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By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KLADNO, Czech Republic (AP) — The legendary mullet is gone. He’s not as quick as he used to be. And yet the way Jaromir Jagr moves on the ice belies his age and evokes memories of his glory days in the NHL. Jagr turns 52 on Thursday and still has

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State University freshman football player has been arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder after a shooting last week that injured two people. The Union Parish Sheriff says Treyvion Antwan Holly also faces charges of aggravated criminal damage to property and illegal use of a weapon on a

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Prince Harry raced head-first on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a track at next year’s Invictus Games site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everyone should do it. Harry was in Whistler, British Columbia, with wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to visit athletes

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press It’s not yet known what killed an endangered fin whale, but people can marvel at the large marine mammal as it decomposes on an Oregon beach. “While it’s sad, it’s also super educational,” Tiffany Boothe, assistant manager of the Seaside Aquarium, said Thursday of the rare sight, which she

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say they have charged the youngest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro with alleged fraud. The case against 25-year-old Jair Renan Bolsonao adds to the legal pressure on the family of the far-right leader, who is in himself facing several investigations. Police in Brazil’s

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A driver who plowed into a crowd on a Southern California sidewalk in 2019, injuring nine people, has been convicted of hit-and-run crimes. But an Orange County jury deadlocked Thursday on a charge of driving under the influence of drugs. A mistrial was declared on that count. Christopher Solis of Anaheim

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois lawmaker and candidate for governor has abruptly pleaded guilty to nine counts of wire fraud, money laundering and tax evasion in federal court. Sam McCann’s reversal Thursday halted a three-day-old bench trial accusing him of misusing up to $550,000 in campaign contributions.

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed legislation censuring a conservative member of the state Board of Education whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player triggered a firestorm of derogatory comments. The board had voted unanimously Wednesday to reprimand and

INDIO, Calif. (AP) — State prosecutors won’t retry a former Los Angeles police officer for voluntary manslaughter for killing a mentally ill man who attacked him in a Costco store. The state attorney general’s office announced the decision last week. Sanchez was off duty and holding his young son when Kenneth French knocked him to

NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a deadly rush hour shooting at a New York City subway station earlier this week. The U.S. Marshals Service says the teen is one of three suspects wanted for Monday’s shooting. Authorities say it began with a dispute between two rival gangs

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What would it mean if Russia used nuclear warheads to destroy U.S. satellites? Your home’s electrical and water systems could fail. Aviation, rail and car traffic could come to a halt. Your cellphone could stop working. These are among the reasons why there was alarm this week

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale is dropping his bid for the U.S. Senate less than a week after announcing he was running. Rosendale said Thursday that “the hill was just too steep,” citing a lack of resources and former President Donald Trump’s endorsement

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bystander captured on video tackling an armed person after a shooting at a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally says a thousand other people would have done the same thing. Trey Filter says he heard shots while walking to his car with his wife

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a different county to decide his involuntary manslaughter case. A lawyer for James Crumbley said Wednesday that he can’t get a fair trial because of widespread publicity and his wife’s recent conviction. James Crumbley is accused of making a gun accessible

By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Zendaya stunned Thursday at the “Dune: Part Two” world premiere in London in a silver cyborg suit. The co-star of the highly anticipated film hit the sand-strewn carpet in a silver robot suit straight from the archive of Mugler. It’s from the French fashion house’s fall/winter 1995 20th

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission has approved a new congressional map that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but doesn’t substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. The map proposal was approved Thursday. It now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn’t the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup Runway ML are among the

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The CEO of a shipping industry and sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was killed in car accident in Texas. The family confirmed Angela Choa’s death in a statement. The 50-year-old was part of a prominent, immigrant family with ties to Republican leaders and former presidents. She was CEO and

By JACK DURA Associated Press The police chief of a small Iowa town was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of lying to federal authorities to acquire machine guns prosecutors say he sold for his own profit. The jury convicted Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt, 47, of conspiring to make false statements to the federal

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya has sent a warning to the country’s feuding political actors: If they don’t urgently form a unified government and move toward elections the oil-rich North African nation will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council on