminated what’s left of Tucker’s

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme in Michigan following the 2020 election are asking for a judge to dismiss charges in response to comments made by the state attorney general. The comments made by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel came during a

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — A man serving a prison sentence for attacking and seriously injuring his parents more than two decades ago remains missing. He failed to return to the halfway house where he was living in southern New Jersey several days ago. State corrections officials say the man was assigned to a halfway

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills intended to undo federal protections for two endangered species that have seen their populations plummet over the years. Biden says the measure would overturn “science-based rulemaking” that offers important protections for the once-abundant lesser prairie chicken and northern long-eared bat.

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice. The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the remainder

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce called an appearance by Taylor Swift at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Chicago Bears’ last weekend “pretty bold,” but the All-Pro tight end insisted Wednesday that he wants to keep future details about their relationship private. Kelce discussed the pop