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NEW YORK (AP) — Bryant Gumbel’s “Real Sports” newsmagazine was the longest-running show on HBO, and soon it will be no more. The network announced Wednesday that the show will end after its current season, its 29th. The show, which has won 37 Sports Emmys, has looked at social and economic issues beyond the games.

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh’s double murder case has been full of twists and turns. But one of the biggest surprises came as his lawyers say he deserves a new trial for killing his wife and son and his life sentence tossed out because elected Colleton County Clerk of

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year. While temperatures weren’t as high as last month’s triple-digit deadly heat wave, schools in states including Michigan,

By BECKY BOHRER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast

JERUSALEM (AP) — Morocco’s senate president has postponed a historic visit to Israel due to health reasons. Israel officials announced the delay on Wednesday, a day before Enaam Mayara was scheduled to come Israel’s Knesset, or parliament. The visit was aimed at cementing the fledgling ties between the two countries. Israel and Morocco fully normalized

By ED KOMENDA, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned. Now it’s time to clean up what remains in the northeastern Nevada desert after heavy rain flooded the annual Burning Man festival. One of the principles of Burning Man is to

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani man whose son is being sought by Pakistani and U.K. police in connection with last month’s death of his 10-year-old daughter in the United Kingdom has issued an appeal. He urged his fugitive son to surrender and cooperate with investigators. Muhammad Sharif made his remarks Wednesday after authorities in Pakistan

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian missile that struck in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin where weeping civilians looked for loved ones among the mangled, burned bodies scattered across the ground. The blast Wednesday in the town of Kostiantynivka killed 17 people and wounded

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Strong backing from rural voters has enabled a former congressional staffer to win a Republican special primary to fill a soon-to-be vacated congressional seat in Utah. Celeste Maloy defeated two others to get the GOP nod to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart. The reliably Republican district covers northern Salt

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Legislators met in a brief special session Wednesday to sign off on the bill. The spending plan would both reduce taxes and boost spending on public education and

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A man awaiting sentencing for killing a Missouri police officer is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows judges to hand down the death sentence. A jury in June convicted 45-year-old Ian McCarthy of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Clinton Police Officer Gary Lee Michael Jr.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaked with sweat as the temperature neared 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 Celsius) on the hottest day at this year’s U.S. Open, 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev walked slowly to towel off between points of his victory Wednesday, looked into a courtside camera and issued what sounded

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Angela Bassett is going to have to wait a little bit longer to get her Oscar. The 14th Governors Awards has been delayed from November until January, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday. The Academy, which puts on the Oscars, decided to delay the event

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state on Wednesday denied requests by two of the 19 defendants to be tried alone, instead saying the pair would be tried together

By AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has halted a school district policy that requires parents be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school. A San Bernardino County judge issued the ruling Wednesday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta had sued Chino Valley Unified School

By STEPHEN MCGRATH AND VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A two-day summit in Romania has started in the country’s capital bringing together 12 European Union member states situated between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas. The grouping of mostly formerly communist countries aim to boost ties and connectivity amid Russia’s ongoing war

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years. Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will want to catch a glimpse as soon as possible this week or early next week. It’ll be another 400