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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The prospect of a JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger took a major hit in court on Tuesday when a federal judge sided with the Biden administration and blocked the $3.8 billion deal. The judge ruled that JetBlue’s purchase of Spirit, the nation’s largest low-cost airline, would harm

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are halting plans to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress this week for defying a congressional subpoena. They cited ongoing negotiations with Hunter Biden’s attorney over a possible deposition. A contempt resolution against Hunter Biden was scheduled to move through a procedural hearing before

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmy Awards reached a record low in ratings. The Monday night show hosted by Anthony Anderson and aired on Fox reached just 4.3 million people, according to the Nielsen company. That’s down from the previous record low of 5.9 million in 2022, the last

By STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has alleged that New York Knicks owner James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade ago and then set her up to be molested by now-imprisoned film producer Harvey Weinstein, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles. In 2013,

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ candidacy rolled into Iowa last spring as if it had been designed by a committee of drooling Republican officials in a GOP-leaning state. A Navy veteran, DeSantis had been whisked into a second term and had a fresh set of conservative

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — There is both good news and bad news for Atlantic City’s casinos and racetracks that took sports bets in 2023. Figures released Tuesday show they won nearly $5.8 billion from gamblers, setting a new record. But the bad news is that only three of the

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Supporters of former rebel leader Guy Philippe have launched protests that paralyzed some cities across Haiti as they demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Local media are reporting that demonstrators forced the closures of schools, government agencies and private businesses on Monday in places including the southern cities of

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several transgender candidates vying for state office in Ohio are facing challenges and outright disqualification for omitting their former names from petition paperwork. That’s because of a little-known state elections law that mandates candidates disclose name changes. But the law isn’t mentioned in the

CAIRO (AP) — The Sudanese government has suspended its ties with the east African regional bloc that is trying to mediate between the country’s army and a rival powerful paramilitary force. The country’s foreign ministry accused the bloc of violating Sudan’s sovereignty by inviting the paramilitary leader to an upcoming summit. IGAD did not immediately

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Officials say an inmate has died following an apparent fight with another inmate at a federal prison in western Indiana. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says inmate Mario Waters was found unresponsive about 12:20 a.m. Monday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute following a “perceived altercation” with another inmate.

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America Alex Murdaugh faces a steep uphill battle in his push for a new murder trial. Former South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal on Tuesday set a high burden of proof surrounding claims that the court clerk committed jury tampering during last year’s proceedings. Toal says the defense

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited the top four congressional leaders and other lawmakers to the White House on Wednesday as members have struggled to reach agreement on aid for the Ukraine war. Republicans have insisted on pairing it with their own demands for

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a notable test Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders forced colleagues to decide whether to investigate human rights abuses in the Israel-Hamas war, a step toward potentially limiting U.S. military aid to Israel as its devastating attacks on Gaza grind past 100 days. Senators overwhelmingly rejected the

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s powerful Republican Assembly leader says he hopes the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court adopts new constitutional legislative boundary maps, even as he slammed proposals from Democrats as “a political gerrymander” and threatened an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday that

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. The department has been looking into the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The report is expected to be released Thursday.

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, BILL BARROW and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) — After Donald Trump’s record victory in the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire voters now get their turn to decide just how competitive the Republican nominating fight will be as the former president continues to dominate his party. Trump was eager Tuesday

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian opposition supporters were back in the streets on Tuesday, accusing President Aleksandar Vucic’s populist government of orchestrating fraud in last month’s parliamentary and local elections. The protesters want the vote to be annulled and held again in free and fair conditions. Both Serbian election authorities and the courts have rejected

NEW YORK (AP) — Erika Ayers Badan will step down as CEO of Barstool Sports, the media brand that has grown explosively over the past decade, she said Tuesday. Badan said in a social media video that she feels “like the work I came here to do is done.” She’d been with the company since

By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The state has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents. The

By CHINEDU ASADU ABUJA, Nigeria Associated Press (AP) — Nigeria’s leader says his government will embark on “massive education” of youth as one way to tackle the kidnappings for ransom now threatening the capital city along with the rest of the country’s conflict-hit north. President Bola Tinubu won last year’s election after promising to rid