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By STEVEN DuBOIS and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Neil Goldschmidt, a former Oregon governor whose confession that he had sex with a 14-year-old in the 1970s blackened what had been a nearly sterling reputation, has died. He was 83. The Oregonian reports that Goldschmidt died at his Portland home on Wednesday, according to family.

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After organizers for Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest said Joey Chestnut wouldn’t compete this year because of a deal with a rival brand, Netflix swiftly announced a new hot dog-eating competition that will feature Chestnut and his “fiercest rival.” Chestnut, a 16-time hot

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man charged with taking three people hostage while robbing a Southern California bank last month had been released from prison a day earlier. The 53-year-old was indicted on robbery charges after investigators said he claimed to have a gun, jumped over the teller counter and began stuffing

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman armed with a handgun has been taken into custody after an hourlong standoff at the FBI building in Seattle. That’s according to FBI spokesperson Steve Bernd. The woman walked into a publicly accessible area on Wednesday where people have to wait to be buzzed into the lobby. Seattle police say

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Colin Prater feels a little like Kevin Costner’s character in “Tin Cup” this week — a relative unknown who suddenly finds himself on one of golf’s biggest stages at the U.S. Open. So you can’t blame him for being a little nervous. After all, his

Associated Press RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ex-husband pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Wednesday after separate altercations with his ex-wife at a local restaurant and their son at a home earlier this year. Jayson Boebert allegedly got into the physical fight with his son on Jan. 9, leading to the reckless endangerment

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the shooting death of a police officer in southwest Virginia in 2021. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Donivan White of Cross, South Carolina, had already pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges in state court. On Wednesday he pleaded guilty to federal counts including

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — A Native American community in the heart of New Mexico has officially doubled in size as more than 93 square miles of ancestral land was taken into trust by the U.S. government for Santa Ana Pueblo. Tribal leaders and federal land managers gathered

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor says Sen. Bob Menendez sought to discuss the prosecution of a New Jersey real estate developer with him before recommending him to be nominated as U.S. attorney after Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger’s revelation

By SEUNG MIN KIM and REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked

Associated Press Union flight attendants are getting help from some members of Congress as they try to negotiate new labor contracts. A group of 31 Senate Democrats and independent Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that federal mediators should speed up those negotiations, and even give workers permission to strike “as necessary.” The lawmakers say airlines feel

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A proposal seeking to eliminate a hefty price tag for New York City renters is drawing fierce opposition from the real estate industry. Currently, city renters are often on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in fees to brokers, even if they are hired by

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake has lost an Arizona appeals court challenge arguing that thousands of Phoenix-area mail ballot signatures were not properly verified when she lost the 2022 governor election to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Lake has lost several court challenges after refusing to acknowledge she lost the election by more than 17,000 votes.

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials who track disinformation campaigns say they’re issuing more warnings to political candidates, government officials and others targeted by foreign groups as America’s adversaries seek to influence the 2024 election. The warnings are issued when officials determine that a foreign group is seeking to spread disinformation

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell. Michael Christian Green received the maximum prison time on the misdemeanor charge of acting

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A political newcomer’s closer-than-expected finish in Tuesday’s special congressional election in Ohio surprised Republicans and jolted Democrats in a former bellwether state. Democrat Michael Kripchak lost the race for the 6th Congressional District to Republican state Sen. Michael Rulli, but it was much closer than

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are amplifying their calls to end the gag order that bars the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the Manhattan criminal trial that ended in his conviction last month for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex

By PETER SMITH Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission. Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower says Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system. They’re also asking the federal government to develop a plan for a “managed phasedown” of the 800-mile pipeline, which is Alaska’s economic lifeline. The request comes