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By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York would expand access to booze under a series of measures unveiled on Thursday as part of a larger state budget agreement. Movie theaters in New York are only allowed to sell beer and wine, but this new legislation would add liquor to

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge that presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud suit. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Tyler Vogel admitted to one felony count and one misdemeanor count in state

SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) — The rap artist known as GloRilla has been charged with drunken driving in Georgia, jail records show. GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Woods, was charged Tuesday with first-offense driving under the influence of alcohol; having an open container of alcohol; and failing to obey a traffic control device, according to

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia force a vote seeking his ouster. It will depend on his ability to deliver an emergency aid package focused on Ukraine and Israel. So

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The police chief in Albany, New York says a gunman who wounded a police officer in the leg after a brief chase shot himself to death and was not killed by the officer’s returning fire. Chief Eric Hawkins said Thursday that Amiel Layeni died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs have rallied to deny that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995, despite rulings to the contrary by two United Nations courts. More than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were executed by the Bosnian Serb troops in the eastern Bosnian enclave in July 1995. The

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured a place on the ballot in the battleground state of Michigan. The Michigan secretary of state’s office said Thursday that the Natural Law Party nominated Kennedy at a convention. Kennedy’s independent bid has spooked allies of both President Joe Biden

LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been charged with embezzlement in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s pro-independence governing party. Police in Scotland said a 59-year-old man was charged after being arrested and taken into custody earlier in the day. While police did not name the suspect, the

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A coalition backed by some of the nation’s largest retailers has announced it has collected 900,000 signatures to put a tough-on-crime statewide ballot initiative before voters in November. The measure would roll back parts of Proposition 47, a progressive ballot measure that reduced certain theft and

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders are toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It’s part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing. Republican lawmakers contend the changes are a backdoor to excluding agricultural

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say that a man linked to a homicide investigation in California’s capital was fatally shot Wednesday by police 80 miles (128 kilometers) away in Oakland after he allegedly emerged from a home with a firearm. The Oakland Police Department said in a statement Thursday that Sacramento police officers notified the

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s military chief Gen. Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash west of the country, President William Ruto announced. The crash took place Thursday evening and Ruto has declared three days of national mourning. The helicopter was carrying 11 people, including Gen. Ogolla, when it crashed

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A convenience store chain where President Joe Biden stopped for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Sheetz Inc. discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the

Associated Press Tesla’s stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker reels from falling sales and steep discounts intended to lure more buyers. Shares in the Elon Musk-owned company slid 3.8% in intraday trading Thursday, in what what now stands as

DETROIT (AP) — A 32-year-old Detroit man has been charged in a shooting that wounded five people in what police say was a dispute over a parking space outside a blues club. Damond Hunter faces five counts of assault with intent to murder and other charges. He was arraigned Saturday following his arrest April 10

By TRAVIS LOLLER and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired to help clean up environmental devastation from the

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s governor has signed a law that allows state colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through name, image and likeness endorsement deals. The law signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin bypasses NCAA rules. It takes effect on July 1. NIL rules, enacted in 2021, allow college athletes to agree to deals

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake won a major boost late Wednesday when House Republican leaders included it in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court is clearing the way for new DNA testing to be sought in the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. Justices on Thursday reversed a lower court’s denial of the request for new DNA testing by Damien Echols, one of