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By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new study has concluded that former Hurricane Hilary was actually no longer a tropical storm but essentially had the same impact when its destructive remnants entered California last August. The report by the National Hurricane Center followed a routine post-cyclone analysis. Hurricane Hilary had moved

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Senate has voted overwhelmingly to make harassing election workers a felony. The decision on Thursday comes three months after several county election offices received envelopes containing suspicious powders and had to be evacuated. The bill is among a wave of legislation across the U.S.

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday. The production will mark the first of three commissions from the company to all-Black creative teams at Cincinnati Music Hall. “Lalovavi” will be presented by the Cincinnati Opera on June 19, 2025. Kevin Day is

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. It affects parts of the brain controlling behavior and language. These parts of the brain shrink as the disease gets worse. FTD usually occurs in people in their

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have passed a bill that would unlock $125 million to fight so-called forever chemicals. But Gov. Tony Evers isn’t on board with the plan. The Assembly passed the proposal 61-35 on Thursday. The Senate passed it back in November. It goes next

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Don’t call them nostalgic. The bows and aprons, silken slips and twin sets that are mainstays of the Prada collection for next fall and winter. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have recovered elements of a women’s wardrobe history and reconstituted them into something “modern” for Prada’s

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Education funding litigation that originated 30 years ago has returned to North Carolina’s highest court. The state Supreme Court held oral arguments but didn’t immediately rule again Thursday in the case barely a year after it ruled on whether a trial judge could move taxpayer

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — Data from an iPhone and Apple Watch helped lead police to a suspect after a woman’s body was found in an Iowa lake, authorities said. Iowa County Sheriff Robert Rotter on Tuesday identified the victim as 20-year-old Melody M. Hoffman of Marion, Iowa. Her body was discovered Sunday at the Amana

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is denying allegations contained in a U.S. media report about a U.S. inquiry into accusations that people close to him took money from drug traffickers shortly before his 2018 election and again after he was president. A New York Times story Thursday cited unidentified U.S.

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a final rule announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The biofuels industry and farming groups, with support of Midwest governors, sought the end

By ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, killing at least four people and injuring at least 13 others. Emergency services say at least 19 people were still missing several hours after the fire started Thursday. Flames were seen bursting

NEW YORK (AP) — The first person charged for violating a 2020 law that forbids conspiracies to taint international sports events through performance-enhancing drugs received a three-month prison sentence. Federal prosecutors used the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act to charge Eric Lira, a Texas-based therapist, with supplying human-growth hormone and other performance enhancers to a pair of

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with the same form of dementia that actor Bruce Willis has, a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers says. The statement said the 59-year-old’s diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia “have already

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When the Biden administration imposed sanctions this month against Israeli settler Yinon Levi for allegedly assaulting Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, his supporters quickly sprang into action. Within days, an online fundraiser collected over $140,000 for Levi and his unauthorized settler outpost from over 3,000

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost a year after Florida lawmakers passed a law giving Florida’s governor control over Walt Disney World’s governing district, Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling the takeover a success. That’s despite an exodus of workers, ongoing litigation and scandal surrounding one of his appointees. DeSantis made a

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is promising to unveil new sanctions on Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its arms sales that have bolstered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. is also threatening a “swift” and “severe” response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic

By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer Gamers will be blocked from manually adding players to EA Sports’ new college football game who decide not to accept an offer to have their name, image and likeness used in it, the video-game developer said Thursday. EA Sports revealed the safeguard in its announcement that it has begun

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Two men facing federal charges connected to a murder-for-hire plot that led to the 2018 abduction and killing of a Vermont man are scheduled to go on trial in September. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford on Thursday set Sept. 23 as the start date for the trial of Serhat Gumrukcu

An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated murder. Kristel Candelario, 32, also pleaded guilty to child endangerment as part of a plea deal with Cuyahoga County prosecutors, who agreed to dismiss two murder

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill that would be one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on minors’ use of social media is heading to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Lawmakers passed the bill Thursday to keep children under the age of 16 off popular platforms regardless of parent approval. The